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Found this just now, the datacenter featured in Batman vs Superman is made by the EMC2 company, they are the reason we had to change the name of this project to LinuxCNC.
At least they did not sue us, so thank you...maybe?!?!?!

Might have better luck with this in the Debian forums, it is Linux related.

Yet another Flexgui Op. This time we tackled single point thread milling.

What settings are you using for the G251X? I have been trying to tune them with no success. The motors are very loud and produce a lot of vibration, especially at low speeds. Using generic Chinese drives with the same hal (minor tweak to the stepper scale) produces significantly less noise and vibration.

First make sure the scaling is correct for all axis, then check for backlash or loose screws or mounts.
Also check for mount deflection while machine is working.

Reading hal pins in gcode is tricky as you need to sync the interpreter to update the values:
linuxcnc.org/docs/stable/html/gcode/over...gcode:ini-hal-params

Try this:

Hi Collins,

It's far from linuxcnc compatible.
The hal works different and the rtapi works different.

The code is entirely different. The realtime approach is the same.

It would be about the same, but you would likely need to add 
some additional I/O cards for general purpose inputs and outputs.
(that are built in on the the 7I95T)

when this is done, this will be a huge optorunity for linuxcnc , how much of this code should be upstreamed to linuxcnc ?

i have realized a mixer for fluids with linuxcnc (linear axis and servos)

i have a question:

the mixer needs to be go up and down a certain time. i tried to use the time module, but everytime i try to use the calculated value in the while clause linuxcnc stops loading or hangs on realoding the program

#<z_mischen_start> = [#<_hal[time.0.minutes]> * 60 + #<_hal[time.0.seconds]>]

G97 S800 M03
o101 do
    #<z_mischen_elapsed> = [[#<_hal[time.0.minutes]> * 60 + #<_hal[time.0.seconds]>] - #<z_mischen_start>]
    G1 X270 F1000
    G1 X250 F1000
o101 while [#<z_mischen_elapsed> LT 4]

any ideas? i'm quite new to linuxcnc ....

thanks a lot !!!

Lars

Chris,

I'll fire up the mill later tonight and get a config dump for you.  And yes, I'm using a step/dir non-axis output to drive the ATC stepper.

Once you've had a look - it's complicated - I'll walk you through any of the atc-specific stuff that isn't clear.

Agree - the tool DB would be nice.  There are a number of features I'd really like to have that could be automated via a DB value:

• lathe front tool/back-tool backplot flips
• lathe main/sub spindle backplot flips
• multiple offsets for a multi-function tool like Siemens does
• Max RPM
• "Big" or 'Heavy" tools for carousels (nothing allowed next to oversized tools, or slow down carousel for high inertia)

If you are having SDO write failures you may need to disable EoE by rebuilding the IgH master from source. If you search the forum for "disable eoe" there are several post about it and what flags are needed to build from source without EoE.

Sorry to bother you some more. I happen to have a ton of cards I bought years ago lying around. Do you think a better solution might be a 7i80hd-25, use a 7i52s configured for 6x PWM output and 6 encoder inputs (only using 3 of each for now). I have a 7i44 and multiple input/output card options.

Your problem is caused by screw backlash

Typically this happens if you try to install Linuxcnc without an internet connection.
Always connect to the internet when installing the linuxcnc ISO