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LinuxCNCKnowledgeBase LinuxCNCKnowledgeBase | RecentChanges | PageIndex | Preferences | LinuxCNC.org Bienvenidos en Espanol Welcome to the community maintained website of the LinuxCNC Project Notice the wiki password has changed: See BasicSteps Table of Contents About LinuxCNC - Description HardwareDesign linuxcnc's hardware design model explained Released description of changes in each release Getting Started Hardware Requirements - what kind of PC can you use? LinuxCNC Supported Hardware - hardware that works with LinuxCNC Latency-test - real-time performance database Installing LinuxCNC - how to get the software [Buildbot -get pre official-release bugfixes] Install To CompactFlash instruction to install in solid state CompactFlash memory. LinuxCNC Pure Simulator How to get the simulator version (no realtime) Links Tutorials - Links to tutorials and LinuxCNC guides Videos - LinuxCNC controlled machines in action Case Studies - example machines run by LinuxCNC Documentation LinuxCNC 2.7 Manuals: http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/2.7/ LinuxCNC 2.6 Manuals: http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/2.6/ LinuxCNC Manuals Page: http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/ Authors - People working on the wiki (hint: we always need more) Contributing to formal LinuxCNC documentation: Translation Translating LinuxCNC Documentation Internationalization Translating po files used by GUIs Documentation about the LinuxCNC documentation toolchain BeyondWikiToo BasicSteps shows how to edit the wiki to add new info Communication Mailing list for users: [emc-users] [Sourceforge archive] (unreliable) [Gmane.org archive] (better) Mailing list for developers: [emc-developers] [Gmane.org archive] commit mailing list: [emc-commit] Bug and Feature Trackers IRC: #LinuxCNC and #LinuxCNC-devel on irc.freenode.net Searchable IRC archives: [Austria] [Russia] Occasional meetings are held in #linuxcnc-meet. See MeetingsOnIRC for more information. Forums [LinuxCNC Forum on linuxcnc.org] [CNCZone LinuxCNC Forum] [Russian LinuxCNC Forum and wiki] Configuring LinuxCNC - how to make it fit your needs Sample Configurations TB6560 - cheap stepper boards from China Rot4thaxiskins - configuration of a 3 axis machine with an additional rotatory axis Stepper specific info TweakingSoftwareStepGeneration - a good discussion to assist in setting up software stepping Stepper Drive Timing - Step and Direction timing charts Steppers with encoders - jlmjvm's story Stepper Formulas Stepper Motor Speed Limitations Mechanical Spreadsheet - Spreadsheet to assist with choosing steppers Servo specific info Tuning LinuxCNC/HAL PID loops PWM Servo Amplifiers Advanced Configuration: Touch Screens Debian Wheezy - How to install and calibrate a Touch Screen with Debian Wheezy. Kinematics Parameters for kinematics - How to pass parameters to kinematics Homing and Limit Switch - Comparison of different Home and Limit Switch Configurations GUI Tutorial [Glade3, Python Tutorial] Good to do this tutorial before creating a Custom Gui [Creating a Custom Gui Tutorial] Using Glade3, GladeVCP, Python GUI Add-ons GladeVcpSetup Glade Virtual Control Panel Setup GladeVCPprogramming Glade Virtual Control Panel Programming HalWidgets Glade HAL Widgets ActionWidgets Glade Action Widgets pyVCP HAL visual control panel in Python Halui - How to use the HAL User Interface GTK Themes have Touchy and Gladevcp panels look different then the desktop theme Control pendants and add-ons Using X11 joystick driver - Make joypad to send hotkeys to axis spindleoverride - How to add a hardware quadrature encoder to control spindle speed override LxCVisionHandbox A DIY Pendant with Handwheel and Touchscreen Adding external controls [ [Hidcomp] ] Connect complex USB controls to HAL Hooking up a MPG Pendant [Hooking up a jogwheel] Using a joypad to jog and control spindle speeds Super simple method for controlling with a USB joypad A new approach for using joypads with LinuxCNC Simple Remote Pendant using Halui and Hal_input Adding More Controls to Simple Remote Pendant Jogging with buttons on a pendant using Halui Adding Custom MDI buttons One Button Toggle for flood etc on pendents or pyVCP the easy way One Button Run/Resume to either start a program or resume a paused program Parallel Port Tester To test I/O on the parallel port About Charge Pumps Overview of Pump and Buckets Using a XHC-HB04 wireless MPG Pendant vismach - fancy 3d machine simulator Running LinuxCNC over network Running Multiple User Interfaces emcrsh Telnet text interface to LinuxCNC halrmt Telnet text interface to HAL Classic Ladder: adding a software PLC ClassicLadder -on-line docs for version 7.100 (LinuxCNC 2.1 - 2.2.8) ClassicLadder ver 7.124 - new version includes userspace MODBUS (LinuxCNC 2.3.0 - on) ClassicLadderExamples -examples of ladder and sequential programs such as turret indexing Sample HAL and ClassicLadder - examples of using Classic Ladder to control e-stop and lube pump Basic Ladder Logic - discussion of general ladder programming Spindle control: Analog Spindle Speed Control Using the Mesa 5i20/7i33 to control spindle speed SpindleOrientation Spindle Orientation SpindleOrient Spindle Orientation Chart Closed Loop Spindle Speed Control VFD Modbus Using MODBUS for a VFD Lubrication: CentralizedLubricator Willey Vogel/SKF Centralized Lubricator Touch probes: Preventing probe crashes using HAL Touch Probe - Using and building a Touch Probe [single button touch-off] using a touch-off plate (or probe) for setting Z origin. [[ AcceleroMeter + Fourier transform Tool Height Detection]] Interface Electronics: Shift Register Port Expander - Using shift registers to add additional I/O pins GUI: BackToolLathe - Changing Axis to display for a lathe with back tools. Tool changing: Tool Changes - Installing and Using the Manual Tool Changer RackToolChanger - Configuring LinuxCNC to use Rack Tool Changer ManualToolChangeMacro - Jogging while paused Gaining accuracy: Screw Compensation - Using a comp file combining two feedback devices on one axis eg a rotary encoder on motor and a linear encoder on machine Other uses of LinuxCNC: m5i20 laser - Another example of using halvcp and M5i20 board [rapid prototyper CNCZone] [LinuxCNCRepStrap 3d printer] Camera based edge finder integration Campy for Wheezy Adding camview Adding digital zoom to camview-emc MESA Bitfile Configuration Editing MESA Bitfiles Editing MESA Bitfiles Spartan2 Recover Corrupt/Blank EEPROM 5i24,6i24,7i24, 6i25 Remapped G-codes Mill Codes Lathe Codes G74 - Peck Drilling/Face Grooving Common HAL: controlling the world HAL Components - Custom realtime components, i.e. and2, or2, not, mux2 etc. ContributedComponents - Components add new capabilities to HAL ContributedHalFiles -- .hal files combine Components in useful ways Use Eagle CAD Schematics editor to configure HAL Halitosis A total configuration system creates stepper/servo configs from DENAVIT-HARTENBERG definitions and pin outputs and create full vismach simulation and machine configs, editor to configure HAL User Configurations: MillSetup Notes on Limits, Home, Work Offsets, Tool Length Offsets, and Touch Off in LinuxCNC KX3 A simple howto for a Sieg KX3 mini-mill GantryPlasmaMachine An example of a trivkins gantry machine JY5300 MHC2 An setup for mini-mill/3D with JY5300-2 controller with MHC2 handwheel pendant Internationalization - run LinuxCNC in your language Suppliers - Parts and Raw Materials suppliers Using LinuxCNC - how to properly use it One-page [G-code quick reference] [Version française (html)] CoordinateSystems - Understanding Coordinate Systems and Offsets [G code Tutorials] ? [G code Tutorial] A step by step tutorial from the beginning. Understanding G-Code - A tutorial on writing your own G-Code [Simple LinuxCNC G-Code Generators] - Facing, Pockets, Drill Patterns Etc. GWiz - A Gcode Wizard Framework Example G-Code Programs - Some examples of how to do things with G-Code. Using Gedit to aid in creating Gcode Cam programs Converting Tools simple pythons to ...