[softselect]

hi everone,
I am new to EMC2 and Linux. I have been using Microkinetics Turnmaster pro for many years on my lathe but the controller got wacked by lightning.
Retrofitted Gecko G201 drives and Tcnc and CNCpro cncpro is not realy for lathe work so tool change is P.I.T.A
I have installed EMC2/Umbuntu live CD. but I cant seem to get stepconf to work. In the ini files it calls for some timings and I am not sure what these values are for Gecko’s

I have tried for the last 7 days to get stepconf to work but I don’t seem to have a compiler on the live cd(emc2) for Glade

After downloading Glade.tar I now seem to need make? file

can any one please give me the setup files (ini and hal) for Gecko timing
or a compiled version of stepconf
or where i can get the make? file

Thank you
Freidrich

[dewme5]

it would seem that something went wrong with your download of the live cd, as stepconf should work without any problems. however, here are a couple files I'm just posting the code so you can get the timings.

sample.hal

# Generated by stepconf at Tue Nov 27 19:39:22 2007
# If you make changes to this file, they will be
# overwritten when you run stepconf again
loadrt trivkins
loadrt [EMCMOT]EMCMOT base_period_nsec=[EMCMOT]BASE_PERIOD servo_period_nsec=[EMCMOT]SERVO_PERIOD traj_period_nsec=[EMCMOT]SERVO_PERIOD key=[EMCMOT]SHMEM_KEY num_joints=[TRAJ]AXES
loadrt probe_parport
loadrt hal_parport cfg=0x378
setp parport.0.reset-time 4000
loadrt stepgen step_type=0,0,0
loadrt charge_pump

addf parport.0.read base-thread
addf stepgen.make-pulses base-thread
addf charge-pump base-thread
addf parport.0.write base-thread
addf parport.0.reset base-thread

addf stepgen.capture-position servo-thread
addf motion-command-handler servo-thread
addf motion-controller servo-thread
addf stepgen.update-freq servo-thread

net xdir => parport.0.pin-02-out
net xstep => parport.0.pin-03-out
setp parport.0.pin-03-out-reset 1
net ydir => parport.0.pin-04-out
net ystep => parport.0.pin-05-out
setp parport.0.pin-05-out-reset 1
net zdir => parport.0.pin-06-out
net zstep => parport.0.pin-07-out
setp parport.0.pin-07-out-reset 1
net charge-pump => parport.0.pin-17-out

# net estop-ext <= parport.0.pin-10-in

setp stepgen.0.position-scale [AXIS_0]SCALE
setp stepgen.0.steplen 1
setp stepgen.0.stepspace 0
setp stepgen.0.dirhold 35000
setp stepgen.0.dirsetup 16000
setp stepgen.0.maxaccel [AXIS_0]STEPGEN_MAXACCEL
net xpos-cmd axis.0.motor-pos-cmd => stepgen.0.position-cmd
net xpos-fb stepgen.0.position-fb => axis.0.motor-pos-fb
net xstep <= stepgen.0.step
net xdir <= stepgen.0.dir
net xenable axis.0.amp-enable-out => stepgen.0.enable

setp stepgen.1.position-scale [AXIS_1]SCALE
setp stepgen.1.steplen 1
setp stepgen.1.stepspace 0
setp stepgen.1.dirhold 35000
setp stepgen.1.dirsetup 16000
setp stepgen.1.maxaccel [AXIS_1]STEPGEN_MAXACCEL
net ypos-cmd axis.1.motor-pos-cmd => stepgen.1.position-cmd
net ypos-fb stepgen.1.position-fb => axis.1.motor-pos-fb
net ystep <= stepgen.1.step
net ydir <= stepgen.1.dir
net yenable axis.1.amp-enable-out => stepgen.1.enable

setp stepgen.2.position-scale [AXIS_2]SCALE
setp stepgen.2.steplen 1
setp stepgen.2.stepspace 0
setp stepgen.2.dirhold 35000
setp stepgen.2.dirsetup 16000
setp stepgen.2.maxaccel [AXIS_2]STEPGEN_MAXACCEL
net zpos-cmd axis.2.motor-pos-cmd => stepgen.2.position-cmd
net zpos-fb stepgen.2.position-fb => axis.2.motor-pos-fb
net zstep <= stepgen.2.step
net zdir <= stepgen.2.dir
net zenable axis.2.amp-enable-out => stepgen.2.enable

net estop-out <= parport.0.pin-10-in-not
net estop-out => iocontrol.0.emc-enable-in

loadusr -W hal_manualtoolchange
net tool-change iocontrol.0.tool-change => hal_manualtoolchange.change
net tool-changed iocontrol.0.tool-changed <= hal_manualtoolchange.changed
net tool-number iocontrol.0.tool-prep-number => hal_manualtoolchange.number
net tool-prepare-loopback iocontrol.0.tool-prepare => iocontrol.0.tool-prepared

sample.ini

# Generated by stepconf at Tue Nov 27 19:39:22 2007
# If you make changes to this file, they will be
# overwritten when you run stepconf again

[EMC]
MACHINE = my-mill
NML_FILE = emc.nml
DEBUG = 0

[DISPLAY]
DISPLAY = axis
POSITION_OFFSET = RELATIVE
POSITION_FEEDBACK = ACTUAL
MAX_FEED_OVERRIDE = 1.2
INTRO_GRAPHIC = emc2.gif
INTRO_TIME = 5
PROGRAM_PREFIX = /home/ubuntu/emc2/nc_files
INCREMENTS = .1in .05in .01in .005in .001in .0005in .0001in

[TASK]
TASK = milltask
CYCLE_TIME = 0.010

[RS274NGC]
PARAMETER_FILE = emc.var

[EMCMOT]
EMCMOT = motmod
SHMEM_KEY = 111
COMM_TIMEOUT = 1.0
COMM_WAIT = 0.010
BASE_PERIOD = 24500
SERVO_PERIOD = 1000000

[HAL]
HALFILE = my-mill.hal
HALFILE = joypad.hal

[TRAJ]
AXES = 3
COORDINATES = X Y Z
LINEAR_UNITS = inch
ANGULAR_UNITS = degree
CYCLE_TIME = 0.010
DEFAULT_VELOCITY = 0.10
MAX_LINEAR_VELOCITY = 1.02

[EMCIO]
EMCIO = io
CYCLE_TIME = 0.100
TOOL_TABLE = tool.tbl

[AXIS_0]
TYPE = LINEAR
HOME = 0.0
MAX_VELOCITY = 1.02040816327
MAX_ACCELERATION = 20.0
STEPGEN_MAXACCEL = 21.0
SCALE = 40000.0
FERROR = 0.05
MIN_FERROR = 0.01
MIN_LIMIT = -400.0
MAX_LIMIT = 90000000000.0
HOME_OFFSET = 0.0

[AXIS_1]
TYPE = LINEAR
HOME = 0.0
MAX_VELOCITY = 1.02040816327
MAX_ACCELERATION = 20.0
STEPGEN_MAXACCEL = 21.0
SCALE = 40000.0
FERROR = 0.05
MIN_FERROR = 0.01
MIN_LIMIT = -400.0
MAX_LIMIT = 90000000000.0
HOME_OFFSET = 0.0

[AXIS_2]
TYPE = LINEAR
HOME = 0.0
MAX_VELOCITY = 1.0
MAX_ACCELERATION = 30.0
STEPGEN_MAXACCEL = 31.5
SCALE = 8000.0
FERROR = 0.05
MIN_FERROR = 0.01
MIN_LIMIT = -4.0
MAX_LIMIT = 99999999.0
HOME_OFFSET = 0.0

In stepconf, the preset timings for the Gecko is
step time: 4000ns
step space: 500ns
Direction hold: 20000ns
direction setup: 1000ns

hope that helps. I'd supply better .hal and .ini files, but i'm just getting things setup myself.

[softselect]

Thank you dewme5,
you saved the day, I was about to give up on EMC2 and return to DOS
I think I will get it working by editing the ini files you sent me.
This is the 4 th time over the past 6 years I have tried EMC, and failed every time due to a lack of Linux knowledge, I want to run cnc machines not learn new programming skills.
Thanks for you time and efford
Friedrich