[Emc-users] Released: EMC 2.2.1

2007-11-07 Thread Jeff Epler
raded with the new entries used by v2.2 instead of issing weird errors at startup * fix problem with probe_parport on certain machines * fix problem with non-integer INTRO_TIME Jeff Epler - This SF.net email is sp

Re: [Emc-users] Preliminary Installation Instructions for Ubuntu 7.10

2007-11-07 Thread Jeff Epler
Hi. Thanks for documenting this process, it looks pretty similar to what I've done. I am curious why you chose this option: Loadable module support > Module unloading (N) With this option, I would have expected that emc can only be run once per reboot, a pretty nasty limitation. Did your ker

Re: [Emc-users] Improved probing

2007-11-09 Thread Jeff Epler
On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 11:41:36AM -0600, Jeff Epler wrote: > net probe parport.0.pin-26-in-invert motion.probe-input Correction: > net probe parport.0.pin-26-in-not motion.probe-input Always refer to documentation and/or 'halcmd show' before typing pin and parameter name

Re: [Emc-users] Improved probing

2007-11-09 Thread Jeff Epler
You configure a probe just like almost everything else in emc: add the right lines to a .hal file. In this case, you will be writing a line to connect a signal to the pin "motion.probe-input". For example, if the probe input is on parport pin 26*, you could write net probe parport.0.pin-26-in

Re: [Emc-users] Image to G-code...Saving files?

2007-11-11 Thread Jeff Epler
If you upgrade to emc 2.2.1, there's a new menu option "File > Save gcode as..." which does what you want. In 2.1.6, if you want to save gcode, run image-to-gcode at the commandline and redirect to a file: image-to-gcode mumble.png > mumble.ngc Jeff --

Re: [Emc-users] EMC 2.2.1 and G3

2007-11-12 Thread Jeff Epler
If you have an arc that doesn't preview right, please post the code so that it can be fixed in a future release. If you can trim it down to just a few lines of g-code, just include it in a message. Otherwise, e-mail me privately and attach the whole file indicating where the problem is. Thanks,

Re: [Emc-users] Latency issue

2007-11-14 Thread Jeff Epler
On Linux, modifying system files requires the use of administrator ("root") privileges. I would do an activity like this in the terminal window with "sudo": sudo cp rtai_smp.ko /usr/realtime-2.6.15-magma/modules/rtai_smi.ko (assuming you have already changed to the directory where you compiled

Re: [Emc-users] Is updating EMC@ impossible without internet?

2007-11-14 Thread Jeff Epler
apt supports offline operation with the "--print-uris" option. You can find various instructions on how to do this, though I have never tried it myself. e.g., http://olympus.het.brown.edu/cgi-bin/dwww?type=text/plain&location=/usr/share/doc/apt-doc/offline.text.gz Jeff -

Re: [Emc-users] Confusing the EMC2 Stepconf Wizard...

2007-11-18 Thread Jeff Epler
Thanks for your report. I'll look into this and hopefully get it fixed for the next release, emc 2.2.2. Thanks to reports from other users, the following stepconf bugs will also be fixed in the next release: * fix stepconf 'charge pump' pin * fix stepconf 'external estop' pin * fix homing i

Re: [Emc-users] G Code Generator

2007-11-18 Thread Jeff Epler
I think Python is a fine language for this. In the emc sample files, there is a program "holecircle.py" uses python and tkinter to prompt the user for the required values and show a schematic preview of the result. Two thirds of holecircle.py are generic code for prompting the user that should be

Re: [Emc-users] EMC 2.2.1 and G3

2007-11-18 Thread Jeff Epler
Can you also show me the tool table entries you used? Jeff - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ _

Re: [Emc-users] G Code Generator

2007-11-18 Thread Jeff Epler
particularly long ago, tcl made some *very bad* decisions about floating point numbers -- after every operation, they were converted back to strings with a small number of decimal places. modern tcl has improved this situation considerably by having a sane default for the string representation of

Re: [Emc-users] Axis display colors

2007-11-20 Thread Jeff Epler
In the next version, that text will be white on brown instead of black on brown. I think it is an improvement to legibility. If you are using an installed package, you can make the same change in your installed version by modifying the file /usr/bin/axis (e.g., with sudo gedit /usr/bin/axis) arou

Re: [Emc-users] A simple question on I & J

2007-11-27 Thread Jeff Epler
I can see now that the documentation was unclear about this. I am revising it to add the sentence marked "+": I and J are the offsets from the current location (in the X and Y directions, respectively) of the center of the circle. I and J are optional except that at least one of the two must

Re: [Emc-users] rs232 output

2007-11-30 Thread Jeff Epler
On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 01:27:11AM -0800, Klemen Dovrtel wrote: > BTW, is there an option to control individual I/O pins > via parallel port using G code. Use the gcodes M64 and M65 for this purpose. In stock version of emc, this is limited to 4 pins numbered 0 to 3. You can link them to whateve

Re: [Emc-users] Keling Stepper drives

2007-11-30 Thread Jeff Epler
I have no experience with this company or its products, but I was able to find a very short (one-page) datasheet on their website. It appears that the KL-4030 takes step and direction inputs through optoisolators. emc has no problem producing step and direction waveforms--probably this is the way

Re: [Emc-users] rs232 output

2007-11-30 Thread Jeff Epler
On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 01:27:11AM -0800, Klemen Dovrtel wrote: > Is it possible to send a simple command to rs232 > within the G code using emc. I would like to control > the pneumatic valves and some other simple stuff and i > don't want to sped parallel port pins for simple > things like this.

Re: [Emc-users] open loop galvanometer control

2007-12-01 Thread Jeff Epler
On Sat, Dec 01, 2007 at 06:13:17AM -0800, Klemen Dovrtel wrote: > The galvanometer is current driven, so i was thinking > of using a op-amp and R-2R resistor ladder for current > source. So i need a 10 bit digital output for R-2R > resistor ladder (instead of pwm used in etch-servo > sample configu

[Emc-users] Released: EMC 2.2.2

2007-12-02 Thread Jeff Epler
27;pin 'motion.spindle-speed-in' was already linked' for machines with spindle speed control and spindle feedback * fix stepconf: don't allow arbitrary text to be entered in comboboxes * fix stepconf: coolant pins * stepconf: add parker oem750 timings * fix stepconf: s

Re: [Emc-users] Released: EMC 2.2.2

2007-12-03 Thread Jeff Epler
On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 01:08:59AM -0500, Dean Hedin wrote: > I am having trouble getting homing to work in 2.2.1 and I am hopeful that... > > > * fix homing in stepconf-created configurations > > ...will address my issue. I think that stepconf homing was pretty completely broken in 2.2.1. If

Re: [Emc-users] rs232 output

2007-12-03 Thread Jeff Epler
In ECP mode only, parallel ports have FIFOs. In traditional modes (SPP, bidirectional, EPP) the fifo is disabled and has no effect on operation. Jeff - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper f

Re: [Emc-users] Pivot mill

2007-12-04 Thread Jeff Epler
What an interesting looking machine. We have a demo of a similar type of machine, called SCARA. In emc 2.2.2, you can run the sample configuration scara/scara.ini and see a visualization of this machine on your desktop. Screenshot here: http://axis.unpy.net/01170693566 In emc, the process o

Re: [Emc-users] How to set up dialup modem to internet with UBUNTU?

2007-12-05 Thread Jeff Epler
On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 10:38:24PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I want to use UBUNTU with dialup modem. i have book about UBUNTY but i > getting massage it not set. maybe driver for modem? > i use ASrock motherboard and generick modem that i put into PCI. > that is all If you search the web

Re: [Emc-users] Results in G38.2 bug report

2007-12-06 Thread Jeff Epler
On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 10:20:21AM -0200, Daniel Scheeren wrote: > In 2.2 releases each scan position create 9 lines like this: > > 0.00 0.00 0.004700 0.00 > -1078038889533352951247954537139929273706981666439934620835065307540162947668163682328294324733651291932469341814794485760.0

Re: [Emc-users] How to configure pins in Parallel Port?

2007-12-06 Thread Jeff Epler
You can make an output pin HIGH all the time by using "setp" in your hal file: setp parport.0.pin-MM-out 1 ^^ replace MM with the pin number However, parport pin 13 is an input to the PC, not an output (see http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.2/html/hal_drivers.html#fig:Parport-

Re: [Emc-users] Stepconf problems

2007-12-08 Thread Jeff Epler
One difference I spotted between the two ini files is that the configured acceleration is higher in the stepconf file than in the working file. Jeff - SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketpla

Re: [Emc-users] Stepconf problems

2007-12-10 Thread Jeff Epler
John, When using stepconf, the BASE_PERIOD is chosen for you. If the required step rate is low, stepconf chooses a high BASE_PERIOD, capped at 10ns. In the case of Alan Condit's machine, the maximum required step rate is 3500Hz which is one step per 285us or so. Do you see any reason why th

Re: [Emc-users] Stepconf problems

2007-12-10 Thread Jeff Epler
The step length requirement of 25000ns is much longer than for other stepper drivers I am familiar with. Doublestep is predicated on the idea that the step pulse is fairly short (e.g. less than say 4000ns). Doublestep uses a "busy wait" to create short output pulses; if BASE_PERIOD is very large

Re: [Emc-users] Stepconf problems

2007-12-10 Thread Jeff Epler
On Sat, Dec 08, 2007 at 11:12:28PM -0500, xtra209 wrote: > My experience with stepconfig are mixed... The homing is screwed. I > fixed that by commenting out the sequence = lines in the .ini and now it > will home individual axes just fine. What home sequence is required for your machine? Or is

Re: [Emc-users] Remote GUI

2007-12-10 Thread Jeff Epler
I don't know of anyone running AXIS remotely; I've never done it. AXIS assumes that it can create HAL pins and access (read) the var file from the filesystem. This may be causing problems. Look on the terminal for any errors AXIS prints. Jeff ---

Re: [Emc-users] EMC configuration issues

2007-12-26 Thread Jeff Epler
On Tue, Dec 25, 2007 at 08:30:09PM +0100, Jesús Bas wrote: > - No matter what numbers you put in stepconf for steplen, step space, > dirhold and dirsetup, the generated .hal file reflect wrong data. I believe that the values written by stepconf are exactly what I intended. Let me explain how ste

Re: [Emc-users] Arduino

2007-12-28 Thread Jeff Epler
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 11:39:38AM -0800, Kirk Wallace wrote: > This looks interesting: > > http://axis.unpythonic.net/01198594294 > > This looks like an inexpensive way to get fast PWM and encoder rates > except it doesn't work in realtime yet? I have been debating whether to announce this to a

Re: [Emc-users] Additional I/O Modbus card.

2007-12-29 Thread Jeff Epler
the classicladder in emc2 does not have any modbus support. emc2 doesn't ship with any modbus drivers. jeff - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdm

Re: [Emc-users] Additional I/O Modbus card.

2007-12-29 Thread Jeff Epler
On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 09:16:56PM +, Chris Morley wrote: > > Modbus is not available in EMC's adaption of Classicladder. I am > currently trying to adapt the newest version of Classicladder 7.123 > and include modbus support. I don't believe this should be done. modbus is a hardware interfa

Re: [Emc-users] EMC2 Homing Configuration - Help!

2008-01-12 Thread Jeff Epler
In emc 2.2.0 and 2.2.1, the homing-related ini items were written incorrectly, e.g., SEARCH_VEL instead of HOME_SEARCH_VEL. Upgrade to 2.2.2 and re-run stepconf to fix this problem. Jeff - Check out the new SourceForge.net M

Re: [Emc-users] Home and Limit Switch Setup in Stepconf

2008-01-17 Thread Jeff Epler
stepconf only gives a tiny, tiny subset of all the configurations that can be created through emc2's HAL. It sounds like your home switch configuration may be one that is not possible. You may be able to use custom.hal and/or inifile tweaks after stepconf has run to get the configuration you want

Re: [Emc-users] Home and Limit Switch Setup in Stepconf

2008-01-18 Thread Jeff Epler
Dean, If I got a report about these problems in 2.2.2, I lost it. Can you let me know what problems you encountered? I do know of some homing problems in 2.2.1, but the ones I know about were fixed in 2.2.2. Jeff - This SF.n

Re: [Emc-users] announcing a HAL driver for Mesa 7i43 EPP "Anything I/O" card

2008-01-18 Thread Jeff Epler
This looks like good stuff. Thanks for your efforts to improve EMC2! Jeff - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/dire

Re: [Emc-users] Serial ADC Shifting

2008-01-22 Thread Jeff Epler
A "bit" pin which is TRUE can have any nonzero value, not just 1. So the line bit_shifted = (bit_in << which_bit); is incorrect. Instead, you may wish to write something like if(bit_in) accum = accum | (1 << which_bit); to avoid the confusion. (I prefer "|" (bitwise OR) to "+" (a

Re: [Emc-users] Python Component Loading

2008-01-23 Thread Jeff Epler
In my interface between the Arduino board and HAL, the first line of the sample hal file is loadusr -W arduino /dev/ttyUSB0 3 this runs the python script (which is actually at /home/jepler/bin/arduino on my particular system) as a userspace component. Python programs aren't ever realtime compo

[Emc-users] Release: EMC 2.2.3

2008-01-27 Thread Jeff Epler
u move below the lower extent of a screw * comp file * pluto-servo: fix a problem with pwm+direction mode * updates to romanian translation Jeff Epler - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenge

Re: [Emc-users] Changing parameters within repeat loop

2008-01-28 Thread Jeff Epler
Here is my solution. Change the definition of #1 and #3 to suit the hexagonal hole pattern you need. Screenshot: http://emergent.unpy.net/index.cgi-files/sandbox/hexagonal-pattern.png Program: ( Drill a system of holes in a hexagonal layout ) #1=8 (nuber of holes on the side of the large h

Re: [Emc-users] Dual Linux EMC Installation on Dual HDDs

2008-01-28 Thread Jeff Epler
On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 04:57:57AM +0200, acemi list wrote: > http://emrah.com/temp/emc_make.log http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=442950 - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Micr

Re: [Emc-users] home+limits configuration

2008-01-29 Thread Jeff Epler
You can accomplish what you need in HAL or ClassicLadder. For each axis, there is a pin axis.N.homing which is TRUE when the joint is homing. You can use these together with the single input signal to get the "limit" signal. In "C"-like notation, this would be on_limit = switch_input && !(ax

Re: [Emc-users] Homing by code

2008-01-29 Thread Jeff Epler
No, at present this is not possible. in emc, homing can only be performed in "manual" mode, while gcode can only be executed in "mdi" or "auto" mode. Jeff - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. M

Re: [Emc-users] DRO input?

2008-01-31 Thread Jeff Epler
emc2 doesn't include any "serial protocol" drivers. You would have to write the driver to do this yourself. The most important thing to know is that emc2 requires a new feedback position at the servo rate (typically 1ms) and emc (not external hardware) has to control when the feedback position is

Re: [Emc-users] DRO input?

2008-02-02 Thread Jeff Epler
drivers are free to (and probably should) keep encoder counts in 'long long's. This way, the exported count may wrap at 2^31-1 (limit of signed 32-bit ints) but the exported position can continue to increase to 2^63-1 counts. Jeff -

Re: [Emc-users] emc with opensuse 10.3 rt-kernel?

2008-02-04 Thread Jeff Epler
To the best of my knowledge, emc 2.2.3 compiles and runs on x86-64 machines without any patches to emc2. I tested a development version prior to 2.2.0, kernel 2.6.20.12, and a CVS version of rtai. You can find a little more information on my blog: http://axis.unpy.net/01180573281 The --enabl

Re: [Emc-users] RS274/NGC

2008-02-05 Thread Jeff Epler
Different languages define the modulo operator differently when negative numbers are involved. In emc2, MOD is defined to always have a positive result. It is defined in terms of the ISO C "fmod" function as follows ("*left" has a double role as the left-hand input and the result of the calculati

Re: [Emc-users] motherboard

2008-02-21 Thread Jeff Epler
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 08:42:56AM -0800, Dave Engvall wrote: > Hi all, > I'm thinking to add a motherboard to my collection. The board I'm > considering has the new AM2 socket, > 2 SATA and only one ATA port, AGP, etc. > > So: > (a) IIRC emc will run in 32 bit mode on the 64 bit processors? Y

Re: [Emc-users] Modbus Progress and Userspace

2008-02-23 Thread Jeff Epler
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 01:43:13PM -0800, Kirk Wallace wrote: > I just noticed the --userspace flag for comp. Can I just massage my C > file into comp form and have comp do all the real work? Then just use > "loadusr" instead of the "loadrt" I am used to with comp files? What do > I do with "main"?

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa m5i2x FPGA reconfig documentation

2008-03-01 Thread Jeff Epler
The "mesa_m5i2x" driver is incomplete--I'm not sure what (if anything) works. I also doubt there's any "documentation" beyond the source code itself. Jeff - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. M

Re: [Emc-users] newly made set of configs has problem

2008-03-02 Thread Jeff Epler
The default value for coordinate_font is "9x15", which has been a standard font on every version of X I've ever used (a nice bitmap, fixed-width font) You can modify the font used by making a setting in the X Resource Database, like so: echo "*Togl.font: -*-lucidatypewriter-medium-*-*-*-26-*-*

Re: [Emc-users] Joypad Example

2008-03-02 Thread Jeff Epler
On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 10:34:28PM -0500, Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: > The reason is that there's no way to get a complete list of all joystick > devices (axes and buttons) before you get the first "event". If you try > to enumerate all the axes first, and the joystick gets moved while > you're d

Re: [Emc-users] pwm-0-gen problems

2008-03-11 Thread Jeff Epler
On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 10:05:12PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > This is something that I configured the last time I ran stepconf, so > theoretically, all I should have to do is hook it up and go unless theres a > bug in stepconf or I have some duff hardware. These are pins that have not > been

Re: [Emc-users] pwm-0-gen problems

2008-03-12 Thread Jeff Epler
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 11:36:52PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > There are 2 buglets then, Jeff. The other is that stepcpnf doesn't give you > a > choice of mode/type for pwmgen. I had to hand edit that into the top of > my .hal file also. I guess it assumes most are running induction motor >

Re: [Emc-users] IMAGE-TO-GCODE PCB

2008-03-13 Thread Jeff Epler
On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 05:06:27AM -0700, Cary Rohan wrote: > What are the best settings to generate g-code? Something looking like that > banner on the image to gcode page. > http://axis.unpy.net/files/default/axis-banner.png The gcode used in the basis of that screenshot was not generated by i

Re: [Emc-users] IMAGE-TO-GCODE PCB

2008-03-13 Thread Jeff Epler
On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 11:11:34AM -0700, Cary Rohan wrote: > http://unpy.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/eagle/ulp/ > >Does it work for KICAD files? > > And thanks for the quick reply, all help is thanked. No. That program is only for the "eagle" circuit board program from cadsoft.de. Jeff

[Emc-users] Release: EMC 2.2.4

2008-03-16 Thread Jeff Epler
planner: fix velocity 'bobble' between 1st and 2nd consecutive synced moves * halscope: fix 'sample every Nth time' function * configs/univstep: fix external estop in this configuration * pluto_step: fix for negative scale values (SF#1915407) * plu

Re: [Emc-users] Release: EMC 2.2.4

2008-03-16 Thread Jeff Epler
On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 04:05:28PM -0500, Jeff Epler wrote: > I'm pleased to announce the next bugfix release of the EMC 2.2 series, > version 2.2.4. This version fixes many user-reported problems. [...] Just a note about bugs that are listed as stepconf bugs: if you were affected by

Re: [Emc-users] EMC list troubles, and thanks, Gene Heskett!

2008-03-19 Thread Jeff Epler
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 01:55:07AM -0400, Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: > It's hard to tell what the "ideal" base period is. Stepconf is probably > choosing something that will work for whatever scaling and max > velocities you've chosen. I don't know if it takes PWM > period/resolution into acc

Re: [Emc-users] Live CD RTAI version ??

2008-03-27 Thread Jeff Epler
You can find the version number of any installed package at the terminal: $ dpkg -l rtai-modules-2.6.15-magma ||/ Name VersionDescription +++-==-==- ii rtai-modules-2 3.3-1+aj4 rtai modules for Linux (kerne

Re: [Emc-users] Index only homing

2008-03-27 Thread Jeff Epler
In your .hal file, connect the index-enable pin of the encoder counter and the associated axis.N.index-enable. In your .ini file, set HOME_SEARCH_VEL to 0 (or omit it), and set HOME_LATCH_VEL to the speed at which you want to move during the search for index. To home, ensure that the motor is wit

Re: [Emc-users] Jogdial

2008-04-07 Thread Jeff Epler
This looks a lot like a device I tested a year ago with hal_inpt. Unfortunately, it did not work very well. Here's a link to the message I wrote at the time: http://www.mail-archive.com/emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg02091.html Excerpt: While this device is recognized by hal_inpu

Re: [Emc-users] Problems Compiling/Running - Update

2008-04-08 Thread Jeff Epler
On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 07:18:08AM -0500, Jeff Epler wrote: > EMC 2.1.x is unlikely to work on Ubuntu 7.10. However, the development > version has been improved in various ways for compatability with newer > versions of Ubuntu. > > On Ubuntu 7.10 the default amount of "locked

Re: [Emc-users] changing home directions

2008-04-13 Thread Jeff Epler
Change the direction of the initial homing move by modifying [AXIS_#]HOME_SEARCH_VEL. This is the same for all user interfaces. http://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/config_ini_homing.html#HOME SEARCH VEL Jeff - This SF.net ema

Re: [Emc-users] conv-float-u32

2008-04-23 Thread Jeff Epler
conv-float-u32 has never taken the absolute value of its input. Through and including version 2.1.7, there *was* a bug in conv-float-u32 which caused a negative value (e.g., -1) to output as a very large value (e.g., 4294967295 or 0x) when 'clamp' is TRUE. In 2.2.0 and newer, negative val

Re: [Emc-users] Classicladder

2008-04-24 Thread Jeff Epler
On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 09:17:16PM -0400, Dave Keeton wrote: > Just to clarify, Has MODBUS been enabled in classicladder in the > latest EMC release? No. The version of classicladder in emc 2.2.4 and the soon-to-be-released 2.2.5 does not include modbus support. Jeff ---

Re: [Emc-users] Classicladder

2008-04-25 Thread Jeff Epler
On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 10:35:33PM -0700, Kirk Wallace wrote: > On Thu, 2008-04-24 at 21:24 -0500, Jeff Epler wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 09:17:16PM -0400, Dave Keeton wrote: > > > Just to clarify, Has MODBUS been enabled in classicladder in the > > > latest EMC

[Emc-users] RELEASED: emc 2.2.5

2008-04-27 Thread Jeff Epler
I'm pleased to announce the next bugfix release of the EMC 2.2 series, version 2.2.5. This version fixes user-reported problems and adds a new hardware driver. The new packages are now available in the package repository. If you already installed 2.2.0 or 2.2.1, this is available as an update.

Re: [Emc-users] gear shift component

2008-04-27 Thread Jeff Epler
Looks neat -- too bad I have no use for it :-P If you have the comp file and you want to view the documentation, just run comp --view-doc gear4.comp If you want to install it so that it is viewable with "man gear4", execute comp --install-doc gear4.comp (If you're not using run-installed,

Re: [Emc-users] joint 1 error without any good reason

2008-04-30 Thread Jeff Epler
With a stepper machine, a "joint following error" indicates misconfiguration. There are two common reasons: * Requesting a higher step rate than can be delivered at the given BASE_PERIOD * Not specifying the required headroom for stepgen's maxvel and maxaccel. As for remote display, I fr

Re: [Emc-users] Who is creating the new Hardy 8.04 Live CD?

2008-04-30 Thread Jeff Epler
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 07:49:46AM -0700, Colin MacKenzie wrote: > I have an easy bug fix for the person doing the new live CD. He > mentions a problem in the hardy.errata file concerning systems with > RAM > 1GB. I encountered the problem last night and fixed it. I am now > running emc with 4GB ok

Re: [Emc-users] gearbox

2008-04-30 Thread Jeff Epler
I spotted several problems. First, your "{" and "}" characters don't match up. The final "}" actually matches up with the "{" in the lines > else > {currentTram = 0; while it should match up with the one for "FUNCTION(_) {". I am not entirely sure how you intend your {} to match up,

Re: [Emc-users] Slaved A axis or is it U?

2008-05-01 Thread Jeff Epler
Gantry machines are outside the scope of stepconf. You will have to write hal configuration yourself to do this. Usually this is done by "gantrykins", but nobody has yet contributed good documentation for this yet. There is also an example configuration dallur-thc which has a gantry setup which

Re: [Emc-users] 8255 driver

2008-05-02 Thread Jeff Epler
The so-called "pci_8255" driver in emc is *only* for the futurlec card with 3 8255 chips and a tiger-320 PCI bridge. It will not work without modification on any other type of card. (and according to user reports, not even that card works when any of the ports are set to input mode) Jeff --

Re: [Emc-users] 8255 driver

2008-05-04 Thread Jeff Epler
On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 08:54:02AM -0400, Dave Keeton wrote: > I reloaded the pci_8255 driver and commented out the ax. Now it shows 72 i/o > pins in hal show. I still had no luck seeing inputs change states. Just an > update. The so-called "pci_8255" driver in emc is *only* for the futurlec ca

Re: [Emc-users] 155 ms real-time delay every 10 minutes?

2008-05-05 Thread Jeff Epler
On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 06:10:08PM -0400, Kenneth Lerman wrote: > Googling: pit clocksource had been installed > > Got me to: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-bugs/2008-01/msg00541.html > > It appears from the above that you may be able to choose your clock. Choose > wisely. Regardless of wha

Re: [Emc-users] Debounce component syntax for multiple groups

2008-05-06 Thread Jeff Epler
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 10:51:37PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all, > > The documentation for the debounce component shows the syntax as: > loadrt debounce [cfg=size[,size...]] ... In the next release, the debounce component will be changed so that it matches the documentation (using spa

Re: [Emc-users] Axis Interface Startup Behavior

2008-05-11 Thread Jeff Epler
On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 10:33:20AM -0400, Greg Michalski wrote: > Ok - what am I missing - how do I force the Axis window to start MAXIMIZED This may help you: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?To_Make_The_AXIS_Screen_As_Large_As_Possible Jeff -

Re: [Emc-users] suse10.3 - after exit linux freezes

2008-05-13 Thread Jeff Epler
Does the problem exist after running the rtai testsuite (e.g., test/kern/latency)? Does the problem exist when using a stock configuration that does not communicate with hardware (e.g., sim/tkemc.ini)? Have you made any modifications to the emc 2.2.5 source code, or did you compile it unchanged?

Re: [Emc-users] suse10.3 - after exit linux freezes

2008-05-13 Thread Jeff Epler
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 09:11:05PM -0400, Kent A. Reed wrote: > I hope someone holding write-permission to the wiki.linuxcnc.org To get write permission, follow the BasicSteps and log in http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?BasicSteps Jeff PS It's for this reason that the linuxcnc.org

Re: [Emc-users] EMC2 on Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron LTS - official announcement

2008-05-15 Thread Jeff Epler
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 07:06:00PM +0300, Alex Joni wrote: > As most of you probably know, the latest version of Ubuntu has been released > a couple weeks ago: Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron. > (http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-8.04-lts-desktop) [...] Alex, Thank you for all your hard work. Jeff

Re: [Emc-users] Z-Axis Drifting Problem

2008-05-17 Thread Jeff Epler
On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 02:33:04PM -0500, Ray Henry wrote: > I can't see how electrical interference would cause bad counting in one > direction only but you might make certain your encoder cables are > grounded at the drive end only. I agree this sounds a bit strange, but I've seen this on two oc

Re: [Emc-users] Hardy Heron issues

2008-05-19 Thread Jeff Epler
On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 08:32:41PM -0400, xtra209 wrote: > The other issue is with stepconfig wizard. Everything is normal and I > can even test the motors but at the very end the apply button doesn't do > anything useful. It blinks when I either click it with the mouse or > press either butto

Re: [Emc-users] Subject: Re: Micro stepper driver MSD542 / KL-5042

2008-05-20 Thread Jeff Epler
On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 08:14:00AM +0100, Ian W. Wright wrote: > why does a low accel round corners more than a fast accel.? By default, the emc trajectory planner tries to keep the greatest speed possible while touching each commanded line (or arc) in at least one spot. It does this by "blendin

Re: [Emc-users] Hardy Heron issues

2008-05-20 Thread Jeff Epler
On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 11:52:14AM -0400, xtra209 wrote: > Jeff, > > I followed the instructions you asked me to. Things are stranger than I > realized the first time around. Sometimes I have to click "forward" with > the mouse and sometimes I have to use the "enter" button to proceed. I > actu

Re: [Emc-users] Still Crashing

2008-05-21 Thread Jeff Epler
Thank you for bringing this problem to my attention. I have just altered a local firewall rule so that traceroute can complete a trace to cvs.linuxcnc.org. Here is what the traceroute now looks like from the most geographically separated system I could access: $ traceroute -f15 cvs.linuxcnc.org

Re: [Emc-users] address change

2008-05-22 Thread Jeff Epler
To change your subscription, use the link at the bottom of each list e-mail > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users to remove the subscription to your old address and add the new one. Jeff - This SF.net email

Re: [Emc-users] ax5214h troubles

2008-05-23 Thread Jeff Epler
On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 06:30:20AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > My ongoing troubles with using the ax5214h driver with an Acess DIO-48 card > may be of assistance to some others. Dave, I owe you an apology. I told you that the fix for this problem would be in emc 2.2, but then I never commi

Re: [Emc-users] Still Crashing

2008-05-24 Thread Jeff Epler
I've had a tcpdump running on 206.222.212.218 (bald.unpythonic.net) which captured Paul's traceroute packets in and ICMP Unreachable replies back out. These are the packets that traceroute expects to be generated when its trace actually reaches the destination machine. So the packets are reaching

Re: [Emc-users] AXIS display and 'g-code driving me loopy...'

2008-05-30 Thread Jeff Epler
I agree that what you describe would be great, and really lift AXIS up to a whole new level when it comes to previewing gcode for >3 axis machines. One stumbling block is that there are a lot of different possible machines (maybe as many as 120 for machines up to 5 axes; I haven't completely thoug

Re: [Emc-users] adding and compiling a new file

2008-06-02 Thread Jeff Epler
On Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 06:13:05PM +0200, jros wrote: > I think a different aproach is > > sudo comp --install your_kin.c > > from EMC 2.1.7 and above. > > It compiles and installs in place (I think) (sudo) comp --install should work for both run-installed and run-in-place versions. The sudo

Re: [Emc-users] How can I connect servo encoder to 5I20?

2008-06-05 Thread Jeff Epler
On Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 08:46:17PM +0800, Howard Chan wrote: > Dear All, > > I am using AC-Servo Motor(SANYO DENKI) which have a encoder. The encoder > provide A and /A phase, B and /B phase, Z and /Z phase. The Pin assembly > of HAL, there are not any pins about /A, /B and /Z phases, but there ar

Re: [Emc-users] Putting Encoder on AC servomotor???

2008-06-05 Thread Jeff Epler
On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 09:57:53PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi > Servo Dynamic told me that have encoder with too much resolution is not > help because drive will not be able to process or use too much pulses from > encoder. Are there a MAXIMUM limits of pulses from encoder? Typically the

Re: [Emc-users] Pico on Pluto

2008-06-07 Thread Jeff Epler
When you set pluto-servo.pwm.#.pwmdir TRUE, the output should be what you call "sign-magnitude": value after scale+offsetPWM Dir 0.0 0%FALSE 0.5 50%FALSE 1.0100%* FALSE

Re: [Emc-users] Pico on Pluto

2008-06-07 Thread Jeff Epler
Jon, What *should* the driving signals look like at the input of your amplifiers? I assume from your response that I'm making some kind of rookie mistake here, compounded by the fact that I still don't understand what the mistake is. Jeff -

Re: [Emc-users] My Mill on EMC2

2008-06-09 Thread Jeff Epler
On Sun, Jun 08, 2008 at 09:53:54PM -0400, Greg Michalski wrote: > A question though - when I have the file loaded and touch off to the > workpiece - it takes FOREVER to get back to ready to let me touch off the > next axis. What is this the result of? When you touch off, AXIS regenerates the pr

Re: [Emc-users] EMC Fest

2008-06-15 Thread Jeff Epler
so far we've got Jeff Epler John Kasunich Steve Padnos Kenneth Lerman Steve Stallings Matt Shaver Ray Henry and I've probably forgotten someone.. Jeff - Check out the new Sourc

Re: [Emc-users] EMC Fest

2008-06-15 Thread Jeff Epler
On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 11:02:05PM -0500, Jon Elson wrote: > Great! Where's the webcam? http://linuxcnc.org/compile_farm/festcam.shtml - Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell serv

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