Success! Thank you all for your help. I made a bash script: M133, #!/bin/bash
# file to clear messages halcmd setp classicladder.0.in-13 True sleep .01s halcmd setp classicladder.0.in-13 False exit 0 In classicladder it is in parallel with a push button added to the GUI ,they in turn trigger a one shot which tells hal : net clear-DISPLAY classicladder.0.out-07 => axisui.notifications-clear-info ------------------------------ Stephen I guess you could say I did my revamp on the cheap. I simply replaced the motherboard with a parallel interface card . Had some linsteppers that I wasn't using .After removing the power transistors wired them into the existing stepper drivers and motors. So I could use step and direction control. Using existing spindle and turret boards. I get the encoder signal from the spindle board .I don't know if any current limiting is done there.Its the same signal that was going into the motherboard. I have a P I loop with wpm (inverted) output and that pot replacer low pass filter circuit for spindle speed control. Now that everything is up and running and what a jewel it is, I want to add home switches to the axis and the turret. My max speed is 27 ipm ,any faster and the motors sound bad. The spindle at speed (set at 10%) blinks about every two seconds . Hopefully I can fix this by tuning. One of the first jobs I did, was making new tie rods which hold on the turret motor they have a 2.5 x.45 mm thread on each end . It's the little engine lathe that could. Thanks again to everyone for the help. Jim On 01/30/2014 02:36 PM, Stephen Dubovsky wrote: > On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 2:24 PM, Jim Wilkin <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Thank you Sebastion, >> >> This is for my new to me EMCO compact 5 cnc lathe retrofit. >> >> > > Hey! Im currently doing three of these! I have one machine up and running > w/ Mesa boards, new steppers+drivers, D525MW, and an ELO touchscreen. Only > thing I reused is the power supply (though i think I may reuse the spindle > drive on the next one.) I've figured out the spindle encoder feedback so > should have that fixed and up and running this weekend (note: there are NO > current limiting resistors for the diodes in the potted sensor block;)) > > Stephen > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > WatchGuard Dimension instantly turns raw network data into actionable > security intelligence. It gives you real-time visual feedback on key > security issues and trends. Skip the complicated setup - simply import > a virtual appliance and go from zero to informed in seconds. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=123612991&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WatchGuard Dimension instantly turns raw network data into actionable security intelligence. It gives you real-time visual feedback on key security issues and trends. Skip the complicated setup - simply import a virtual appliance and go from zero to informed in seconds. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=123612991&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
