#linuxcnc Logs
Aug 14 2024
#linuxcnc Calendar
12:09 AM nospark: I have a new problem, and it is really, really weird.....
12:22 AM nospark: my machine (so lcnc, or the servo drives) are rounding 90 degree corners, with a radius of about 1mm
12:22 AM nospark: The weird part is, it only seems to do it on every second corner
12:37 AM Deejay: moin
12:46 AM jpa-: nospark: on older versions there was a bug where linuxcnc would forget G64 https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/issues/177
12:46 AM jpa-: nospark: you could try using halscope to look at the feedback signal, whether the first axis reaches end value before the second axis begins moving
12:47 AM jpa-: if the feedback signal looks ok, the culprit would be your servo drives
12:47 AM nospark: how could the drives do that?
12:48 AM nospark: I could understand if there was a small bump outwards, but not rounding a corner, as that implies that one of the axes is moving inward early
12:49 AM nospark: (not disagreeing with you, I just can't figure out what would make the drives do that
12:50 AM nospark: also, it's not the bug you listed, I'm on a newer version, and I usually don't use g61
12:50 AM Deejay: +)
12:51 AM jpa-: nospark: drives could do it by ending the first axis movement too late
12:51 AM jpa-: i had that on horizontal vs. vertical moves with the G64 bug; because my vertical acceleration setting was much slower, it moved horizontally before the vertical axis had finished
12:51 AM nospark: AHHH, yes
12:52 AM nospark: that makes sense
12:52 AM nospark: I will take a look after the G61 test finished
12:52 AM nospark: (I really shouldn't run test on $1500 pieces of material, but my boss is rushing me :P )
12:52 AM jpa-: lol
12:53 AM jpa-: "here is a new machine, now, start making production parts!" :)
12:53 AM nospark: even worse, this is a machine conversion to linuxcnc, just finished late last night, now I'm in full production as of about 9am
12:54 AM nospark: I need 2 hours to sort out a bunch of small issues
01:10 AM nospark: okay, G61 didn't fix it, so I suspect it is the drives
01:10 AM nospark: which is going to be a massive PITA to diagnose
02:49 AM nospark: any advice on where to start to figure out what is wrong?
02:50 AM nospark: The servo drives are Yaskawa Mechatrolink, in a gantry confic, and the lagging axis is of course the gantry
02:51 AM nospark: the Ganrty axis isn't tuned properly atm, because its a gantry, and the tuning process is a massive PITA, involving scoping the drives and using a excell spreadsheet to calculate inertia
02:51 AM nospark: Should this be the first thing I do?
02:51 AM nospark: or is there something more obvious
02:53 AM jpa-: i'd check the feedback in halscope first
02:53 AM jpa-: do you have true feedback from the motors to linuxcnc, or is the signal from linuxcnc to the drives open-loop?
02:54 AM jpa-: as a workaround you can lower linuxcnc acceleration settings until the error is tolerable
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04:09 AM JT-Cave: morning
04:40 AM Tom_L: morning
04:44 AM lcnc-relay: <Travis Farmer> Morning
07:57 AM JT-Cave: Tom_L, https://gnipsel.com/linuxcnc/flexgui/misc.html updated that page
08:04 AM JT-Cave: 0.9.7 is out
08:09 AM lcnc-relay: <Travis Farmer> 2 more revisions before v1.0, unless you add another decimal point in 😉
08:14 AM rdtsc-wk: changing from thou to tenths, eh? :)
08:20 AM rdtsc-wk: Recently got 3m of cable chain from Cloudray Laser (eBay.) Seems high-quality, fast ship, low price; would recommend.
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08:43 AM Tom_L: JT-Cave, one thing i would do would be to make all the metric units mm instead of a mix of M and mm
08:44 AM JT-Cave: afaik feed is described as meters per minute usually
08:44 AM JT-Cave: but I might be wrong because I don't use metric
08:45 AM Jym: Good morning
08:46 AM Tom_L: JT-Cave, http://tom-itx.no-ip.biz:443/~webpage/cnc/JT-SHOP/flexgui/tooldata3.jpg
08:47 AM Jym: I'm in a house built in the 50's. I need to ground one outlet. How can I test if something (water pipe, conduit, etc) is actually earth grounded?
08:47 AM Tom_L: looks like 'speed' is the only meter one
08:48 AM Tom_L: and that is SFM
08:49 AM Tom_L: which in inch is feet/min
08:49 AM Tom_L: http://tom-itx.no-ip.biz:443/~webpage/cnc/JT-SHOP/flexgui/tooldata2.jpg
08:51 AM rdtsc-wk: Jym, https://www.familyhandyman.com/article/ungrounded-outlet/
08:53 AM Jym: rdtsc-wk I've seen the GFCI thing, but in this case, I need to actually have an earth ground, even if I have to run a seperate wire. I just not sure how to TEST for earth ground. I have a meter
08:54 AM Tom_L: https://bates-electric.com/how-to-test-for-ground-with-multimeter/
08:54 AM Jym: Just read between HOT and (potential) ground?
08:54 AM rdtsc-wk: Put meter on Volts, measure between "ground" and neutral. Should be near 0V (perhaps some milli-volts.) Then set to Ohms, and measure from "ground" to Neutral. Should be a very low number, like 1 Ohm.
08:55 AM rdtsc-wk: If so, wire is ground
08:56 AM rdtsc-wk: If something like 5V or higher is measured, it is NOT ground, and do not measure ohms
08:56 AM Tom_L: JT-Cave, is it possible with that to have the UI file available to the user to edit?
08:56 AM rdtsc-wk: Check AC volts and DC volts
08:56 AM rdtsc-wk: just be sure
08:58 AM Jym: rdtsc-wk thanks, I'll go try it out. bbiab
08:59 AM JT-Cave: Tom_L, I'm not sure if that's possible unless you just clone the repo... why?
08:59 AM Tom_L: it was a tight fit on the rpi
08:59 AM Tom_L: some may want to re'arrange the widgets a bit
09:00 AM JT-Cave: is there any open space to resize via qss?
09:00 AM Tom_L: PR #67
09:01 AM JT-Cave: ok
09:01 AM Tom_L: i managed to get it on a tab
09:01 AM Tom_L: http://tom-itx.no-ip.biz:443/~webpage/cnc/JT-SHOP/flexgui/RPI_FSC.png
09:02 AM JT-Cave: looking good
09:03 AM Tom_L: i might move it to a separate tab but i had gobs of room on that one
09:03 AM JT-Cave: break fast
09:06 AM Tom_L: better with the error checking
09:07 AM rdtsc-wk: nice work guys, lookin' good.
09:08 AM Tom_L: new debs are up
09:22 AM Tom_L: JT-Cave, can you move the deb... won't let me push my ui edits
09:24 AM JT-Cave: done
09:28 AM Tom_L: #68 for examples
09:31 AM JT-Cave: try adding QToolButton {
09:31 AM JT-Cave: min-height: 40px;
09:31 AM Tom_L: when i get back i will
09:31 AM JT-Cave: it will make your tool bar buttons the same height
09:32 AM Tom_L: might have to remind me
09:47 AM JT-Cave: https://gnipsel.com/linuxcnc/flexgui/menu.html#tool-bars
10:46 AM JT-Shop: friend was walking around his neighborhood and got attacked by 2 dogs and is in the hospital now
10:50 AM bjorkintosh: oh damn. were they strays?
10:51 AM JT-Shop: dunno, he just sent me a text of the damages
11:01 AM Tom_L: damn
11:02 AM Jym: And THAT"S why I carry a stun gun
11:02 AM Jym: I've come close to that a couple of times on a trail
11:04 AM Jym: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01FL444JW/
11:06 AM bjorkintosh: Jym: how effective is it? you've gotta be pretty damned close to the perpetrator.
11:06 AM Jym: Much of the time just the sound alone can scare them off.
11:12 AM lcnc-relay: <Travis Farmer> cool, my server rack UPS replacement batteries are out for delivery 🙂 soon i can restart my servers and see how bad they are corrupted...
11:14 AM Tom_L: JT-Shop, mine says min-height 50px already for the touch ones
11:14 AM JT-Cave: right but for the keyboard they are tall and short...
11:15 AM JT-Cave: https://pasteboard.co/YsPlJ4EJmmV1.png
11:16 AM JT-Cave: https://pasteboard.co/U4CdrWCrtlH9.png
11:16 AM Jym: Ok this is weird. I replce dthe 2prog outlet, with a 3 prong, and the tester says "open ground". I clipped a lead from a conduit box under the counter (to electric stove) to the ground lead on the outlet and now all three lights light up. confused. https://imgur.com/a/6Jf1BMy
11:17 AM Tom_L: ok
11:17 AM lcnc-relay: <captainhindsight_.> Jym you just connected a ground to the outlets ground, so it's working
11:18 AM Jym: capt It shuld be only the two otter lights, but it's all three
11:18 AM lcnc-relay: <captainhindsight_.> do you have the instruction for this device?
11:19 AM Jym: the tester? no. Let me seeif I cna find them
11:19 AM lcnc-relay: <captainhindsight_.> just use a multimeter, who knows how they designed that tester
11:21 AM Jym: Capt, this outlet needs to pass an inspection. And they plan on using the same type of tester. On a good know outlet, it should be the two outter lights (lieke shown on the "circuit ok"
11:22 AM lcnc-relay: <captainhindsight_.> ah well then we have to read their instructions
11:22 AM lcnc-relay: <captainhindsight_.> https://www.idealind.com/content/dam/electrical/product-categories/test-and-measure/receptacle-testers/resources/61-035-E-Z-Check-Circuit-Tester-Instructions.pdf
11:23 AM lcnc-relay: <skunkworks8841> https://jauriarts.org/_matrix/media/v3/download/jauriarts.org/vCzrhDVmyELfYhIbnhtUFlcr/PXL_20240622_004703617.jpg
11:23 AM Jym: https://www.idealind.com/content/dam/electrical/product-categories/test-and-measure/receptacle-testers/resources/61-035-E-Z-Check-Circuit-Tester-Instructions.pdf
11:23 AM Jym: basically useless
11:24 AM lcnc-relay: <captainhindsight_.> hahah I love this
11:24 AM rdtsc-wk: Diagram here of how the lights are connected: https://www.morganinspectionservices.com/understanding-three-light-receptacle-tester/
11:24 AM rdtsc-wk: if all three are lit up, two of the wires are hot somehow
11:25 AM lcnc-relay: <captainhindsight_.> looks like everything is wrong and OK at the same time
11:26 AM Jym: Let me grab a longer lead, and touch to EARTH directly, instead of a conduit
11:26 AM lcnc-relay: <captainhindsight_.> what is your EARTH?
11:27 AM lcnc-relay: <skunkworks8841> at the breaker box - neutral and ground are the same.. (bonded together)
11:27 AM lcnc-relay: <skunkworks8841> (at the service enterence of the house)
11:27 AM Tom_L: JT-Cave, PR #69
11:28 AM Tom_L: i think i got em all...
11:28 AM lcnc-relay: <captainhindsight_.> just a side note, I once posted a question about "What is the difference between neutral and ground if they are both bonded to each other typically at the service entrance?"
11:29 AM lcnc-relay: <captainhindsight_.> I had people screaming that "you never connect ground and neutral"
11:29 AM lcnc-relay: <skunkworks8841> lol
11:29 AM lcnc-relay: <skunkworks8841> you do in one spot - and one spot only
11:29 AM rdtsc-wk: only at the service entrance
11:29 AM Tom_L: it's similar to star gnd vs a chain
11:29 AM lcnc-relay: <captainhindsight_.> NO YOU DON'T 🙂
11:29 AM roycroft: correct - only at the service entrance
11:29 AM Tom_L: not whether you do but where you do
11:30 AM lcnc-relay: <captainhindsight_.> I was hired to help tech their techs and this is what i had to work with
11:30 AM roycroft: in a sub panel you run separate center tap and ground wires, and isolate the center tap from ground just as you separate the end taps from ground
11:30 AM Tom_L: some ppl just make us look like genius
11:31 AM lcnc-relay: <skunkworks8841> lol - we had a new building wired up and all of a sudden our surg strips started burning up.. (I think it also took out some crt monitors)
11:32 AM lcnc-relay: <skunkworks8841> this was a situation where there was a sub box - run after a transformer where you need to bond neutral and ground again..
11:32 AM lcnc-relay: <captainhindsight_.> Jym: do you have a multimeter to work with?
11:32 AM JT-Cave: must be nap time it's getting shocking in here
11:33 AM * rdtsc-wk zips out for lunch
11:33 AM lcnc-relay: <captainhindsight_.> just about every BP mill I come across has the work light tied on one side to something HOT and the other side to the machine frame
11:34 AM lcnc-relay: <skunkworks8841> I think our band saw is that way too
11:34 AM lcnc-relay: <captainhindsight_.> lol
11:34 AM lcnc-relay: <captainhindsight_.> hardly anyone ever gets killed so its safe
11:37 AM lcnc-relay: <captainhindsight_.> how do you respond to a hiring manager that was 45 minutes late to an interview at 1:00am because he "was on another call"?
11:38 AM lcnc-relay: <captainhindsight_.> do you wait by his car at 6am and club his knees after his shift is over?
11:40 AM lcnc-relay: <captainhindsight_.> rdtsc-wk thanks i was wonder what is actually inside one of those
11:46 AM rdtsc-wk: plug a load into the outlet with the tester connected - do the lights suddenly behave correctly? thinking one of the wires is floating somewhere between 0v and line voltage. The tester uses almost no current, so will detect very weak "leakage" currents.
11:55 AM Jym: Ok, I ran a piece of rebar into the ground and ran a lead to the outlets ground. The tester is showing GOOD (only the two outter lights are on)
11:56 AM lcnc-relay: <captainhindsight_.> \0/ all that matters is the tester lights so "great success"
11:56 AM Jym: I guess the conduit inder the stove is connected to the other half of 220 leg, and tht's way the tester lit all three light,
11:57 AM Jym: Sounds good in theory, lol weird
11:58 AM Jym: Capt, now I have a 30ft wire running across my kitchen floor to outside! LMAO
11:58 AM roycroft: so we're having milder weather - lower temperatures and higher humidity - and firefighters are making good progress on containing most of the fires
11:59 AM roycroft: i hope jym did not just step on that wire
11:59 AM lcnc-relay: <captainhindsight_.> Jym: looks like you have multiple issues
11:59 AM Jym: wht the heck, grrr
11:59 AM Jym: Roy whatBZZZZ wire?
11:59 AM lcnc-relay: <captainhindsight_.> start back at the panel and fix the ground
12:00 PM roycroft: has anyone ever told you that you resemble uncle fester?
12:00 PM Jym: Sorry , I keep gettings disconnected
12:00 PM lcnc-relay: <captainhindsight_.> old conduit can also get rusty and conduct little to no current
12:00 PM Jym: Capt oh gawd, the panels is even worse, there is CLOTH wiring in the rafters of the garage
12:01 PM roycroft: i may be weird, but i've never depended on conduit as a ground path
12:01 PM roycroft: it just seems prudent to pull the extra wire
12:01 PM Tom_L: Jym, it's due to a bad gnd
12:01 PM Jym: Roy, It was just a test
12:01 PM Jym: Tom, there is NO ground, built in the 1950s
12:01 PM Tom_L: Jym> Sorry , I keep gettings disconnected
12:01 PM Jym: tom LMAO
12:02 PM Jym: Well, if I can find an 1/8th grounding rod, I can ram it it from behind the frig all the way thru the floor 3ft down to the ground.
12:03 PM Jym: Ghetto, but effective
12:03 PM rdtsc-wk: long cement drill?
12:03 PM Jym: GOOD IDEA
12:04 PM Jym: rdtsc-wk ty
12:05 PM rdtsc-wk: https://www.menards.com/main/tools/power-tool-accessories/drill-bits-accessories/new-england-carbide-cycloimpak-trade-1-4-x-13-masonry-hammer-drill-bit/h25013/p-1444445243526-c-10079.htm
12:05 PM Tom_L: if you pour a cup of water around the rod as you tamp it down, you won't need anything to drive it
12:06 PM lcnc-relay: <captainhindsight_.> what is he has rocky soil?
12:06 PM Tom_L: then you may need a jack hammer
12:06 PM lcnc-relay: <captainhindsight_.> or a house built on a granite slab?
12:06 PM roycroft: i took a broken sds drill, cut it off past the cutting flutes, and welded a 5/8" socket on the end
12:06 PM roycroft: that is great for installing grounding rods
12:10 PM rdtsc-wk: don't forget the wire clamp :)
12:11 PM lcnc-relay: <skunkworks8841> I just bought a post driver - but I did get a cup for the hammer drill.. just wasn't here quick enough
12:18 PM lcnc-relay: <captainhindsight_.> skunkworks8841 tower still vertical?
12:30 PM lcnc-relay: <skunkworks8841> so far..
12:31 PM lcnc-relay: <skunkworks8841> Now I can cut the 2 tree's down that are in the way
12:31 PM lcnc-relay: <skunkworks8841> the ground rods went in pretty easy on the top of the hill.
12:32 PM lcnc-relay: <skunkworks8841> I think it would take a tornado to take the tower down. I think even if a tree fell against it - it would be fine
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12:53 PM lcnc-relay: <skunkworks8841> Now I can cut up the old gin pole..
12:53 PM lcnc-relay: <skunkworks8841> probably a few hundred pounds
01:00 PM lcnc-relay: <captainhindsight_.> skunkworks8841 never made it out you way, got better
01:02 PM lcnc-relay: <captainhindsight_.> very pretty area, I've only driven through it
01:05 PM lcnc-relay: <skunkworks8841> I would rather you got better 🙂
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02:27 PM lcnc-relay: <Travis Farmer> server and the backup-log IRC logger are back in service 🙂
03:10 PM JT-Cave: to add a probe screen or not to add a probe screen that is the question
03:11 PM Tom_L: i got no way to test that
03:11 PM Tom_L: seems like alot of ppl use them
03:11 PM JT-Cave: I have a probe on the bp but it's not a good one
03:11 PM Tom_L: i had to use the pin for something else and i'm not even sure where my probe is now
03:11 PM JT-Cave: I'd like to find a reasonable priced one that can be centered up properly
03:12 PM JT-Cave: didn't you make one?
03:12 PM Tom_L: i did but it wasn't so accurate
03:12 PM Tom_L: if i made another it would be more accurate because i could use the rotary for parts of it
03:13 PM JT-Cave: I'm faster with a dowel in the spindle to set X and Y is the front of the rear jaw and with a dowel I can set the z really fast
03:13 PM Tom_L: i just use a wobbler
03:13 PM Tom_L: i got my kid an axial indicator but someone stole it
03:13 PM Tom_L: for holes
03:14 PM Tom_L: coaxial
03:14 PM Tom_L: https://www.fowlerprecision.com/527100250
03:15 PM JT-Cave: I have both but seldom use either one
03:15 PM JT-Cave: mine looks just like that IIRC
03:15 PM Tom_L: i think at his place they use balls and the cnc may probe it on it's own
03:16 PM lcnc-relay: <Travis Farmer> mine looks like this https://www.ebay.com/itm/185943395627 🙂
03:17 PM roycroft: i've never used a coaxial indicator, but it seems it would save a lot of time
03:17 PM Tom_L: i can't even remember what those balls are called now
03:19 PM Tom_L: but they're more for 5 axis
03:21 PM roycroft: my metal shed is done, btw, and is half full of stuff
03:21 PM lcnc-relay: <Travis Farmer> any spare parts, roycroft?
03:22 PM Tom_L: when i did the center for my probe since i didn't have a rotary at the time i made this drill press fixture to drill the 120 deg offset pin holes: http://tom-itx.no-ip.biz:443/~webpage/emc/jig2.jpg
03:22 PM roycroft: just spare fasteners
03:23 PM roycroft: and not all that many, but i did lose quite a few during the assembly
03:23 PM JT-Shop: hmm I finally get to use my fingernail bit
03:23 PM Centurion_Dan1 is now known as Centurion_Dan
03:24 PM roycroft: i use those all the time - for things like the front edges of shelves a fingernail cutter has a much nicer profile than a radius cutter
03:24 PM Tom_L: JT-Shop, what's that?
03:24 PM JT-Shop: it's a large radius bit to do things like drawer side tops
03:25 PM Tom_L: i knew it was something for wood cause i've never heard of it :)
03:25 PM lcnc-relay: <Travis Farmer> https://www.amazon.com/Magnate-Finger-Center-Bearing-Router/dp/B000W2XZ4O
03:27 PM roycroft: https://roycroft.us/Sander-Cabinet/Sander-Cabinet-2.jpeg
03:27 PM Tom_L: ahh, there we go.. a tooling ball: https://www.mcmaster.com/products/tooling-balls/
03:27 PM roycroft: it's a little hard to see, but the tops of the drawer sides and back are profiled with a fingernail cutter
03:28 PM Tom_L: same as touching off a vise corner etc
03:28 PM roycroft: https://roycroft.us/Sander-Cabinet/Sander-Cabinet-6.jpeg
03:29 PM Tom_L: usually put in the corner of the fixture
03:29 PM roycroft: you may be able to see the profile a bit better in that picture
03:29 PM lcnc-relay: <Travis Farmer> thats much better looking plywood than we have around here, roycroft
03:30 PM roycroft: i built that in the before times
03:30 PM roycroft: when baltic birch plywood was available and affordable
03:30 PM JT-Shop: is there any decent plywood now a days?
03:30 PM roycroft: there is some applewood ply that is as good as baltic birch, and is made in the usa, but it's like $300/sheet
03:31 PM JT-Shop: holy crap
03:31 PM roycroft: so no :)
03:31 PM lcnc-relay: <Travis Farmer> just shop-grade birch and finish-grade birch around here
03:31 PM Tom_L: i can get ~20ply birch but it's $$$$
03:31 PM roycroft: and that birch ply is the 5 ply with voids stuff
03:31 PM Tom_L: and not full sheets
03:31 PM roycroft: if you want decent plywood these days you have to make your own
03:31 PM lcnc-relay: <Travis Farmer> shop-grade birch i think is $65 IIRC
03:32 PM rdtsc-wk: What is "marine-grade" ply?
03:32 PM roycroft: rot-resistant wood and waterproof glue
03:32 PM lcnc-relay: <Travis Farmer> and no voide
03:32 PM lcnc-relay: <Travis Farmer> *voids
03:33 PM rdtsc-wk: seen that at the home stores, $$$$
03:33 PM roycroft: if no voids is a criterion, then my brain is not marine grade
03:33 PM lcnc-relay: <Travis Farmer> lol
03:33 PM lcnc-relay: <Travis Farmer> nor mine
03:37 PM lcnc-relay: <Travis Farmer> man, my network is crying out for Gb ethernet... i forgot how bad backup transfers were...
03:39 PM rdtsc-wk: found a 16-port gigabit switch used on ebay for cheap... got it installed, then found out it only accepts control from WindowsXP LOL
03:39 PM JT-Shop: can't you install a different software on it?
03:40 PM rdtsc-wk: dunno, was a nightmare to get it to work at all
03:42 PM rdtsc-wk: dd-wrt.com seems to be down
03:44 PM JT-Shop: not loading here either
03:48 PM lcnc-relay: <unterhausen> is libera broken?
03:49 PM lcnc-relay: <Travis Farmer> sorry, i started a backup... didn't know it would crash the whole internet 😉
03:50 PM lcnc-relay: <unterhausen> discord must be run using a couple of cans and a very long string
03:51 PM lcnc-relay: <Travis Farmer> i just logged into libera IRC
03:51 PM travis_farmer: and IRC reporting back...
03:54 PM lcnc-relay: <Travis Farmer> though IRC has gone strangly quiet...
03:55 PM JT-Shop: rdtsc-wk, dd-wrt.com did finally load
03:56 PM xxcoder: quiet day yeah
04:01 PM Tom_L: 100
04:01 PM Tom_L: °F
04:01 PM JT-Shop: damn
04:01 PM Unterhaus_ is now known as Unterhausen
04:02 PM JT-Shop: 77°F
04:02 PM xxcoder: 75f here
04:06 PM rdtsc-wk: yea I tried looking for cisco catalyst at dd-wrt but their database is -beyond- slow
04:06 PM rdtsc-wk: seeing 2.5gig for reasonable prices now lol
04:10 PM lcnc-relay: <Travis Farmer> i have an old 100Mb Cisco Catalyst 48-port PoE
04:16 PM Scopeuk: Don't the catalyst bits of kit offer some sort of management cli over telnet or ssh depending on age?
04:21 PM Centurion_Dan1 is now known as Centurion_Dan
04:30 PM rdtsc-wk: I just spent like an hour trying to google when the first AmCap example was included in the MS DirectX SDK. On a whim, asked ChatGPT:
04:30 PM rdtsc-wk: when was the first AmCap sdk example released?
04:31 PM rdtsc-wk: The first example of the AmCap SDK, which is a framework for creating capture applications using DirectShow, was released in 2000. The AmCap sample, which is included in the Microsoft DirectX SDK, showcases basic video capture functionality using DirectShow, a part of the DirectX suite for multimedia and gaming.
04:31 PM rdtsc-wk: D'oh, it IS useful for something lol
04:50 PM JT-Shop: rougish to answer your question from the other day yes it's possible to have g code generators in flex
04:57 PM Tom_L: JT-Shop, just had a thought about launching things like the calc from an action like hal show etc in addition to the current option
04:58 PM Tom_L: is that nuts or not?
04:58 PM JT-Shop: that's a good idea
04:58 PM Tom_L: then a button could also launch them
05:00 PM Tom_L: that would free up space if you needed it and i dunno if it has any impact on gui responsiveness or not
05:00 PM JT-Shop: yup
05:04 PM JT-Shop: none, because it's pretty simple
07:46 PM lcnc-relay: <rollmite> Hi! Newbie question. I'm getting "joint 0 following error" error in the UI and terminal , but when I "halcmd show pin joint.0.f-errored" I see FALSE. Am I misunderstanding the function of the "f-errored" pin ? I'd expect that a following error would set the pin to high.
08:40 PM rdtsc: Tom, the new 0.9.7 seems to have all of the plot options working well, nice job. Depending on what RodW says here, may get out a new micro-SD card for 2.9.3 iso: https://forum.linuxcnc.org/9-installing-linuxcnc/53210-pi4b-and-pi5-users-what-should-go-in-a-2-9-3-image?start=20#307760
08:40 PM rdtsc: having lots of black-screen-at-boot issues with nothing in any logs.
08:40 PM rdtsc: lightdm is the usual culprit, but now that's running fine and still no screen >75% of boots.
08:41 PM rdtsc: plus a fresh slate may be a good idea (with backups of course.)
08:52 PM Tom_L: latest addition is the feed speed calc
09:12 PM lcnc-relay: <skunkworks8841> rollmite my guess would be that it is only true when it is actually errroring..
09:12 PM lcnc-relay: <skunkworks8841> what is your setup? if it is steppers - it is normally not enough stepgen accelleration headroom
10:13 PM _turboss_irc: hello
10:13 PM xxcoder: yo