EMC2 Lockup in MDI and "Zero All" Killer
13 Oct 2011 15:40 #13892
by jeff_HATC
EMC2 Lockup in MDI and "Zero All" Killer was created by jeff_HATC
I have two questions.
Recently installed ECM2 V2.4 and Ubuntu 10.4 Never used any ECM or Linux before this.
1) Please help be understand why the Zero ALL would wipe out all number is the Cordinate System Variables (not just the one you are on, but all of them!!!) e.g G55, G56, G57, etc.
Zero all is a great tool to zero out all the axis's. But why in the heck would it zero out all of the saved cordinates !!!. That is just way weird. I went through a lot of work to put in all of my work offsets, only to have the students' wipe'em all out by hitting Zero All when trying to jog. Any way to disable this particular icon?
2) I have had my system lock up several times while in MDI. You type a command in, and it does nothing. This is when I am in a cord. shift of G56. Then you have to quite ECM2 and start all over to find home again (because I was in G56 and not actual zero). My machines do not have homing switches so I have to find everything manually.
Thanks.
Recently installed ECM2 V2.4 and Ubuntu 10.4 Never used any ECM or Linux before this.
1) Please help be understand why the Zero ALL would wipe out all number is the Cordinate System Variables (not just the one you are on, but all of them!!!) e.g G55, G56, G57, etc.
Zero all is a great tool to zero out all the axis's. But why in the heck would it zero out all of the saved cordinates !!!. That is just way weird. I went through a lot of work to put in all of my work offsets, only to have the students' wipe'em all out by hitting Zero All when trying to jog. Any way to disable this particular icon?
2) I have had my system lock up several times while in MDI. You type a command in, and it does nothing. This is when I am in a cord. shift of G56. Then you have to quite ECM2 and start all over to find home again (because I was in G56 and not actual zero). My machines do not have homing switches so I have to find everything manually.
Thanks.
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13 Oct 2011 18:45 #13895
by BigJohnT
Replied by BigJohnT on topic Re:EMC2 Lockup in MDI and "Zero All" Killer
I've never seen a "Zero ALL" button before. Are you using Axis or some other GUI?
The lockup might be your configuration is not set up correctly. If you set it up without doing the latency test first you might have too fast of a base thread.
John
The lockup might be your configuration is not set up correctly. If you set it up without doing the latency test first you might have too fast of a base thread.
John
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13 Oct 2011 19:11 #13896
by jeff_HATC
Replied by jeff_HATC on topic Re:EMC2 Lockup in MDI and "Zero All" Killer
The front end is called TKMini. It came in a bundle from Sherline.
I assumed that it was all set up and ready to go. I did not know about the latency test.
I am a bit confused I guess. Doesn't EMC2 come with TKMini? If not, then do I have other choices?
I assumed that it was all set up and ready to go. I did not know about the latency test.
I am a bit confused I guess. Doesn't EMC2 come with TKMini? If not, then do I have other choices?
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13 Oct 2011 20:07 - 13 Oct 2011 20:11 #13897
by BigJohnT
Replied by BigJohnT on topic Re:EMC2 Lockup in MDI and "Zero All" Killer
Might be something Sherline dreamed up I don't know. The currently supported GUI is Axis...
You can see all the GUI's in this link:
www.linuxcnc.org/docview/html/
Yes, you have choices, but the first thing we need to know is what version of EMC you have? The most current version is 2.4.6.
The valid choices for a GUI other than a custom one is:
www.linuxcnc.org/docview/html/config_ini...5BDISPLAY%5D-section
The latency test is to test how close to "on time" the computer responds to a request from EMC. It can be run from the menu if Sherline has it on the menu. Or open up a command window and say "latency-test" without the quotes.
John
You can see all the GUI's in this link:
www.linuxcnc.org/docview/html/
Yes, you have choices, but the first thing we need to know is what version of EMC you have? The most current version is 2.4.6.
The valid choices for a GUI other than a custom one is:
www.linuxcnc.org/docview/html/config_ini...5BDISPLAY%5D-section
The latency test is to test how close to "on time" the computer responds to a request from EMC. It can be run from the menu if Sherline has it on the menu. Or open up a command window and say "latency-test" without the quotes.
John
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13 Oct 2011 21:05 #13898
by jeff_HATC
Replied by jeff_HATC on topic Re:EMC2 Lockup in MDI and "Zero All" Killer
I went to the about screen and got you that information
But when I look at the links it is the one called MINI.
I am not sure what version of EMC2 it is. I tried to find the version number and could not locate it.
I know Sherline packaged it with 10.04 so I think it is the 2.4.4 version.
I won't be back there till Monday. I will report back in with the the version number (If i can find it).
How do I go about getting Axis?
But when I look at the links it is the one called MINI.
I am not sure what version of EMC2 it is. I tried to find the version number and could not locate it.
I know Sherline packaged it with 10.04 so I think it is the 2.4.4 version.
I won't be back there till Monday. I will report back in with the the version number (If i can find it).
How do I go about getting Axis?
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14 Oct 2011 11:42 #13908
by BigJohnT
Replied by BigJohnT on topic Re:EMC2 Lockup in MDI and "Zero All" Killer
In the second link see the DISPLAY parameter in your ini file and change it to AXIS.
Connect it to the internet and get the latest updates
John
Connect it to the internet and get the latest updates
John
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17 Oct 2011 13:58 #13989
by jeff_HATC
Replied by jeff_HATC on topic Re:EMC2 Lockup in MDI and "Zero All" Killer
I changed the display to AXIS.
I now get an error something about usr/bin/axis.
I want to download the most current version of this Axis program, but have been unable to find actually find it on google.
I do have EMC2 version 2.4.4 just downloaded the 2.4.7 release and trying to figure out how to install it from that tar file.
I now get an error something about usr/bin/axis.
I want to download the most current version of this Axis program, but have been unable to find actually find it on google.
I do have EMC2 version 2.4.4 just downloaded the 2.4.7 release and trying to figure out how to install it from that tar file.
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17 Oct 2011 14:13 #13991
by BigJohnT
Replied by BigJohnT on topic Re:EMC2 Lockup in MDI and "Zero All" Killer
Various ways to install EMC are on this page. I prefer the LiveCD.
wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Installing_EMC2
John
wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Installing_EMC2
John
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