The tkemc.exe was really a misnomer. What we were doing back then, and what IMO can happen as easily with EMC2 is that one Microsoft compatible executable was created from emcsh.cc which allows tkemc to communicate over an NML channel to EMC running on a black box. With this approach you would only be able to access the NML based stuff from the display computer. Programs like halscope and such would not work.
This would only work with the Tcl/Tk graphical interfaces and is quite different from the Cygwin and X stuff Steven is using. If I remember that far back the connection was pretty good. Rayh On Sun, 2007-09-30 at 21:58 -0400, Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
