On Fri, 2008-11-14 at 14:14 -0700, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: > > Yeah, RT testing opens up interesting issues. What if some RT module > > crashes the machine? Also the testing can't be comprehensive, since the > > buildbot machines are unlikely to have any hardware other than a > > parallel port (if that), so we can't actually test all of the RT drivers > > anyway. > > If a buildslave crashes, the buildmaster will notice it and send an > email to the admin for that buildslave. > > And man oh man, I would love to set up a big Rube Goldberg machine to do > actual physical-real-world testing. Steppers turning shafts with > encoders, motors moving levers into switches, etc etc. It'd be awesome! > > You could have two machines next to each other, one running a trusted > version of EMC2, administering the test to the experimental one. You > could do actual closed-loop validation of the whole system. > > Just need a patron to fund & house the test system...
I don't understand this thread that well, but what are the basics of what is needed? A pair of Internet accessible PC's running EMC2, stepper and servo axes? I have a T1, static IP's, second hand PC's and a few other bits. Kirk http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
