On Tue, 2009-01-20 at 15:30 -0500, Dennis wrote: > I've got a small problem that I'm hoping you all can help me with. > > I have a dedicated computer in my shop running the RTAI kernel with > EMC2, supporting a home-built 3-axis machine with steppers. That > configuration runs great!! I just updated it to 2.2.8 last nite and > everything appears fine - at least in simulation mode - haven't tried > cutting yet. The only difference I've noticed to this point is that > semicolons are no longer recognized as the start of a comment, so I had > to go back and edit my test files to use parentheses (or did I mess > something up?). > > I've also installed a version of EMC2 (Pre-2.3?) on my normal computer > for simulation purposes only. This allows me to develop the part, turn > it into gcode, and simulate it on EMC2 before heading to the shop - a > real advantage!! Now, here's the rub: I made the mistake of trying to > upgrade my simulation only package to 2.2.8 in order to maintain > compatibility by running the script found on the EMC2 homepage. Well, > it DID create an updated version, BUT it's not just simulation and it > won't run without me booting the rtai kernel, even though I don't need > it for simulation. I don't really want to do that. > > Is there ANY way to tell the precompiled EMC2 to run in simulation > mode? Or is my only choice to recompile EMC2 with the simulation flags set? > > Obviously, I'd dearly like to tell the existing copy to run in > simulation mode without the rtai kernel running because that way I don't > have to recompile every time I want to update my EMC2 simulator - and > I'd be notified automatically via the synaptic package manager about any > updates. > > I'd greatly appreciate any advise you all might give - I don't want to > get myself in any deeper than I can back out of!! > > THANKS! > Dennis >
I have a similar situation to you. I have a EMC2 build environment on my laptop, but my main OS is Fedora. So I set up VMware Server 2 on my laptop, and installed EMC2 Hardy into it. I do all of my design, and copy my files to a shared network drive. I do this so that I can build on my laptop, and test on my shop computer. EMC2 complains about realtime not working in VMware, but the simulation otherwise works. My mill is not finished yet, but I can spin the motors while they are sitting on my bench, all without errors. Also, I keep the two systems updated, so that I don't run into problems with mismatched software. I have stripped the software on both computers down to just what needs to be there. I strip more off of the shop computer, than the laptop, but otherwise they are the same. This saves time when the updates are installed. Why update OpenOffice (and others), when it's not used in the shop, or on the laptop (VMware side). Also, I have Satellite link to the net, so I have limit on how much I can d/l a month. -- Ne m'oubliez ...Family Motto Hope for the best, plan for the worst ...Personal Motto ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
