AKSYS Tech Pty Ltd wrote: > Hi, > > I have a job coming up that I am contemplating using EMC for. My main > problem is that this machine needs to have a windows user interface. I > have found a little info about running the gui for EMC on a windows > computer, this would be great for what I need. All the info I have > found is quite old approx 2002 using EMC1 and reference was made to a > TKEMC.exe, but I can’t find this file. Has anyone achieved what I need > using EMC2??? How would be the best way to go about it???? Can anyone > see any major problems with doing this???? > It's possible to do with EMC2. I have a Windows PC on which I run Cygwin/X. This is capable of running EMC2 (including AXIS, with the 3D preview) just fine, over a network.
The difficulty is that you're getting into the interesting world of remote operation and networking :) EMC2 will not run on Windows. This implies that having the UI on Windows requires at least two PCs, one for EMC and one for the GUI. You then have to network them, and then use a remote terminal app (like VNC), a remote X display (like Cygwin/X), or remote NML (assuming one of the current UIs can be compiled for Windows). In the case of VNC or CygWin, the UI app is running on the EMC2 computer, and is only displaying its information on the remote PC. An NML-based app would actually run on Windows, and send commands to the EMC machine (As I said, I'm not this sure exists for Windows). That last option may have some problems with the HAL which at the moment doesn't have any networking support, whereas the VNC or remote X options are fine, since they're only dusplaying on the remote computer. Bottom line is it's possible, and there are several choices on implementation. There is a wiki page on using cygwin/X here: <http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?EMCDisplayOnWindows>. Incidentally, depending on the Windows apps needed, it may be possible to run them either in Wine, or in a virtual machine (like VMWare). I can run Solidworks in a VM just fine on a PC that was really great 2 years ago, and is only slightly better than good now (two dual-core Opterons, 4G RAM, QuadroFX3500 video). Hope this helps. - Steve ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
