[Machinekit] Re: Homann Designs MODIO on the BBB.

2017-10-09 Thread Rob M
Hi John, Might be a bit of a long shot, but you may have some luck sending a msg via http://www.cnczone.com/forums/members/phomann.html Peter has been recently active on cnczone. Just put it out there just in case you haven't tried this route. Rob On Monday, October 9, 2017 at 11:39:17 AM

[Machinekit] Joint following error on program start

2017-10-09 Thread Alexander Rössler
Since my upgrade to Debian Stretch with RT-PREEMPT Kernel on the BBB I have the following problem. When I start a program, I get a joint following error during the first move. The weird thing is that this happens only during the first program execution. I also tried to use the MDI commands dire

Re: [Machinekit] Homann Designs MODIO on the BBB.

2017-10-09 Thread schoone...@btinternet.com
Does not look as though it has been touched for quite a while, you would need to try building the elements and see where you get. Alternately, proper MPGs are now so cheap (£13) , is it worth the bother? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CNC-Manual-Rotary-Hand-Wheel-100MPG-ISM80

[Machinekit] Re: Homann Designs MODIO on the BBB.

2017-10-09 Thread Rob M
Hi John, Just another thought, you may be able to communicate with this device using the mb2hal component. I haven't tried using the RS-485 or RS-232 interface but I have had some luck with with tcp. I know this is applicable to your issue but just a comment on the fact that it does work. I'm s

Re: [Machinekit] Cross-building Debian Multi-Arch packages

2017-10-09 Thread schoone...@btinternet.com
Hi John, The best possibility I can come up with is dh-virtualenv http://dh-virtualenv.readthedocs.io/en/1.0/usage.html I am far from a python guru and it looks fiendishly complicated, but appears to allow a virtual python environment during a package build. Not sure however whether it requir

Re: [Machinekit] Error with CRAMPS.hal

2017-10-09 Thread 'Dimitar Dobrev' via Machinekit
I created /usr/lib/linuxcnc/xenomai and copied pru_generic.bin there. After trying again I got: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/hal_temp_bbb", line 198, in checkAdcInput(pin) File "/usr/bin/hal_temp_bbb", line 156, in checkAdcInput pin.filename = tempName[0] IndexEr

Re: [Machinekit] Homann Designs MODIO on the BBB.

2017-10-09 Thread schoone...@btinternet.com
If you do try to build, Michaels repo which is listed in the wiki is defunct by the look of it You can get modbus.c and modbus.h from here https://github.com/stephane/libmodbus/tree/master/src This details the agonies Kirk went through to get it working and may

Re: [Machinekit] Error with CRAMPS.hal

2017-10-09 Thread schoone...@btinternet.com
On 09/10/17 12:57, 'Dimitar Dobrev' via Machinekit wrote: I created /usr/lib/linuxcnc/xenomai and copied pru_generic.bin there. After trying again I got: Traceback (most recent call last):   File "/usr/bin/hal_temp_bbb", line 19

Re: [Machinekit] Error with CRAMPS.hal

2017-10-09 Thread 'Dimitar Dobrev' via Machinekit
My packages are from: http://deb.mgware.co.uk/ They are for POSIX and rt-preempt only. About the index, I actually don't have iio:device0 under /sys/bus/iio/devices/ so that's the problem. I could try changing the kernel on my existing installation, I hope it's possible. Another option would be

[Machinekit] Re: 3D Printing with 4DOF - Velocity extrusion question

2017-10-09 Thread Alexander Rössler
Hello Oleg, For info about velocity extrusion please take a look at: https://machinekoder.com/mini-3d-printer-from-hobbyking-running-with-cramps-board-and-machinekit/ and https://machinekoder.com/machinekit-and-cura/ The example configs in https://github.com/machinekit/machinekit/tree/master/con

Re: [Machinekit] Error with CRAMPS.hal

2017-10-09 Thread Alexander Rössler
Hi Dimitar, Here are some things that will help you with the Stretch image: ### 3. Install PREEMPT_RT kernel ```bash cd /opt/scripts/tools/ sudo su git pull ./update_kernel.sh --ti-rt-channel --lts-4_4 ``` ### 4. Setup UIO Old bootloader on eMMC might cause conflicts. ```bash sudo dd if=/dev/

Re: [Machinekit] Error with CRAMPS.hal

2017-10-09 Thread schoone...@btinternet.com
On 09/10/17 14:34, 'Dimitar Dobrev' via Machinekit wrote: My packages are from: http://deb.mgware.co.uk/ that is my unofficial testing repo They are for POSIX and rt-preempt only. About the index

[Machinekit] Error with CRAMPS.hal

2017-10-09 Thread Bas de Bruijn
Sorry, i replied instead "reply to all" so this didnt get to the list. Begin forwarded message: > From: Bas de Bruijn > Date: 9 October 2017 at 14:45:01 GMT+2 > To: Dimitar Dobrev > Subject: Re: [Machinekit] Error with CRAMPS.hal > > > >> On 9 Oct 2017, at 13:57, 'Dimitar Dobrev' via Machin

Re: [Machinekit] Error with CRAMPS.hal

2017-10-09 Thread 'Dimitar Dobrev' via Machinekit
Hello Alexander, Thank you very much for your help. It allowed me to get further. I ran the script and restarted the machine. Now "uname -a" gives me the following: Linux beaglebone 4.4.90-ti-rt-r132 #1 SMP PREEMPT RT Sat Oct 7 02:00:37 UTC 2017 armv7l GNU/Linux So everything went fine. I then

Re: [Machinekit] Error with CRAMPS.hal

2017-10-09 Thread Bas de Bruijn
> On 9 Oct 2017, at 23:14, 'Dimitar Dobrev' via Machinekit > wrote: > > Hello Alexander, > > Thank you very much for your help. It allowed me to get further. > I ran the script and restarted the machine. Now "uname -a" gives me the > following: > > Linux beaglebone 4.4.90-ti-rt-r132 #1 SMP