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It can be the 4.19 kernel in debian 10 that perform must better than kernel 6.1 in debian 12.
When I was working on my own EtherCAT board a year ago I had some timing issues
and compared the network adapters and linux kernel version in the computers I had around.

 
linux 4.19 performed better especially with Intel adapters.
Often I had to go up to 2 millisecond servo loop to get acceptable performance.

This is just  to show that there are several factors that influence the timing performance
and when you compare with debian 12 and 10, the kernel version is definitely a factor.
The network adapter is another. If you have a Realtek network adapter and have tried
all settings that rodw lay out in his document and you have a free PCI-e slot in the computer
you can try with a cheap Intel network adapter. I210, I225, I226 for example. I have had good luck with them.
Not sure how that comes in here, but you should nevertheless bring down the normal real-time jitter
to single digits, less than +- 10 microseconds, the one you check with latency-histogram.

The WARNING you get, and the delay, is a nuisance more than a real problem. The Ethercat master
will synchronize the time of clients, it just takes longer than 5 seconds. Googling around for this issue
one can see that this issue has been there for more than 10 years and one way to get rid of the warning
is to just increase the 5000 ms level when compiling the ethercat master yourself. You will get the delay though

Here is a short article on DC clock synchronization www.acontis.com/en/dcm.html

I absolutely agree, he is/has the best hardware support on planet earth!

Well, the reason is very simple Each additional Beckhoff module is a bag of money for the small user.

Hallo Robert,

werden die Vorträge oder die Folien im Anschluss veröffentlicht? Ich hätte Interesse kann jedoch aus zeitlichen Gründen leider nicht teilnehmen.

Verkauft ihr auch PCs mit Linux CNC? Ich habe mittlerweile den zweiten PC der bezüglich realtime Probleme hat. Bevor ich jetzt auf Verdacht noch einen dritten PC kaufe und mein Glück versuche ...
Falls ihr keine PCs verkauft hast du eine Empfehlung welche PCs problemlos funktionieren?

Grüße Erwin

Hakan wrote:

Is it the same if you just install the ready apt package with ethercat instead of building ethercat master yourself?

I think it would be but the released version might be locked to a tag branch like we do with 2.9.4 vs 2.10

JT wrote:

I even added LED's to the reload and save button if you want them you just have to add a Dynamic Property. Big thanks to Chris for helping me understand the LED's

Now thats cool, I wanna try that.

JT wrote:

blazini36 wrote:

Any chance of adding a "save" button for the code viewer? I see the "save_as_pb", I'd rather just overwrite the existing file without a prompt if it's possible.
 
I never thought about that but it makes sense because you can edit the nc file in Flex you should be able to save your edits then reload.

Save menu item and button added.

JT
 

Exactly, didn't realize it's one of those things you only wish you had when you realize you don't have it.

The option to open an editor or save as a new file is great if that's convenient for the arrangement you have. My particular setup on this machine it's super convenient just to edit in the code viewer, and just save it in case I wanna run it again. I don't really have any desire to open a text editor or save it as a new file since I'd rather just walk over to the desktop that has a good keyboard and edit it there. I don't necessarily wanna do that just to change a spindle speed line or something

andypugh wrote:

Apparently it was this: forum.linuxcnc.org/10-advanced-configura...ives-ethercat#315703

The PID has changed.

I'm excited to see Andy wading in where angels fear to tread! Welcome to the dark side!
ethercat slaves -v 
or
ethercat slaves --verbose

Will list the VID (Vendor ID) and PID (Product ID)  and these must be used in the Ethercat xml config file


 

A Beckhoff EL3162 has 2 channels of 0-10 volt input with 500v isolation from the Ethercat bus. This could replace 2 THCAD's without worrying about needing encoder inputs.

I don't understand why people want to mix MESA and Ethercat systems even though it can be done.

I would just like to express my gratitude & thanks to PCW.
The answers & helps he gives to Mesa customers is fantastic. What really humbles me is the help he has given me to some of my off brand projects using Spartan 6 dev boards and hostmot2 firmware sources. And also the others that go down this path.
A true gent. The forum is so much richer for his help & patience.

Cheers
Rob

Works fine.

Sometimes I just have to manually delete the ARP entry for 192.168.1.121

Testing isn't ideal ATM, ping times from the laptop to the card is bad due to having to go through 2 switches (0.244ms best). Setting the MAC works, good ole' 00:de:ad:be:ef:03 that I picked up from a netware 4 instructor.

I'll have to connect things properly & do some testing.

Once again thanks for all the help.

I just updated my plasma to 2.10 so that will be fine.
Take your time, so far I'm liking the improvements you contributed to QtPlasmaC. It's been awhile since I had last updated, so now I'm trying to catch up!

Easiest way would be to make another config.
leave the old one for when you need position.

In the new config change the A to be a spindle.

Lookup step and direction spindle for examples. If you dont want to mess with it I could do it for you.

Then it should work as you intend with me s1000 $1

I’ve had a similar thought in the past, with regard to speeding things up.  I was thinking of automatically compensating the probe height based on material thickness, as you said, added to the material fields.

I like the idea, and since someone has officially asked for it, I’ll start looking into making it happen.

Give me some time, I’ll let you know when it’s ready for you to try out.  It will be added to 2.10 by the way.  

I think that message usually means some issue with the script
 I get:

peter@peter-HP-EliteDesk-800-G1-USDT:~/Downloads$ ./getmac
Old MAC Addr: 00601B168000

peter@peter-HP-EliteDesk-800-G1-USDT:~/Downloads$ ./newmac
Old MAC Addr: 00601B168000
New MAC Addr: 00601B160801

Reseting Ethernet CPU
waiting for reset
Old MAC Addr: 00601B160801

what does

./setmac

reply

it should be

peter@peter-HP-EliteDesk-800-G1-USDT:~/Downloads$ ./setmac

Interface not in Environment