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hey all still sorting things out on my new build and have been looking at some V-rails and bearings but don't know if they are big enough for my gantrys Y axis.
what I am looking at is McMaster's...

hi all I could use some input on a new machine build i'm trying to work out.
my plan is a 55x70 or 60x60 moving gantry router machine. all riding on roller bearings. my gantry is 8020 (3060) with...

getting around to starting to fabricate approx 60"x60" router and could use some feedback on my thoughts for the Y axis. my plan is to use 1" black pipe with connecting support between 2 pipes spread...

Hi working on new gantry router design and intended to use 3"x3"x10'
1/4" angle iron spanning 8-10ft between support legs and predict a load
of approx 100lbs. I am concerned with deflection or...

Hello all

Started a new build this winter, 6x10 gantry and working out some things
with my gearing I got thinking about something that didnt come up with
my last build.

Question is if you...

HI I HAVE A SIMATIC CONTROL PANEL AND KNOW NOTHING ABOUT ITS
CAPABILITY. UNABLE TO DECIFER SIEMENS TECH INFO. MOST I CAN TELL
IS THAT IT MUST BE SETUP AND PROGRAMMED WITH SPECIAL HMI SOFTWARE...

Hi I have a question regarding this controller I picked up at the scrap yard.
From what I can find out it is a HMI interface and requires special software
to program and setup. My question is what...

Hi having some newbie difficulties
I'am trying to setup axis to allow jogging from keyboard,pyvcp panel and my
pendant (gamepad). i can get both pyvcp and input(gampad) to function along with...

help..

acquired a laptop with more mem and speed and setup emc on this all seemed ok untill i started doing some long rapids and system sets error and looses steps. have double checked latency...

Hi zeta
? are you switching from a mach3 system to emc2.
if this is all your doing then the charge pump pin used in your working mach settings would be the same pin you pick in your emc stepconfig...

zeta some better explanations than i can give are at the bottom of the page when viewing your post. (http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40932) my breakout board has control of my motor...

Hi randy I just did he same swap and never found a need to look at my mach files. If you know your breakout boards pinouts, motor and gearing specs, driver specs and table travels/limit switches it...

Hi Big John that is what I thought, come to find out alot of time was spent figuring out
that step config had been worded improperly the motor/leadscrew settings are/where backwards when approached...

Hi samco and thanks for your effort. from the looks of the new screen you
posted the wording would appear to be diff. if this is the case systems settings shouldn't change if step config is rerun...

Fairly new to this but have my 3 axis stepper system setup and running ok
on 450Mhz w/256Mb ram, ubuntu 6.06 & emc2. so far i havn't run into any problems with this setup.
I would be curious to...

Hi can anyone tell me if they have had success running mastercam9
with Wine in ubuntu 6.06.
from what i read wine is for small win games, notepad etc..
if anyone has had good results with this...

Lots of answers found at this web site
(http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/mountwindows)
I found a lot of info for this newbie and was able to mount my windows xp
drive so i could get my cam...

Hi Pepperwood
You still leave me with questions but if I understand you right you want ubuntu computer operating system and 2 different versions of emc. From what i have seen and read in the past is...

Pepperwood
I know I can't help but someone else may be asking the same question I am. are you trying to have two versions of linux both with emc2 or ubuntu with two versions of emc ?
Good luck ...

Pickin up what ya puttin down Samco

when I build my system I spent a lot of time looking for info and had read up a little on emc. If I remember this stuff was written back before pc's and...

Hi samco I just upgraded lastnight from 2.2 - 2.3, I have things working so i don't know if i'll go back through stepconfig to see if anything changes. I just spent more time than i think i should...

Acondit i'm running g210's that have jumper for selecting steps 1,2,5m,10m
from what i understand i can remove a board from these and its basicly a g201.

i havn't installed the 2.2.3 release yet...

hi acondit
i dont know about the old stuff but at least in step config somethings wrong. i didnt measure anything when i did x and y but after finding problem with z i went back and found things...

Hello new to emc but refuse to give up. have found a number of problems in the setup of my machine and curious who do you send bug reports ?
one big problem is stepconfigs handling of pulley ratios....

Hello again greenlead
I understand your confusion and wish i could give you a better answer
I noticed a link to similar questions at bottom of the page when i was looking at your posts and found...

hello I hope somebody can tell me whats wrong with my mini interface
I have just started with emc after using mach3 and am new to emc.
I have things setup and working with all interfaces axis...

Hi I am trying to find out if its possible to use or access my win xp cam program and or files from within ubuntu. I have tried to read the drive from ubuntu but get mount errors. I don't mind if I...

acondit Thanks for the info you posted, between that and the info I found in the integrator manual I was able to get things working the way I want. This software
is very strange, I think I have 8...

HI HAVING DIFFICULTY SETTING UP LIMIT/HOME SETTINGS TO WORK RIGHT
I USE 2 SWITHES IN SERIES ON EACH AXIS AND CANT GET THINGS TO DO WHAT I WANT IN STEPCONFIG. MY AXIS'S MOVE THE RIGHT DIRECTION WHEN...

GREENLEAD I THINK I STARTED VENTING MY OWN CONFUSION RATHER THAN FULLY ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. ASSUMING YOU HAVE A BREAK OUT BOARD
BETWEEN YOUR PC AND MILL. OR MAYBE YOUR MILL HAS ITS OWN BUILT IN...