#robotics Logs

Oct 27 2012

00:01 rue_shop3 "the fire started from an outside source, penatrated into the wall, and went up into the cieling space, where it spread out
00:01 rue_shop3 there was fire comming out AROUND the sprinkler heads and they didn't go off
00:02 rue_shop3 the plastic pipe feeding them blew open
00:03 Tom_itx they allow plastic pipe on sprinkler systems?
00:09 Tom_itx ok well the firmware uploaded
00:48 rue_shop3 Tom_itx, you have to make major tweeks to the paramiters
02:19 rue_house kat
02:20 rue_house where is kat
02:20 rue_house Tom_itx, want to make $40000?
02:20 rue_house Tom_itx,
02:20 rue_house Tom_itx, damnit
02:20 rue_house ace4016, you still in australlia?
02:21 ace4016 was never in australia...but i hope my job decides to send me there for a visit
02:21 rue_house ace4016, well you a official us citizen?
02:22 rue_house ace4016, hey cmon
02:22 ace4016 yup
02:22 rue_house look there is a competition with a $50000 prize, I have the answer, I cant enter cause I'm in canada
02:22 rue_house ok, want $40000?
02:23 ace4016 maybe; what competition?
02:23 rue_house ace4016, http://robocall.challenge.gov/rules
02:23 rue_house my system has been working for over 5 years now
02:23 ace4016 ah, that one
02:24 rue_house well? will you enter my submision for $10000?
02:24 rue_house if we win?
02:24 rue_house (20%,whatever)
02:25 rue_house ACE
02:25 rue_house hello?
02:25 rue_house AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
02:26 ace4016 hrm...don't see how it could hurt
02:26 rue_house ARE YOU SURE, YOU DONT SEEM THAT INTERESTED
02:27 ace4016 it's not particularly something i care too much about, but extra money doesn't seem that bad
02:27 rue_house yea its only $40000, why even bother?
02:28 rue_house I mean, thats hardly a tank of gas eh?
02:28 rue_house thats like stopping for 2 mins to pick up a penny eh? complete and utter waste of time?
02:30 ace4016 typically gets taxed to all hell
02:30 ace4016 but yea...
02:31 ace4016 actually...i'm a federal employee...might have to check if i can enter it in the first place :P
02:33 rue_house ugh
02:33 rue_house did you see it in the rules?
02:33 ace4016 yup
02:33 rue_house ugh
02:33 rue_house who else is in the states?
02:33 ace4016 not sure if it counts as part of my job (it most likely is not)
02:35 rue_house I mean, I can try to contact kat
02:36 rue_house she could really use some money
02:36 ace4016 does it work for cellphones?
02:36 rue_house hmm no, didn't see that in there, did you?
02:36 ace4016 aye...might be more beneficial to her...
02:36 ace4016 yea " The Solution should block robocalls on landlines and mobile phones and can operate on a proprietary or non-proprietary device or platform"
02:36 rue_house it could be adapted to cell phones
02:36 rue_house they have all the hardware
02:37 rue_house download an app :)
02:37 e_house tries to find kats email add
02:42 rue_house well my REALLY cheap usb audio adapter works!
02:42 rue_house yay china
02:42 rue_house so far about 5 packages of over 60 have dissapeared
02:42 rue_house two were resent and got here
02:43 rue_house how long has kat been gone?
02:43 rue_house I never know what nick she's using
02:47 ace4016 thought she was here not too long ago, but i've become less active :/
02:48 ace4016 huh...she's not within my buffer...
03:35 rue_house aha, #314
03:35 rue_house (age/2) + 7
03:48 ace4016 trying not to be a pedo?
10:54 rue_house lost that formula a long time ago
10:54 rue_house it can be used in reverse too tho right?
10:54 Tom_itx what major tweeks?
10:55 Tom_itx like board, baud, stepper degrees and such?
11:18 m_itx brings his sack lunch and finds a good seat at rue_shop3's school h
11:51 rue_house step direction, direction of limit switches, constant of thermal probe maximum step rate, steps/mm thermal setpoints....
11:52 Tom_itx i have nothing thermal related
11:52 Tom_itx nor any limit switches
11:53 Tom_itx in fact i have no steppers yet
11:54 Tom_itx i wanted to load it to verify the pinouts i found were right
11:54 Tom_itx it does start up in pronterface
11:54 Tom_itx shows the firmware as loaded
11:54 Tom_itx and i can send pulses out to the board
11:55 Tom_itx i need to hook up a test subject to the board now and figure out the pins
12:00 Tom_itx i spose i could use my old nema23 steppers on this
12:07 home !!
12:07 home omg
12:09 Tom_itx fascinating ehh?
12:20 home Tom_itx: nah
12:20 home Tom_itx: boring
12:20 rue_shop3 good show
12:20 rue_shop3 that was my first step
12:20 home I wish I had limit switches :/
12:20 e_shop3 pushes houses limit bu
12:21 Tom_itx rue_shop3, have you loaded the firmware on yers yet?
12:21 rue_shop3 hmm the thermal heat loss of the shop is surpassing the heat dissipation of the computers in it
12:21 rue_shop3 a few times
12:21 rue_shop3 gradually correcting for things
12:21 m_itx feels a competetion would spark a fire under rue's
12:22 Tom_itx i have no hardware though
12:22 Tom_itx and no real plans to make a reprap
12:23 Tom_itx figured it'd be cool to have a standalone cnc control though
12:23 Tom_itx i wonder how hard it would be to convert it from mm to inch
12:24 Tom_itx seems all those guys know is mm
12:25 rue_shop3 the entire reprap thing is metric, they dont seem to have been able to do even basic imperial conversions
12:25 rue_shop3 which should be trivial
12:25 rue_shop3 as a canadian I'm trying to be metric
12:41 Tom_itx you should have an open mind though
13:47 rue_shop3 not too more open, lots of things fall out already
15:04 rue_house is the US election over?
15:17 ace4016 not until november 6
15:18 rue_house huh
15:21 ace4016 the internet will still be quite active for about a week or two after though as they wait for the results and then comlpain about which candidate was chosen
17:56 genesis yeap let's buy gold before the next obama day :)
19:50 rue_house I verry much dislike it when the boiler temp goes over scale
19:50 rue_house hmm scale top is 75c
19:50 rue_house boiler is 79
19:50 rue_house hmm
19:50 rue_house wonder if I should bump the scale up to 80
19:55 Tom_itx i spose if it would make you feel better
20:23 rue_house the tank hit 82
20:24 rue_house the input and output of the exchanger are 73 and 75 respecitly
20:24 rue_house I still dont understand how that works
20:26 Tom_itx there's a hot spot in the middle or a bad sensor
20:30 Tom_itx how is your heat system working now?
20:35 rue_house well its sure not working hard
20:36 rue_house its been idle for more than an hour waiting for hte house to cool down
20:36 Tom_itx just wondered how it all worked out after these several winters
20:36 Tom_itx are you on wood yet?
21:00 home soooo rue_house
21:00 home rue_house: I got this lego robot thingy that can uhm...
21:00 home run on java code >.>
21:01 home I want to do C code on it
21:01 home but I have to compile the frigging arm thingy for it
21:01 home sigh..
23:19 rue_house power went out
23:19 rue_house big gen isn't working
23:20 rue_house running the small one with load awareness protocols
23:20 rue_house ah, I need to put this switch on ups
23:24 Tom_itx well there she is and there she was
23:49 rue_house ?
23:49 theBear there she goes again
23:49 theBear oh, kitty
23:50 rue_house kat?
23:50 theBear yes, but the first line i was just quoting a song, i was yet to be enlightened on the 4th level
23:51 theBear wtf computer ? 34c again ? but, it's windy and thundering outside
23:51 theBear hmm, the window IS warm
23:52 rue_house i just worked out i can use the 8000va ups to clean thegen power its online
23:52 theBear was that english ?
23:52 theBear oh, COMMA it's online !
23:53 rue_house one hand typing burrito structural fail, needs 3 hands to eat
23:53 theBear what is it with you foreigners and eating burritos at inappropriate times and places ?
23:54 rue_house I wonder what the 240V output of the gen is grounded at
23:54 theBear probably whatever you pin the chassis too
23:54 theBear more 'interesting' is where they put the neutral