Mariss, Excellent points. Derek, Another reason for the "return" to hardware solutions for CNC is that, as Art F has mentioned, it is pretty frustrating having...
Hi, I have a question about using the disable pin on the G201. Here is my situation. I have a Gorton 3 axis milling machine equipped with ballscrews and ...
I'm retro-fitting a 1982 Tree Journeyman 330 Mill with a new computer/electronics. It currently uses a Gettys N360 controller and Gettys permanent magnet...
Hi Mariss, I am writing a book on Gecko drives, I would be grateful if I could send it to you and you might cast your eye over my new best seller-Pulitzer...
You know..... Just MY thought here...... Sometimes "You Get What You Pay For"..... Gecko Drives And Sometimes "You Get MORE Than You Pay For"..... G200X But,...
... Just a hought ... do you know whether yours came with the Art Fenerty (ie Mach2) style software or Mariss' 'smart' software?? Art's software can be updated...
I've already failed to do closed loop control for my motion controller board (which drives four geckos), it works only for stall detection mechanism and...
Hey Mariss, I think the prospect of building/completing a G200x would be a good project. Please keep us informed of it's progress. Also, keep me in mind when...
... Hi Robin, you _should_ be able to flash the cube firmware into the slab. It should run according to the GUI, but obviously will not move anything or flash...
This may not be official but I have several machines that still have handles and I do what you are proposing every day , works great and the motors turn freely...
Hi Steve, Just a quick note to let you know my observations so far. Note: Obviously, I have the 'slab' variant, and am running 'cube' code. I do not expect the...
... should ... flash any Yepm expected that, and had already done it .. see other post. ... yeah, I doubt many people use rotational axes on a G2002 .. dont...
... program ... In that case, I'll have to defer you to Art for mor details. The geckoflasher is work, from my rather brief understanding, it had been tested...
... Ignore that, I just found the second release of code 0501105.bin, for some reason I thought that was a GUI release or something .. anyway, the M3 M5 issue...
Thanks for the feedback, much appreciated... ... Yes. Currently there is a single byte 'version' and 'release' field in the config struct. Obviously this...
... Rab - if that's the case, contact me off line, I got a boxed Rabbit 2000 here with prototyping board, all cables etc that you can borrow if they are...
... Crikey no ... if my max speed is say, 200mm/second (12m/minute), and my accel is 0.1G (or 1000mm/sec^2) v=u+0.5 x a x t^2 0.2 = 0.5 x 1 x t^2 t^2 = 0.4,...
... Could you tell me what size a gorton mill is, as in table travel, spindle HP, and ballscrew TPI... Also what model PacSci nema 42 steppers are you running....
... It strikes me ... that 128 segments is probably the right number. but ... the time period those segments represent needs to be relevant to the machine ......
... Hi Robin, sorry but I didn't make it clear what the queue represented. The 128 MAVG queue size is the number of milliseconds the controller can look ahead...
... right, thats what i thought it was anyway ... the queue of 1ms motion segments going towards the rate generators, ready to have the mavg algorithm walked...
Mariss; I envision a variety of applications for the proposed error correction method. It would simplify the implementation of pick-and-place and other...
Rab: Really. The GeckoFlash failed. First occurance that I know of. Does the blinking led still blink at power up? Was this running the Mach2 firmware? If so,...
Hi: What geckoflash does is copy the new firmware into memory, then check its checksums. If the checksums are correct, then it burns it in, otherwise, it dumps...
... there a particular reason why the segemnt lenght in the MAVG queue MUST be 1/1024 second per segment, or would scaling that to match the application make...
Thank you Ron. I will give it try tonight, it will be nice to get this one resolved, been thinking on it awhile now. I will keep in mind the trick for moving...
Hi Wally, - The mill has a 10inX42in table, with 24X10X15 XYZ travel (Z still pending completion....) - It is a 1-22 model, 2hp 65 to 4600 RPM spindle. - The...
... serviced on a ... I suspect ... enough time ... Sure ... but if you look over what I wrote, I was suggesting just the oppposite of that ... that *LOWER*...
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