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No problem, thanks for your work on moderation - I know it's constant and often thankless. Appreciate you keeping the forums free of spammers and more use to us all as a result!

Hi, thank you for the beta version. Just a small question, the 3.1.4.beta is 193.7 KB while the 3.1.3 is 350 KB. Is the beta full version? why is it so much smaller? Thanks

Do you see pll-reset-count increasing?

What's the exact error message you get? I can search the code to see what's going on.

You can always try "ethercat rescan", sometimes it clears errors.
e-stop on when you do this.

Edit: I guess it is PLL error 0x32 error message you get.
Check for other messages in syslog, like missed datagrams.
Improved network latency is the answwer in that case.
Also the pll-reset-count as mentioned above.

Sandro wrote:

So the plasma_gcode_preprocessor which comes with Monokrom works for you? I still had no success.

I used sheetcam with the plasmac post processor and let monokrom's filter do the hole processing.

We are getting battered by spam, today and yesterday i spent from 5:30AM to 7:20AM deleting and banning at a staggering rate, so we are way over our e-mail sending quota, hence the messages.
I did activate a small barrier, so should subside quickly.
Thank you.

Saw this happen recently as well, both when I started a new thread here: 
forum.linuxcnc.org/27-driver-boards/5795...done-lights-on-7i92m 
And when I updated my thread here:
forum.linuxcnc.org/12-milling/57928-conv...5-to-linuxcnc#339302

Screenshots attached,  hopefully this helps with troubleshooting!

Well, some good news and some bad news. I did get all the servos moving and confirmed all the controllers work via USB connection and the DMM software (hooray!). I also got the latest versions of mesaflash, MesaCT, and got things mostly figured out for the estop configuration in linux CNC. 

Unfortunately - I also discovered that my Anything IO board appears to be bricked, so that throws a wrench in making progress for a bit. Started a thread in the appropriate section on that here: forum.linuxcnc.org/27-driver-boards/5795...done-lights-on-7i92m

Two steps forward, discover you're one step back, so it goes!

Hi,

I'm midway through converting a Brother TC215 to LinuxCNC control (I started a thread here: forum.linuxcnc.org/12-milling/57928-conv...er-tc215-to-linuxcnc ), and I've been learning a lot / things have been going well, but I've gotten to the point where I wanted to test the MESA cards in the mill and I've discovered that when I power up the MESA 7I92M board, the Init and Done lights stay red. It won't respond to ping, and doesn't show a link light via ethernet on either side of the cable.  

I saw a post from PCW ( forum.linuxcnc.org/27-driver-boards/4431...-7i96-flashing-error ) that says the Init and Done lights staying illuminated indicate corrupted flash memory. If this is the case, I'm assuming the best option is to get in touch with MESA and see about having them reflash it? Any guidance welcome. 

Also, I've got a 7I76 and a 7I77D in the mill, and now I'm concerned that if there's an issue with the 7I92M that there's a problem with those boards as well. If I power those with 5v via the appropriate terminals / jumper settings, will I be able to verify if they work via looking at the lights on the boards? 

Thanks for any help / guidance, it's really amazing to have this forum as a resource!

Yeah, you’re probably right, and I’m leaning toward LinuxCNC anyway.

Personally, I'd just buy a servo and rip oit all the crap on the spindle, you can get a 5kw spindle and drive on Alibaba for $400 shipped or less. That'll give you what you're after for a lot less hassle. Pull out the pulley system and all and just direct drive. Get a 5000rpm servo that should give you way more cut powe than you have.

The PLL fault doesn't freeze or kill the process: one drive will stop responding to cyclic position commands. The only reset function I've built into my code so far toggles cia402.x.enable and cia402.x.fault-reset, and that doesn't seem to be enough to reestablish communication with the drive.

Hi

I'd like to use LinuxCNC to simulate some lathe g-code before I run it on my actual machine. 
I have linuxCNC installed, and have the gmoccapy lathe simulations installed, but when I try to run my g-code, I get an error about "invalid character U". My physical machine has incremental axes U and W that correspond to X and Z. U and W are incremental moves, and X and Z are absolute moves. So if you're at X1.0 and you move U3.0, you'd end up at absolute X4.0, or if you're at X1.0 and move U-3.0 you'd end up at X-2.0

Does linuxCNC support incremental axes like U and W? Do I need to set them up somehow in the simulation machine's HAL file?

for Fanuc Encoders you can check here panasonicservomotor.com/fanuc-encoder. include code Fanuc code list

A google search for servo-to-go comes up pointing to alvarestech.com, that brings up the original servo-to-go main page from 20 years ago. I was real surprised to see that pop up! But, they have been out of the business since about that time. I can imagine there might be some hermit still running an STG card somewhere, but that's a stretch.  (I sold mine 20 years ago!)
Jon

I was trying to find out if the Vital Systems Motenc card is still a current product, and it seems that it is (it's been supported by LinuxCNC since 2005)

But on their web site I found that they also have EtherCAT hardware.

www.vitalsystem.com/motion/ethercat/ECS1.php