Small victory in the war against the Cincinnati cinturn 12u

just putting it into the hal file runs contrary to what I've read, not saying your wrong. 

I'll post up my config with this addition later, you tell me if I'm stupid. 

strangely i was able.to.compile carousel.so , which, leave me more baffled. 

Ahhh, ok, That's what I couldn't get a answer on with the Goggle FU, Carousel is built in now. You know how hard that information is to actually search for ???? Cool. I will get that configuration going tonight, had a fun day of putting the ball screw back together. At least in the 1970s everyone used generic sized ball bearings for everything. Very easy to get .250000 sorted 51200 chrome steel ball bearings for the screw. Thankfully got all the balls in and charged properly, smooth as silk now, no noticeable preload, and no measurable lash in my tenth indicator !. the old balls actually looked kinda oblong on the micrometer so finding a broken casting, though highly aggravating, might have been a blessing in disguise, may replace the balls in the Z next. Also the keyway for the servo timing pulley was beat into a nice taper and very out of shape, so putting in a new key, broaching new slot for a step key and tightening that up to. I hope it''ll help reduce motor oscillation at the very least it should reduce errors on fast transient acceleration moves. 

. I'll post up my config after I add the carousel wiring and get your feedback. 

 

the tool changer itself isn't very complicated. I have already manually manipulated it now, so my understanding of it's function is very good. The issue is my understanding of linuxcnc is significantly less good. There seems to be a lot of reply on how to do things, that assume a lot of specific prior knowledge of linuxcnc guts. and RTFM is not the appropriate answer. I am reading the manual, I find it to be overly documented and poorly organized. There's little in the manual that really gives a solid outline of how to go from "I need to configure a tool changer" to the steps required to do so. After I get through this process, I fully intend on writing a few posts on how to configure linuxcnc that will hopefully help other newcomers. 

Basically, treat me as if I am a monkey who eats a banana with his feet and slings poop on the wall. Seriously. and RTFM is not a viable or helpful  answer, the manual is written in a way that assumes that a person knows linux and EMC very well. Manual states " use terminal" nobody want's to use terminal but die hard linux users and programmers. I'm like most people, I just want my machines to work, without having to write a thesis

smc.collins wrote:

Manual states " use terminal" nobody want's to use terminal but die hard linux users and programmers. I'm like most people, I just want my machines to work, without having to write a thesis

Sadly, the fact that you want a nice GUI for your toolchanger configuration doesn't make one magically appear. (You are obviously very welcome to write one yourself and share it!)

smc.collins wrote:

Basically, treat me as if I am a monkey who eats a banana with his feet and slings poop on the wall. Seriously. and RTFM is not a viable or helpful answer, the manual is written in a way that assumes that a person knows linux and EMC very well.

So in other words, you want someone to read the manual for you, figure out how everything applies to your specific machine, and give you step-by-step instructions so you don't have to think? Drop the entitled attitude. Seriously. It's okay to ask for help, obviously, but don't assume by default that people will do the work for you.

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The question I keep asking is, put what specifically into what file ? Copy the contents of the carousel comp into the hal file ? copy what you posted ?. I have no problem running down the iterative process, but I need a bit more direction with regards to what goes where and what specifically we are moving to and fro.

You are giving me directions as if you are giving yourself direction IE you have a specific knowledge base I do not share, and your instructions are lacking pertinent details.

I go through this with training new technicians myself, I forget they don't know most of what I know. I want to learn my way around, but a 975 page manual that doesn't have a clear direction to it isn't specifically helpful. As I said, once I have a better understanding of the process's used inside linux CNC I will personally write some basic introductory text book style teaching material, like I used to when I worked for a tier 1 OEM as a technical services trainer.