#flex-dev Logs

Feb 01 2025

04:06 AM JT-Cave: morning
05:43 AM JT-Cave: couple of bug fixes for mesact
06:02 AM Tom_L: morning
06:15 AM Tom_L: PR #131 mesact PR #261 flex
06:36 AM JT-Cave: got em thanks
06:40 AM JT-Cave: hmm Summit Racing has fast shipping my alternator is out for delivery
09:02 AM Tom_L: alternator bad?
09:13 AM JT-Cave: sometimes
09:21 AM Tom_L: hi 59F... may take the girls to the zoo today
10:16 AM JT-Shop: 49 and overcast here but we are still going to Crumpies 11 point BBQ
01:28 PM rdtsc: I had intentions of being more involved in flex, and mesact (wanted to add 7c80 support), but between work and life have been swamped. Just ordered over 500 in electrical for the mill, and still need to finalize the Z plate design and build a custom drive, gearing, and encoder. One of these days...
04:47 PM JT-Shop: https://github.com/jethornton/mesact/issues/130
04:47 PM JT-Shop: rdtsc, is that you?
04:50 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> hey, JT, how's your Starlink for the internet working? good or bad or ????
04:50 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> and wha
04:51 PM JT-Shop: works pretty good, have to reboot it a lot at least I think it's the router that needs rebooting
04:51 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> what's it cost per month? approx
04:51 PM JT-Shop: that depends on where you live
04:51 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> I'm working with a guy living up in the hills, that uses T-Mobile 5G internet. connection is poor.
04:52 PM JT-Shop: in rural high demand area's it's $120
04:52 PM JT-Shop: like where I live
04:52 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> ok. I'm going suggest he look into it.
04:54 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> chilly and drizzly here all day. been dripping now .69 inches since midnight
04:54 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> rain forecast thru Tues
04:56 PM * JT-Shop goes to deal with the spill
05:05 PM lcnc-relay: <ccatlett1984@> JT-Shop: No, that's me
05:05 PM lcnc-relay: <ccatlett1984@> 😛
05:06 PM rdtsc: JT, no he has a 7c80 also though
05:07 PM rdtsc: sheesh should've looked before posting :) heheh
05:14 PM JT-Shop: maybe you two can get together and add 7c80 to mesact
05:15 PM JT-Shop: I'm working on a spindle fix for 7i77 and metric scale calc still seems to be off
05:16 PM JT-Shop: I could use some help with metric scale calculation as I never use it
05:26 PM JT-Shop: looks like fedex is near by with my alternator
05:41 PM lcnc-relay: <ccatlett1984@> https://github.com/ccatlett1984/mesact/tree/7c80
05:41 PM lcnc-relay: rdtsc look at that branch (I just pulled in JT's latest changes, so it isn't behind any.)
05:43 PM lcnc-relay: <ccatlett1984@> I think I have everything except boards.py
05:43 PM lcnc-relay: <ccatlett1984@> I had that, and nuked it with a bad git command last night...
05:45 PM JT-Shop: I use git gui
05:46 PM JT-Shop: I appreciate the help for sure
05:46 PM lcnc-relay: <ccatlett1984@> _sighs_
05:46 PM lcnc-relay: <ccatlett1984@> i had wrong branch cloned locally, nuked it without thinking when changing to the 7c80 branch
05:46 PM JT-Shop: ouch
05:47 PM rdtsc: i've done that before, hurts for sure... nice work though
05:48 PM lcnc-relay: <ccatlett1984@> I have no idea how to generate the pins file though
05:48 PM lcnc-relay: <ccatlett1984@> the rest seems to be simple enough
05:50 PM JT-Shop: I've changed the name of local and pulled fresh way too many times when I introduce a conflict
05:50 PM JT-Shop: at least I can copy from the old directory
05:51 PM JT-Shop: the pin and firmware is in another repo
05:52 PM JT-Shop: https://github.com/jethornton/mesact_firmware
05:53 PM JT-Shop: https://github.com/jethornton/mesact/blob/master/info/hal.txt
06:32 PM lcnc-relay: <ccatlett1984@> Added firmware for the 7c80 & 7c81
06:32 PM lcnc-relay: https://github.com/jethornton/mesact_firmware/pull/1
06:33 PM JT-Shop: awesome, I'll check that in the morning
06:34 PM * JT-Shop is about to call it a night
06:41 PM lcnc-relay: <ccatlett1984@> kewl, let me know if i missed anything
06:46 PM JT-Shop: ok, will do
06:46 PM JT-Shop: and thanks for the help
06:53 PM * JT-Shop calls it a night