[Emc-users] The Future of Realtime, The Past and The Present Meet.

Hi, The future of Realtime. Processor emulation with an FPGA. http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1216927 Here is your PDP replacement. http://neil.franklin.ch/Projects/PDP-10/ Me, I just read a lot. It seems like you can do just about anything with a FPGA. From a socket co

Re: [Emc-users] Robot Kinematics

Hi, > Then that is exactly what your kinematics code will need to do - > subtract the movement of q2 from q3, q4, and q5 (possibly multiplied by > some scale factor if the mechanism isn't 1:1). I think they are 1 to 1 in degrees. I understand why they built it this way. Simple and cheap, and

Re: [Emc-users] Robot Kinematics

Hi Jan, (from the image at http://imagebin.org/33869) When you move the motor for joint q2 Joints q3, q4 and q5 will also move When you move joint q3, joints q4 and q5 will also move. When you move joint q4 joint q5 will move. When you move q5, q4 will also move. Because they are

[Emc-users] Robot Kinematics

Hi, I just got my hands on one of those Teachmover style educational robot arms. Obviously I am going to hook it up to EMC as soon as I make/find some unipolar step drives. Here is my question, because of the way the motors are hooked to the joints, as you move a particular joint, the

[Emc-users] List Etiquette

Hello All, The relentless quoting of entire digests worth of replies is getting out of hand. Can you please try to quote only the relevant information? Dan - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Dev

[Emc-users] $ . scripts/emc-environment

Hi, I keep reading that I need to $ . scripts/emc-environment I have tried typing this into a terminal and it gives an error. I have tried it in various directories as well. Where exactly do I need to be? I'm confused and wondering if I am missing something. Dan ---

Re: [Emc-users] Emc-users Digest, Vol 30, Issue 12

Hi, I was messing with my configs, HAL and INI, and somehow I made AXIS dissapear, everything is running according to system monitor, but AXIS is invisible, i.e. no GUI. Other unmessed with configs will work, after the 'emc is already running, restart?' dialog appears. Any quick insight

Re: [Emc-users] Turret Toolchange

Hi, Use an axis to control your turret. As far as losing steps to guarantee that it's "locked" goes, all that is necessary is a g93 to tell EMC that now we know where the axis is based on the tool position. G93 changes the coordinates without movement. For example if my Z is a little sh

[Emc-users] Subject: Re: Shutdown.

Hi Alex, Just a thought I had, my programming skills are not at the level of my conceptual abilities...yet. I was going to give this a try on the box I am currently setting up. Dan - This SF.Net email is sponsored b

Re: [Emc-users] Repost: Teach with joystick. (Welding)

Hi All, I occurred to me that all you need to do is poll your positions once a second and then construct a G01 from that. For the feed rate use G93 F60, inverse time, so it completes the move in one sixtieth of a second. I think a one second position update interval will work fine for w

Re: [Emc-users] Repost: Teach with joystick. (Welding)

Hi Craig, > 1. Software to Generate basic G-code from a sequence of positions > should not be a very difficult problem. I was thinking there would need to be a time component though. A click track. > 2. It would seem to me that welding a good bead (not spot welding) > would require either

[Emc-users] Teach with joystick.

Hi, Can I teach with a joystick, record movements and the save the moves and then replay them? Dan - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based application

Re: [Emc-users] Basic Installation and Configuration Tutorial, Final Draft

>I agree - and then they blame the software - thus is the point of the >tutorial - a hopefully knock on wood, cross my fingers, nearly >foolproof way to get them started so they see what they were missing >and increase the number of converts (insert sinister Mr. Burns finger >motion here).

[Emc-users] Sourceforge archive search function broken?

Hi, Is the Sourceforge archive search function broken? I thought it might be that I did not have a Sourceforge account but I got one and it still does not work. Is there some other way to search the mail archives? Dan ---

[Emc-users] Teach-in.

Hi, Has anyone used teach-in, the jog to gcode function that comes with EMC? I can't find a man page or any info on it. Take Care, Dan - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge

Re: [Emc-users] Disabling Sound for Increased performance.

Well, If it's not playing sound it's not using much resources, however there are like 18 sound modules alsa, oss, mixer, snd, pcspeaker, etc. Even churning through all that stuff if they are not being used seems like a waste of precious cpu cycles. I downloaded rcconf, and used it to kn

[Emc-users] Disabling Sound for Increased performance.

Hi, After a whole bunch of thought it occurred to me that sound is essentially real time and probably a resource hog. Any reason not to unload all those alsa, oss, snd and etc modules? Ultimately network, printing, bluetooth and other stuff can go once your system is working. The idea

Re: [Emc-users] Making tons of money vs. the most interesting hobby ever.

urself. That part is going to be exactly how you want it to be, not how someone else wants it to be. The next parts will be better, faster and the programming goes goes easier the second time too. Too bad, it takes a team of scientists to make the really >> cool stuff. Well, yes, bu

[Emc-users] Making tons of money vs. the most interesting hobby ever.

Hi, I have made 5 machines so far and I am working on my sixth. Of the two most economically successful parts I have made so far, one costs 50 cents to buy and I use about 20 a month, the other one costs about 9 dollars to buy and I use about 4 a month. Each month CNC saves me approximat

Re: [Emc-users] CNC design questions

Hi, Cable track is called "energy chain" Google likes that phrase. The most well known manufacturer is "Igus" Dan - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux

Re: [Emc-users] Tandem Axes-YY

Hi, I have bumpers that define square on my router. I rapid into the bumpers, wham. Voilla! Square. Move it off the bumpers, home to the switch. Voilla! Homed. Yes it's a stepper machine. No, I don't do this very often, mostly when I am setting up and the motors have been trying

[Emc-users] Dannaher Screwup/

Ahhem, Ooops. The special pricing is available only on products shipped on or before March 31, 2008. Guess they were massaging their numbers for the first quarter. Dan - Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choi

[Emc-users] Danaher motion sale.

Hi, I just found this, might be some deals. 3.02.2008 Quality Thomson products available at deep discounts Discounts are set at more than 60%, 70% and even 80% off standard list price. Take advantage of this great opportunity to save on Linear Bearings and Guides, Linear Actuators, Slides &

Re: [Emc-users] Emc-users Digest, Vol 27, Issue 7

Hi All, I have read the documentation on the kinematics modules and I have a couple of questions. Where are the modules? Where do I put them? (In my Hal file, ini file?) I need gantrykins now for my router and I want to play with scarakins. Thank You, Dan ---

[Emc-users] Hot Hot DEVO, I mean thread milling.

So Wayne, In your Devo (thread milling) Video are you concealing the sheet heating, because it's truly high tech, or truly you don't want your wife to see that you stole her hairdryer? Inquiring minds want to know. Dan ---

Re: [Emc-users] Micro stepper driver MSD542 / KL-5042 cont (aaron Moore)

Aaron, One other thought. If your drives are in that plywood box with the smoked plexiglass cover they could be overheating. I had a test rig that was on plywood and it would act weird because it was overheating. All the problems went away when I installed it in a metal box with an aluminu

Re: [Emc-users] Micro stepper driver MSD542 / KL-5042 cont (aaron Moore)

Aaron, If you are using feed override at any percentage, it can sometimes affect your rapids, it. the rapid speed is also overridden, exceeding the machine's capabilities. Run some handwritten g code tests. g0 x10 f1 g0 x0 f1 g0 x10 f2 g0 x0 f2 I use inches, so adjust your value

[Emc-users] Who is Paul_c and why is he being tolerated at all?

Paul_c, Is a Troll. Go home Paul_c. You're taking up bandwidth and wasting peoples time. Dan - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com

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

Hi Aaron, In your control box, your step and direction have to be kept well away from all your drive power and motor cables. Ghost step and direction signals can be INDUCED in your step and direction lines if the motor or drive power cables run parallel to them. I would try to run logic

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

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

Hi Aaron, Do you have some pictures of your system on the net for us to look at? A shot of the Machine and one of the control in particular? Dan - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Micr

Re: [Emc-users] Unnormal homing- was scale and rotate.

Hi, I took a look at the Ge Fanuc user manual and lo and behold: G50 G51 scaling. The reason I was curious about it, was two separate machining issues. One, scaling. I have a breakout board PCB isolation milling file that I thought would look cool made real large. Suitable for wall hangi

[Emc-users] Scale and Rotate

Hi, Do scale and/or rotate exist in EMC2? Where is my PyVCP hiding? Thanks, Dan -- Please note my new shipping address. -- Daniel Kavanagh Phone (850)443-3284 Organic Engines http://www.organicengines.com 1888 Mills St., [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL

Re: [Emc-users] Still Crashing

Hi, Ubuntu Live CD. Is that not the BDI? I already tried upgrading Ubuntu 7.10 to heron and running the install EMC script. That crashed. :( Well I am trying the new Heron live CD. We will see what that does. Dan ---

[Emc-users] Still Crashing.

Hi, I did a fresh BDI, put 'noacpi' in the GRUB line and installed the rtai_smi.ko crash! Any advice? Dan - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http

[Emc-users] Problems, starting from a clean BDI install.

Hi, I am going to do a clean BDI install tonight. Problem I have is hard lock up after 30 seconds to 5 min. I don't have to be running EMC or anything but I am in the Gnome window manager. 850mgz celeron, 256meg, Itronix laptop. It will run for quite a while in terminal mode. Not a Gno

[Emc-users] EMC Tool Table.

Hi, Just a heads up to new users. IF you are using a software that calculates tool offsets, there are already some random tools in the EMC tool table. So get in there and delete them or you will have some random z movements. I thought it was coordinate system weirdness so I was using the

[Emc-users] Crash Logs and System Management Interrupt.

Hi, My computer keeps crashing, as in hard lockup. Everything freezes and it never comes back until I reboot. I don't even have to be doing anything. The same system will run Ubuntu 7.10 no problem, but it sure does not like the EMC BDI install. When I run the latency test I see what looks

Re: [Emc-users] Four Parallel ports

Hi, >EMC2's parallel port driver will drive up to eight parallel ports. Cool. Lots of I/O. Is there a preferred layout for multiple cards? Should all my step and direction be on one and misc I/O on the others, or one axis with associated limits and whatnot on each card? Does it matter? >The

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

Hi, I have a gantry router with dual motors on the Y axis. When I do step config and try to do XYZA, A is rotational. Do, I just setup as XYZ and use the pin output setup in stepconf to put Y out to both motors (through the relevant pins) or is there a better way? Dan P.S. Which fol

[Emc-users] New To the List, Introduction.

Hi, I have a 4 X 8 router I scratch built, A HF round column mill I converted, a small HF lathe with gang tools, a small HF mill, and a HF press brake/shear/ roll that I converted to an air powered brake with cnc back gage and an encoder to control bend angle. All the pictures I have poste