Re: [Emc-users] Machine Vision?

2014-08-18 Thread andy pugh
On 18 August 2014 18:46, Todd Zuercher zuerc...@embarqmail.com wrote: How hard would it be to detect the location of these pockets, position an air nozzle over the pocket and clean them with a short air blast as they are carried down the conveyor. I think that would

Re: [Emc-users] OT: 5axis Workpiece Offset Compensation (in Sinumerik and LinuxCNC)?

2014-08-19 Thread andy pugh
On 19 August 2014 14:27, Florian Rist fr...@fs.tum.de wrote: Now I mount the cube on the machine, after touching off it turns out that its 0.1 mm off in XYZ and turned and tilted by 0.1°. How to compensate this misalignment? My first guess would be to touch-off the B axis of your coordinate

Re: [Emc-users] Machine Vision?

2014-08-19 Thread andy pugh
On 19 August 2014 15:02, Todd Zuercher zuerc...@embarqmail.com wrote: This is what we are trying now. And it isn't quite working. To get the pockets clean pressures on the air curtain have to be so high that we have to have roller hold downs on the pieces to keep them

Re: [Emc-users] Machine Vision?

2014-08-19 Thread andy pugh
On 19 August 2014 15:35, Todd Zuercher zuerc...@embarqmail.com wrote: The problem of multiple simultaneous pockets to be cleaned, I may be best addressed by telling the humans loading the conveyor to avoid it. Why not give the humans a vacuum nozzle? -- atp If you can't

Re: [Emc-users] OT: 5axis Workpiece Offset Compensation (in Sinumerik and LinuxCNC)?

2014-08-19 Thread andy pugh
On 19 August 2014 17:17, Florian Rist fr...@fs.tum.de wrote: I think I'm somewhat misunderstanding all the 5axis positioning in milling. For example I always wonder why the xyz workpiece coordinates of the tool tip do not change when I rotate and/or tilt the table. In my understanding I'm

Re: [Emc-users] G540, 5i25, missing steps, once again.

2014-08-22 Thread andy pugh
On 22 August 2014 14:29, John Alexander Stewart ivatt...@gmail.com wrote: Q: no documents close by, so maybe a dumb question. How did you invert the step outputs? With software step generation you either tick the invert box in stepconf, or add a line to the HAL. (

Re: [Emc-users] LCNC replacement for Torchmate control?

2014-08-23 Thread andy pugh
On 23 August 2014 06:43, Gregg Eshelman g_ala...@yahoo.com wrote: I can't find a way to send it back to where it started when it's done cutting and if there's a problem like the cutter overheating it cannot pick up right where it stopped, it has to back up to where the G-code line it's on

Re: [Emc-users] Dwell time (G4) override

2014-08-24 Thread andy pugh
On 24 August 2014 18:22, Philipp Burch p...@hb9etc.ch wrote: So my question is: Is it possible to adjust dwell times while the interpreter is executing a program? Yes, there are many ways to do it, in fact. What GUI are you using? You could easily add a GladeVCP or PyVCP panel to the GUI with

Re: [Emc-users] 5i25 2x 7i76 to control two machines?

2014-08-24 Thread andy pugh
On 24 August 2014 16:32, Axel Zöllich fa...@zoellich.de wrote: As I've got a lathe awaking to be controlled by linuxcnc I'me thinking about using a second 7i76 for the lathe connected to the same 5i25 but operated by another linuxcnc instance. Is this possible? I am afraid not. You could run

Re: [Emc-users] buying directly from Mesa

2014-08-25 Thread andy pugh
On 25 August 2014 22:48, Leonardo Marsaglia leonardomarsagli...@gmail.com wrote: have bought several times and I'm from Argentina, and they only need you to send the credit card number via Fax or Voice, just for security reasons. They usually ship via USPS or FedEx. It's easier now, there is

Re: [Emc-users] store.mesa.com: Germany is missing

2014-08-26 Thread andy pugh
On 26 August 2014 09:55, Axel Zöllich fa...@zoellich.de wrote: But you cannot choose germany as a shipping destination. It's missing in the list. Maybe there is some commercial agreement between Mesa and the German distributor? There is a LinuxCNC user in Portugal who holds EU stock:

Re: [Emc-users] Using stepper as encoder.

2014-08-26 Thread andy pugh
On 26 August 2014 02:59, rayj raymo...@frontiernet.net wrote: I'm wondering if anyone on this list has used a stepper motor as an encoder to monitor a shaft position and used it as input to LCNC? Why bother when you end up with something more expensive and more troublesome than:

Re: [Emc-users] buying directly from Mesa

2014-08-26 Thread andy pugh
On 26 August 2014 13:49, Rick Lair r...@superiorroll.com wrote: The webpage changed to http://store.mesanet.com http://store.mesanet.com/ Actually, it didn't change. I typed in the wrong URL. Sorry folks. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto

Re: [Emc-users] lathe_fanucy directory placement is right?

2014-08-27 Thread andy pugh
On 27 August 2014 13:26, Janos Bujtar janos.buj...@gmail.com wrote: When I moved manually the sim.axis.lathe-fanucy directory under sim.axis and corrected the PATH_APPEND line, everything was OK. The config is where I wanted it to be, but I found out to late that it doesn't work there (it does

Re: [Emc-users] CNC Sewing/Embroidery/Quilting Machine

2014-08-27 Thread andy pugh
On 27 August 2014 16:21, alex chiosso achio...@gmail.com wrote: I would like to discuss with you what do you think about the conversion to LCNC. One very easy way (maybe too easy) would be to pass needle height through a lincurve component (I use that for nearly everything, because we use them

Re: [Emc-users] analog spindle scaling problem

2014-08-28 Thread andy pugh
On 28 August 2014 14:41, David Armstrong cncbas...@gmail.com wrote: OUTPUT_SCALE = 0.00161 Is that value actually used anywhere in the HAL? -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto

Re: [Emc-users] analog spindle scaling problem

2014-08-28 Thread andy pugh
On 28 August 2014 17:32, David Armstrong cncbas...@gmail.com wrote: Andy , i was taking the example from here for the 0 - 10v analog spindle http://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/examples/spindle.html None of the examples there reference the INI at all, so changing the number in the INI wouldn't have

Re: [Emc-users] Got a hal stumper

2014-08-30 Thread Andy Pugh
On 30 Aug 2014, at 21:03, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: 1140 revs. But with those same settings, an s50 entry only gets me about 25 rpms Does it actually matter? I generally work on lathe speed being too fast or too slow and the actual RPM is irrelevant. But, why not use

Re: [Emc-users] Got a hal stumper

2014-08-30 Thread andy pugh
On 31 August 2014 00:30, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: Net result would be a scale factor of 1, but with the tolerance of the slot windows photocel response filtered out because every step presented to the real world would then be the average of the last 4 I suspect that if you set

Re: [Emc-users] Got a hal stumper

2014-08-31 Thread Andy Pugh
On 31 Aug 2014, at 06:19, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: Bringing up the Igain had the effect of slowing it quite drastically. Running at 500 revs, with Igain at the default .1, raise it to 10 and it slows to about 125 rpms. If adding I gain increases the orator then something

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle at speed

2014-09-01 Thread andy pugh
On 1 September 2014 18:10, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: That would depend on what you do with that signal in your hal file. At the risk of looking like a one trick pony if I was trying to configure this I would take the ratio (or difference) between requested and actual spindle speed

Re: [Emc-users] near module, Grrrr

2014-09-02 Thread andy pugh
On 2 September 2014 12:24, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: But near.N.difference is a parameter, and when an attempt is made to net a signal to it, lcnc goes boom won't start. It could be made into a pin by a very minor edit to

Re: [Emc-users] Mixing BLDC and brushed motors

2014-09-04 Thread andy pugh
On 4 September 2014 13:50, John Prentice (FS) j...@castlewd.freeserve.co.uk wrote: The BLDC motors suit a 7i39 very well (interfaced by a 5i20). Are there any problems in using just two phases of another 7i39 to drive the brushed motor? I presume that one would drive, say A, with the desired

Re: [Emc-users] Setting of HAL pin from gcode

2014-09-04 Thread andy pugh
On 4 September 2014 15:17, Marius Liebenberg mar...@mastercut.co.za wrote: I understand that one can get a value from HAL into a gcode sub routine. I am trying to set a HAL pin from my gcode but it seems not to want to happen. The #_hal[hal.pin.name] format is read-only, so the easy option is

Re: [Emc-users] Setting of HAL pin from gcode

2014-09-04 Thread andy pugh
On 4 September 2014 15:52, Marius Liebenberg mar...@mastercut.co.za wrote: motion.analog-out-00 = mycomp-float-in. Yes, exactly that. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto --

Re: [Emc-users] Steppers losing position

2014-09-04 Thread andy pugh
On 4 September 2014 16:07, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: There is Nema23 stepper motor and Gecko stepper driver. A vaguely recall hearing of one channel of the G540 going bad and then also that inverting the step signals makes it good again. It certainly seems that it might be

Re: [Emc-users] Rifling machine

2014-09-05 Thread andy pugh
On 5 September 2014 03:04, Len Shelton l...@probotix.com wrote: Here is the best machine design I could find that really demonstrates the issue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_yemjfgkE0 Well ,if that worked then a CNC version would. My concern would be with the torsional stiffness of the

Re: [Emc-users] Retrofitting scara robot

2014-09-09 Thread andy pugh
On 9 September 2014 20:50, Marius Alksnys marius.alks...@gmail.com wrote: Seiko Epson D-Train TT8550

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC Meeting Stuttgart, Germany 2014

2014-09-09 Thread andy pugh
On 9 September 2014 23:45, Rene Hopf reneh...@mac.com wrote: The second PCB is on a stm32f4discovery, and accepts resolvers, differential encoders, rs485 and ethernet. It is designed to get the software development going, and is easy to build, 1 layer, and through hole components. I

Re: [Emc-users] setting global variables from HAL python

2014-09-10 Thread andy pugh
On 10 September 2014 01:02, Ralph Stirling ralph.stirl...@wallawalla.edu wrote: I seem to recall seeing somewhere a way to read and write variables within a hal user space python module, that can be then referenced in G-code. Was this wishful imaginings, or is this possible? It is used as

Re: [Emc-users] standardizingtool table entries

2014-09-10 Thread andy pugh
On 24 April 2014 13:43, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: Good looking stuff though. I'll take some measurements when it warms up later today and see if I can use that last tool holder. Or if I need to make another tool post to hold one of the bigger, more rigid ones. PIMA, but not

Re: [Emc-users] Printing on wall

2014-09-10 Thread andy pugh
On 10 September 2014 22:26, Jack Coats j...@coats.org wrote: Part of the difficulty is keeping the raster image in perspective (aspect ratio, image density, etc). I made a start on a laser rasterer, and got as far as loading JPEG data into a share-memory area where a HAL realtime component

Re: [Emc-users] HSMXpress

2014-09-10 Thread andy pugh
On 11 September 2014 01:42, jrmitchellj . jrmitche...@gmail.com wrote: It turns out the there is a basic post for HSMExpress, emc.cps. The forum had a visitation from Autodesk, but no replies:

Re: [Emc-users] Running high voltage DC spindle motor

2014-09-11 Thread andy pugh
On 11 September 2014 09:34, Marius Alksnys marius.alks...@gmail.com wrote: Do you know any board to buy for this motor? If not - maybe some good schematics? Maybe one from Granite (in Finland) ? http://granitedevices.com/digital-servo-drive-argon It runs off single-phase mains so will only be

Re: [Emc-users] standardizingtool table entries

2014-09-11 Thread andy pugh
On 11 September 2014 10:29, Mark Wendt wendt.m...@gmail.com wrote: Dang Andy! Nice bit of kit. They have any more of them up for grabs? Actually, it seems that they do: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/390924280101 -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto

Re: [Emc-users] Running high voltage DC spindle motor

2014-09-11 Thread andy pugh
On 11 September 2014 10:59, Marius Alksnys marius.alks...@gmail.com wrote: What do you think about controlling DC SSR with PWM like HDD-9V30E from http://www.power-io.com/products/hdd.htm I think you need to wait for advice from folk who actually know something about building practical motor

Re: [Emc-users] standardizingtool table entries

2014-09-11 Thread andy pugh
On 11 September 2014 11:29, Mark Wendt wendt.m...@gmail.com wrote: Actually, it seems that they do: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/390924280101 Not a bad price at all for what you are getting. Look at his other items, he has some similar sets from Simtek for about half the price. -- atp If you

Re: [Emc-users] 7i80 with ethernet, *.ini and *.hal files

2014-09-14 Thread andy pugh
On 14 September 2014 22:30, Karlsson Wang nicklas.karls...@karlssonwang.se wrote: It seems to work but I do not have an 7i80 card. It send UDP packages but and ask for MAC address bur for some reason fail to find the MAC address although it is sent over the Ethernet card from my STM32 board.

Re: [Emc-users] 5i25 detected, but not the 7i76

2014-09-16 Thread andy pugh
On 17 September 2014 00:26, Axel Zöllich fa...@zoellich.de wrote: In other words the 7i76 isn't recongnised by the 5i25 without VIN powered? Indeed not. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto

Re: [Emc-users] 5i25 configuration

2014-09-17 Thread andy pugh
On 17 September 2014 08:36, David Armstrong cncbas...@gmail.com wrote: using the 5i25 will need a different firmware loading into the 5i25 using the mesaflash windows utility program There is a Linux Mesaflash too. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto

Re: [Emc-users] 5i25 configuration

2014-09-17 Thread andy pugh
On 17 September 2014 12:58, Kasey Matejcek ka...@lkm.bz wrote: I have tried flashing the firmware on it with the mesa utility prob_rfx2 and no change You need to completely power-off the computer for the new firmware to show up. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it.

Re: [Emc-users] Hey Gene! Still looking for a pocket O'scope?

2014-09-17 Thread andy pugh
On 17 September 2014 14:00, Mark Wendt wendt.m...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.ebay.com/itm/DSO112-touch-screen-mini-digital-oscilloscope-pocket-oscilloscope-/111461757737 Pocket is so 19 century: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/920064946/oscilloscope-watch -- atp If you can't fix it, you

Re: [Emc-users] New to LinuxCNC and PnCConf and need some help...

2014-09-17 Thread andy pugh
On 17 September 2014 13:59, p...@wpnet.us wrote: 1. The biggest issue currently - After some fiddling I have the Hitachi VFD controlled spindle operating in the PnCConf open loop test where I am able to run it forward and reverse at various speeds. I have the spindle encoder connected (A

Re: [Emc-users] New to LinuxCNC and PnCConf and need some help...

2014-09-17 Thread andy pugh
On 17 September 2014 15:01, p...@wpnet.us wrote: I'm also anything but clear on the settings for the spindle encoder (A and Index) for threading. If you only have a single channel on the encoder then you need to set counter-mode to 1 for the encoder counter. Otherwise the encoder just counts

Re: [Emc-users] New to LinuxCNC and PnCConf and need some help...

2014-09-17 Thread andy pugh
On 17 September 2014 16:21, p...@wpnet.us Why can't I seem to find documentation that clearly lists all variables / keywords and how they operate and accepted values? [/quote] Partly because there are too many, which ones are available depends on exactly what modules are loaded, and for extra

Re: [Emc-users] New to LinuxCNC and PnCConf and need some help...

2014-09-17 Thread andy pugh
On 17 September 2014 15:50, p...@wpnet.us wrote: The notes say the enable output is hard linked with the enable for the analog output. Ah, so it is. I will have to think more about this when I am not meant to be in an audio meeting :-) Setting the signs of the search and latch velocities

Re: [Emc-users] Hey Gene! Still looking for a pocket O'scope?

2014-09-17 Thread andy pugh
On 17 September 2014 16:05, Dave Cole linuxcncro...@gmail.com wrote: I can see the instructions now: Strap the device to yourself and attach it to the live circuits!!! What a horrible idea! I am fairly sure that the only expected function is for out-geeking your friends down the hackerspace.

Re: [Emc-users] New to LinuxCNC and PnCConf and need some help...

2014-09-17 Thread andy pugh
On 17 September 2014 21:40, p...@wpnet.us wrote: I still have the spindle issue, no matter what I do I have not been able to get any spindle operation in LinuxCNC. If I don't have the spindle encoder configured I am able to control it in the PnCConf open loop test and everything works fine

Re: [Emc-users] New to LinuxCNC and PnCConf and need some help...

2014-09-17 Thread andy pugh
On 17 September 2014 22:53, p...@wpnet.us wrote: On the instant reverse issue I am wondering if instead of using the fully isolated enable and direction outputs provided by the 7i76 if I would be better off setting up for fwd/rev control and using two of the general field outputs (I have

Re: [Emc-users] Hey Gene! Still looking for a pocket O'scope?

2014-09-17 Thread andy pugh
On 17 September 2014 23:20, David Bagby d...@calypsoventures.com wrote: Along those lines, folks may find this interesting: https://www.lab-nation.com/ 2 channel 100 MHz scope, 8 channel logic analyzer, wave for generator, pick your favorite screen flavor. OSx, Linux, Windwos, Android or

Re: [Emc-users] Hey Gene! Still looking for a pocket O'scope?

2014-09-18 Thread andy pugh
On 18 September 2014 09:58, Mark Wendt wendt.m...@gmail.com wrote: https://www.lab-nation.com/ Along the same lines: http://redpitaya.com Same problem. These elder eyes would damn near need a microscope to get any useful detail from the small display. Neither of those have a display, they

Re: [Emc-users] Yahoo Mail is tossing about 90% of messages from this list into SPAM.

2014-09-18 Thread andy pugh
On 18 September 2014 09:59, Mark Wendt wendt.m...@gmail.com wrote: Gmail is doing the same thing for me on your emails. I had to create a filter to keep your replies from ending up in the spam bin. Yahoo broke the internet If you want people to be able to see your emails then dump Yahoo.

Re: [Emc-users] Question on gearchange use?

2014-09-18 Thread andy pugh
On 18 September 2014 14:48, p...@wpnet.us wrote: I There are plenty of inputs available if I wanted to put some sensors on the gear shifts so LinuxCNC could tell what range it's in. I have done it without sensors on my mill:

Re: [Emc-users] New to LinuxCNC and PnCConf and need some help...

2014-09-18 Thread andy pugh
On 18 September 2014 14:56, p...@wpnet.us wrote: I figured I'd just get the spindle running at a known speed and put a frequency counter on it to calculate CPR It's easier just to reset the encoder, then turn the spindle through one turn, and see what the number is. -- atp If you can't fix

Re: [Emc-users] New to LinuxCNC and PnCConf and need some help...

2014-09-18 Thread andy pugh
On 18 September 2014 14:56, p...@wpnet.us wrote: The current enable and direction outputs work correctly in the open loop test as well it just has the issue with the instant direction change during decel when stopping from a reverse run. I think that this might be due to the way that the

Re: [Emc-users] New to LinuxCNC and PnCConf and need some help...

2014-09-18 Thread andy pugh
On 18 September 2014 22:52, p...@wpnet.us wrote: The original spindle issue remains, no operation at all from within linuxCNC, despite normal operation from the PnCConf test. :( Is there a value on the motion.spindle-speed-abs pin? Is that value finding its way to the attached signal, and is

Re: [Emc-users] New to LinuxCNC and PnCConf and need some help...

2014-09-18 Thread andy pugh
On 18 September 2014 23:49, p...@wpnet.us wrote: float OUT10 motion.spindle-speed-out-abs == spindle-vel-cmd-rpm-abs float 0 spindle-vel-cmd-abs == hm2_5i25.0.7i76.0.0.spinout That looks a bit like a bug in PNCConf. And now the spindle

Re: [Emc-users] New to LinuxCNC and PnCConf and need some help...

2014-09-18 Thread andy pugh
On 19 September 2014 01:29, p...@wpnet.us wrote: More fiddling and it appears the encoder is 2000 CPR. 2000 is quite likely, as is 2048, you could try 10 turns to be sure. I seem to recall there was a parameter somewhere for an analog output offset that I could perhaps use The first thing

Re: [Emc-users] some small progress

2014-09-20 Thread Andy Pugh
On 19 Sep 2014, at 22:22, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: s5000 = 1407 s1300 = 1366 s1200 = 1267 s1100 = 1164 and it follows a reasonable straight line down to s100 = 112 s50 = 60 s30 = 40 Are you sure that the pod is working? You should get the number you ask for.

Re: [Emc-users] Tuning a spindle servo

2014-09-22 Thread andy pugh
On 22 September 2014 12:22, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: IMO an example usage stanza should be shown. Most of the component manpages are auto-generated by comp, but in many cases it is hard for comp to auto-generate a valid usage example. What would probably be needed would be a new

Re: [Emc-users] blocks (here demux)

2014-09-22 Thread andy pugh
On 22 September 2014 12:36, Axel Zöllich fa...@zoellich.de wrote: In the HAL manual there is mentioned a blocks component (mux, demux. or...). But no man page anywhere and even further loadrt blocks gives a not found error. It appears that blocks used to exist, but has been removed. It looks

Re: [Emc-users] blocks (here demux)

2014-09-22 Thread andy pugh
On 22 September 2014 13:01, Axel Zöllich fa...@zoellich.de wrote: 1 out of 4 demux this is: two 7i76 in pins demuxed to 4 hal signals (choosen joint X or Y or Z or A) There perhaps ought to be a dedicated component for this, and I think that there is more than one way to do this and someone

Re: [Emc-users] blocks (here demux)

2014-09-22 Thread andy pugh
On 22 September 2014 14:29, David Armstrong cncbas...@gmail.com wrote: ok heres a quick comp which i think should do it , although it may need debugging as to order I wonder if we should have a demux_generic? Though it seems that everyone has coped OK without one so far. -- atp If you can't

Re: [Emc-users] blocks (here demux)

2014-09-22 Thread andy pugh
On 22 September 2014 20:06, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: Looks like a start. Don't forget that you'll need to synth 7 lines rather than 4 into a mux8 so as to be able to jog in both directions by setp'ing the other 4 inputs to matching -values. I imagine that the numbers are heading

Re: [Emc-users] 7i76 and spindle control

2014-09-26 Thread andy pugh
On 26 September 2014 04:28, Peter C. Wallace p...@mesanet.com wrote: The 7I76 spindle analog out circuitry expects a regulated 5V to 12V supply, your supply has about 10K Ohms of series resistance so is not a suitable voltage source. You can use an isolated external supply of 5 to 12V It

Re: [Emc-users] using 7i43 as a stepper controller

2014-09-26 Thread andy pugh
On 22 September 2014 00:13, Condit Alan condita...@yahoo.com wrote: I have seen some recommendations talking about setting up the stepgens for the 7i43 for velocity mode. Does this require encoders on the steppers? I just found this message in the spam folder (in fact, all your messages go

Re: [Emc-users] 7i43 to control spindle speed

2014-09-26 Thread andy pugh
On 22 September 2014 00:22, Condit Alan condita...@yahoo.com wrote: I have seen recommendations about using a stepgen instead of a PWMgen. Which would be the better choice? Why? The 7i43 on my 9x20 uses a PWMgen. (I think it might be in PDM mode in actuality). A stepgen is only appropriate if

Re: [Emc-users] Another new bash update, the previous fix for shockwave was incomplete

2014-09-26 Thread andy pugh
On 26 September 2014 13:29, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: See subject, for a change this hits ALL the non-windows systems. Shellshock seems like a better search term. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto

Re: [Emc-users] 7i43 to control spindle speed

2014-09-26 Thread andy pugh
On 26 September 2014 19:52, Condit Alan condita...@yahoo.com wrote: Do you use a relay to reverse the spindle motor? With the appropriate hal connections (and possibly support circuitry) one could use the dir line to control a DPDT relay. I actually have a little board with a couple of

Re: [Emc-users] sudo comp --install in Master

2014-09-27 Thread andy pugh
On 27 September 2014 20:20, Ricardo Moscoloni rmoscol...@gmail.com wrote: To Sam: will test the new name, wondering what force the name change. Two things: There is a HAL component called comp so there was scope for confusion. More seriously, if you _didn't_ have linuxcnc-dev installed then

[Emc-users] Lathe Design

2014-09-28 Thread andy pugh
My lathe is rubbish. That's just a fact. Luckily the lathe is a rather clever mechanism and even a bad one can make decent parts due to fundamental precepts of geometry. What I noticed today was that the saddle can twist. I think I have the rear gibb a bit tight for anywhere more than 5 from the

Re: [Emc-users] Lathe Design

2014-09-29 Thread andy pugh
On 29 September 2014 03:35, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: Apart from the extra cost, what is the drawback? The requirement for a totally backlashless coupling between the screws? I would imagine that a symmetrical belt drive from a single motor, or two motors (and square it in

Re: [Emc-users] Lathe Design

2014-09-29 Thread andy pugh
On 29 September 2014 08:14, Dave Caroline dave.thearchiv...@gmail.com wrote: I would just think of the bed as a casting, discard the rubbish sitting on it, add a couple of rails and slides now you have something than can carry a saddle without tightening and play. A decent plan, apart from the

Re: [Emc-users] PCD routine for ngcgui

2014-09-29 Thread andy pugh
On 29 September 2014 14:01, Marius Liebenberg mar...@mastercut.co.za wrote: Has anyone done a pcd subroutine for ngc gui yet? I am urgently looking for one. Dont want to write it now :) It's actually really easy to MDI. (cradek pointed this out to me I think). LinuxCNC understands polar

Re: [Emc-users] PCD routine for ngcgui

2014-09-29 Thread andy pugh
On 29 September 2014 14:16, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: G81 @2 ^60 Z-0.126 L6 will drill 6 holes slightly deeper than 1/8 on a 2 radius circle. Actually, after checking the docs, that will probably drill a spiral of holes. http://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/gcode/overview.html

Re: [Emc-users] Lathe Design

2014-09-29 Thread andy pugh
On 29 September 2014 10:47, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: Bolton has an 11x28 (23 between centers) with a variable speed motor that sells bare for about $3000 USD. The B290VF. Marked down some now. $2721 w/6 4 jaw backplate. What can this group say about it? Good or bad

Re: [Emc-users] PCD routine for ngcgui

2014-09-29 Thread andy pugh
On 29 September 2014 15:59, Marius Liebenberg mar...@mastercut.co.za wrote: So the code is like this if I am correct g90 g0 x0 y18 z20 g91 g81 ^90 z-5 r20 l4 f100 Looks right to me, but I would run it without a drill or the chuck first, I think :-) -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own

Re: [Emc-users] Lathe Design

2014-09-29 Thread andy pugh
On 29 September 2014 17:07, Eric Keller eekel...@psu.edu wrote: The lathe is a Nanotech. There are a lot of reasons why it is a half million $ machine, but I'm not sure the base is one of those reasons. I wonder what the logic is behind moving the head rather than the tool for the Z axis? --

Re: [Emc-users] PCD routine for ngcgui

2014-09-29 Thread andy pugh
On 29 September 2014 16:50, Marius Liebenberg mar...@mastercut.co.za wrote: g90 g0 x0 y18 z20 g91 g81 ^90 z-5 r20 l4 f100 It seems to be working the wrong way round. I start with the tool at the X0 Y18 Z0 position then when I execute, The tool lifts up to Z20, goes to the next position,

Re: [Emc-users] Another 5i25-7i76 question - spindle encoder this time.

2014-10-02 Thread andy pugh
On 2 October 2014 03:14, John Alexander Stewart ivatt...@gmail.com wrote: I see nothing - no counts, no action on the input. It might be worth looking at the A-input pin as GPIO, just to make sure that it is working electrically. (GPIO 16, or possibly 33 depending on which header you are on) --

Re: [Emc-users] Documentation auto-generation [Was: Tuning a spindle servo]

2014-10-02 Thread andy pugh
On 2 October 2014 12:33, Erik Christiansen dva...@internode.on.net wrote: A commonly used tool for auto-generating documentation from code is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doxygen I am fairly sure that halcompile (nee comp) does this for LinuxCNC components. As I said, we would need a new

Re: [Emc-users] Tuning a spindle servo

2014-10-02 Thread andy pugh
On 2 October 2014 13:15, Erik Christiansen dva...@internode.on.net wrote: As for pointers as to ... all required information, I suspect that our doughty¹ developers are thinking Use the wiki, Luke., after all, that is the pointers as to ... all [available] information Actually, the Wiki is (I

Re: [Emc-users] Problem with 5i25 on D525MW

2014-10-02 Thread andy pugh
On 2 October 2014 12:41, Andrew pkm...@gmail.com wrote: The next day I powered up the PC and Z servo drive (but not VFD), the PC started booting. I remember the boot log appearing and then suddenly the screen gets black. Since then no picture from that PC, even no bios logo. I checked the

Re: [Emc-users] Problem with 5i25 on D525MW

2014-10-02 Thread andy pugh
On 2 October 2014 13:32, John Alexander Stewart ivatt...@gmail.com wrote: I wonder if the PC power supply is in trouble? Can you test the 5i25 ...without the 5i25 cards? I had a problem where the D510 wouldn't boot at all with certain PCI riser cards. it took me 3 attempts to find one that

Re: [Emc-users] Uncondiftional , Conditional Program Jumps .

2014-10-02 Thread andy pugh
On 2 October 2014 17:59, alex chiosso achio...@gmail.com wrote: I've checked out the jump functionality (within the G code) used from several CNCs on the market (Fanuc,Siemens ,Heidenhain,Fagor ...) and it is present. Nearly every other programming language either does not have a jump/goto or

Re: [Emc-users] Uncondiftional , Conditional Program Jumps .

2014-10-03 Thread andy pugh
On 3 October 2014 09:24, Erik Christiansen dva...@internode.on.net wrote: Not for nought is it said that a determined programmer can write fortran in any language. You have seen the FORTRAN++ that makes up the bulk of the NML code in LinuxCNC then? -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own

Re: [Emc-users] Uncondiftional , Conditional Program Jumps .

2014-10-03 Thread andy pugh
On 3 October 2014 08:08, alex chiosso achio...@gmail.com wrote: I wonder to know how difficult is to implement the GOTO logical operators within the LCNC G Code interpreter. The first question is how you would define the target position. As LinuxCNC G-code doesn't pay attention to line numbers

Re: [Emc-users] Uncondiftional , Conditional Program Jumps .

2014-10-03 Thread andy pugh
On 3 October 2014 11:38, Erik Christiansen dva...@internode.on.net wrote: said that a determined programmer can write fortran in any language. You have seen the FORTRAN++ that makes up the bulk of the NML code in LinuxCNC then? Errr ... is that relevant to the context? It was a joke. Or an

Re: [Emc-users] Uncondiftional , Conditional Program Jumps .

2014-10-03 Thread andy pugh
On 3 October 2014 10:29, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: In the interpreter at the moment the loop ends are matched by number. O100 while - O100 endwhile etc. In the context of GOTO it guess that you would need an O101 GOTO to jump to your O101 LABEL. If you fancy having a go, the O-word

Re: [Emc-users] Uncondiftional , Conditional Program Jumps .

2014-10-03 Thread andy pugh
On 3 October 2014 13:24, Erik Christiansen dva...@internode.on.net wrote: There wouldn't be much of it in your engine controllers? That used to all be C, now it is mainly auto-generated C produced from Simulink models. For some reason we get given the C (in pdf format!) rather than the model as

Re: [Emc-users] Conditional code- GOTO

2014-10-04 Thread Andy Pugh
On 4 Oct 2014, at 19:53, Ron Ginger rongin...@roadrunner.com wrote: One of the complaints often heard about LinuxCNC is that it is controlled by a small group of programmers and the only things they add are things they like/want This is s fair way off of the truth as it assumes that

Re: [Emc-users] Conditional code- GOTO

2014-10-04 Thread Andy Pugh
On 4 Oct 2014, at 21:32, alex chiosso achio...@gmail.com wrote: Andy , because everything is relative the fact that you say that is only a statement adding/changing in a C++ file maybe it's clear and easy for you but sure it is not for me. Did you also see that I said that that is how I

Re: [Emc-users] Oscilloscope + logic analyzer (PC based)

2014-10-07 Thread andy pugh
On 7 October 2014 10:14, Mark Wendt wendt.m...@gmail.com wrote: I'm with Gene. For a bench top setup, where you don't have to lug that around, it'll probably be okay. Then there's the issue where the software runs under The Virus That Masquerades As An Operating System, Windoze. Pico (the

Re: [Emc-users] Oscilloscope + logic analyzer (PC based)

2014-10-07 Thread andy pugh
On 7 October 2014 11:11, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: If you have the money they go to 20 GHz The price list I found had nothing below 10K EUR... http://www.picotech.com/entry-level-oscilloscopes.html ? -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it.

Re: [Emc-users] Oscilloscope + logic analyzer (PC based)

2014-10-07 Thread andy pugh
On 7 October 2014 11:55, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: I found also these links in mail list archive: http://www.lab-nation.com http://redpitaya.com/?skip_intro=yes Anyone got any experience with them? The LabNation item seems nice (and ordering from within EU would be

Re: [Emc-users] [Machinekit] (almost) finished my cnc router build

2014-10-07 Thread andy pugh
On 7 October 2014 17:26, Holly Gates holly.ga...@gmail.com wrote: http://tooling-up.blogspot.com/2014/10/building-cnc-router-with-kids.html In reply to a question on the Blog, SheetCAM can do holding tabs, and runs on Linux, but isn't free. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it.

Re: [Emc-users] opencv for shape recognition

2014-10-07 Thread andy pugh
On 7 October 2014 19:06, sam sokolik sa...@empirescreen.com wrote: this is my first real exposure to python. the next step is to see how I can fidldle hal stuff with it.. import hal make hal pins, job done :-) -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto

Re: [Emc-users] opencv for shape recognition

2014-10-08 Thread andy pugh
On 8 October 2014 09:00, Javier Ros j...@unavarra.es wrote: Do you think that this would be possible using a real time HAL module, written in C, using the a PREEMPT RT PATH real time based kernel? I would be surprised if OpenCV was thread-safe or deterministic enough to run in a real-time

Re: [Emc-users] Oscilloscope + logic analyzer (PC based)

2014-10-09 Thread andy pugh
On 9 October 2014 07:02, Erik Christiansen dva...@internode.on.net wrote: Just an observation that these little pocket scopes and logic analyzers have a very short lifetime. Yup, when the host is M$-based, that's particularly true. That seems a little unfair. How long did MS support XP for?

Re: [Emc-users] Oscilloscope + logic analyzer (PC based)

2014-10-09 Thread andy pugh
On 9 October 2014 17:33, John Dammeyer jo...@autoartisans.com wrote: I can still get parts for my Sears Drill Press purchased in 1983. I'm pretty sure I can fit new bearings and other pieces onto my 1935 Delta Band Saw. Granted my South Bend 10L is no longer made it's still repairable and it

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