On Jun 13, 2009, at Jun 13, 2009--9:35 AM, emc-users- 
[email protected] wrote:
> From: Kenneth Lerman <[email protected]>
> Date: Saturday2009June 13 Saturday2009June 139:02:50 AM PDT
> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <emc- 
> [email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] .ngc file RFReview
> Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller \(EMC\)" <emc- 
> [email protected]>
>
>
> Nice job, Lawrence.
>
> When I get GWiz into good enough shape to release, I'd like to be  
> able to "steal" your code and make a wizard out of it. Would you  
> consider GPLing it? Or better yet, releasing it to the public  
> domain. I say "better yet" because then you can just add a single  
> line comment: (Released to the public domain by Lawrence Glaister.)  
> That seems easier than the multiple lines for the copyright notice  
> plus the GPL license reference.
>
> Some changes I might make:
>
> 1 -- Use "named" o-words, instead of the numerical ones. -- That's  
> a relatively new feature.
> 2 -- I think I would have put the index slot on the inside of the  
> main slots, instead of the outside. That way you need only one long  
> reach opto. When converting it to a wizard, I would make that an  
> option.
>
> 3 -- I would make the actual wizard a radial slot wizard. Then to  
> do the encoder, you would invoke the following:
>
> A -- A radial slot wiz to do the index slot.
> B -- A radial slot wiz to do the main slots
> C -- A bolt hole circle wiz to do the mounting holes
> D -- An outside circle wiz to do the outside perimeter
> E -- An inside circle wiz to do the inside hole.
>
> Of course, one could make a super wiz to do the whole thing.
>
> Ken
>
> Lawrence Glaister wrote:
>> Hi Kirk,
>> Looks like you have been having fun in gcode. One thing you might  
>> want
>> to consider for an encoder wheel is to make the cutouts the same  
>> size as
>> the solid areas to get as close to a 50% duty cycle on the detector 
>> (s)
>> as possible. You didnt say if you were just using the wheel for a  
>> pulse
>> generator or a 2 channel encoder. You might also consider adding  
>> another
>> hole for an index detector if you need that.
>> Along a similar line, you can check out a lathe spindle encoder I  
>> built
>> a while back. The gcode program can be adjusted to make an encoder of
>> any number of pulses. If you are using slot source/detectors, you  
>> have
>> to make sure the holes in the disk can be reached.
>>
>> cheers... post a picture when you get it made!
>> Lawrence
>>
>> http://members.shaw.ca/swstuff/spindle-encoder.html
>> http://members.shaw.ca/swstuff/spindle-encoder.ngc
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 22:22 -0700, Kirk Wallace wrote:
>>
>>> In case anyone is interested, I have an .ngc file that I'll  
>>> probably run
>>> tomorrow, but if anyone finds anything that might improve it, I  
>>> would
>>> appreciate hearing from you. Thanks.
>>>
>>> http://wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/EMC2/ngc/ 
>>> encoder-100ppr-4c.ngc
>>>
>>

Ken,

I just tried converting a bunch of my code to use named o-words. It  
loads and seems to start running OK but Axis doesn't show any preview  
of the code.

Alan

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