Re: [Emc-users] UPS on controller

2018-11-20 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 20 November 2018 14:29:53 Chris Albertson wrote: > I think the only reason to have a UPS on a machine is if you actually > wanted to run the machine after losing AC power. that case the UPS > would be sized to power the entire machine, motors and all. > Exactly. And in my case it won'

Re: [Emc-users] UPS on controller

2018-11-20 Thread Chris Albertson
I think the only reason to have a UPS on a machine is if you actually wanted to run the machine after losing AC power. that case the UPS would be sized to power the entire machine, motors and all. If you are concerned about file system corruption on power failure, two things can help (1) use a m

Re: [Emc-users] UPS on controller

2018-11-20 Thread Jon Elson
On 11/20/2018 09:06 AM, Thaddeus Waldner wrote: I’m in the process of converting a small medium-duty table router to work with a LinuxCNC controller. I am duly impressed that such a wealth of technical information and such a powerful and robust industrial automation tool should be available to

Re: [Emc-users] UPS on controller

2018-11-20 Thread Les Newell
I have done quite a lot of maintenance work on various industrial machines. I can't think of even one machine I have worked on that had a UPS fitted. I have seen a few with line conditioning circuitry where they have particularly noisy supply. If power cuts are a regular occurrence I suppose a

Re: [Emc-users] UPS on controller

2018-11-20 Thread andy pugh
On Tue, 20 Nov 2018 at 16:54, Thaddeus Waldner wrote: > I’m intrigued by the “record the line number and then shut down” part. Is > this something that the user would do manually after noticing that the power > was cut or is this somehow automated? A userspace HAL component could record motio

Re: [Emc-users] UPS on controller

2018-11-20 Thread Thaddeus Waldner
eus Waldner" > To: "Marius Liebenberg" ; "Enhanced Machine > Controller (EMC)" > Sent: 2018-11-20 18:50:26 > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] UPS on controller > >> I’m intrigued by the “record the line number and then shut down” part. Is >> this some

Re: [Emc-users] UPS on controller

2018-11-20 Thread Marius Liebenberg
. Remember this is crisis recovery and not the norm. -- Original Message -- From: "Thaddeus Waldner" To: "Marius Liebenberg" ; "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" Sent: 2018-11-20 18:50:26 Subject: Re: [Emc-users] UPS on controller I’m intrigued by the “record

Re: [Emc-users] UPS on controller

2018-11-20 Thread Thaddeus Waldner
e -- > From: "andy pugh" > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > Sent: 2018-11-20 17:14:59 > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] UPS on controller > >> On Tue, 20 Nov 2018 at 15:10, Thaddeus Waldner wrote: >> >>> My question is, *should* a cont

Re: [Emc-users] UPS on controller

2018-11-20 Thread Marius Liebenberg
Message -- From: "andy pugh" To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" Sent: 2018-11-20 17:14:59 Subject: Re: [Emc-users] UPS on controller On Tue, 20 Nov 2018 at 15:10, Thaddeus Waldner wrote: My question is, *should* a controller such as this have an uninterruptible

Re: [Emc-users] UPS on controller

2018-11-20 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 20 November 2018 10:06:20 Thaddeus Waldner wrote: > I’m in the process of converting a small medium-duty table router to > work with a LinuxCNC controller. I am duly impressed that such a > wealth of technical information and such a powerful and robust > industrial automation tool shoul

Re: [Emc-users] UPS on controller

2018-11-20 Thread andy pugh
On Tue, 20 Nov 2018 at 15:10, Thaddeus Waldner wrote: > My question is, *should* a controller such as this have an uninterruptible > power supply? If so, what parts of the machine are normally served by a UPS? I doubt that it is common to attempt to machine on standby power, but I can see good