Eric, That did not help either, here is what I got:
j...@john-desktop:~$ halcmd loadusr emcrsh j...@john-desktop:~$ telnet localhost 5007 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. emc/usr_intf/emcrsh.cc 2767: can't connect to emc Connection closed by foreign host. j...@john-desktop:~$ - John Guenther 'Ye Olde Pen Maker' Sterling, Virginia On Thu, 2009-05-07 at 09:37 -0400, Eric H. Johnson wrote: > John, > > It is generally pretty simple. If you are getting connection refused that > usually means emcrsh is not running. Another way to start it from any > configuration is to use halcmd (after starting emc) from a terminal session > as follows: > > halcmd loadusr emcrsh > > Then see if you can connect with: > telnet localhost 5007 > > Note: If you build from source rather than from the pre-compiled packages > you will want to run: > . scripts/emc-environment > >From the base emc folder before running halcmd. > > If you were trying to connect over the network, make sure that a firewall is > not running or if it is, that it allows socket 5007. > > Regards, > Eric > > > Thank you for the information, I am beginning to grasp what I need to know > to proceed down this path. I have tried to connect to emcrsh following your > instructions below, I am using Hardy Heron and EMC2.2.3 but I cannot get a > connection to emcrsh. It either tells me the connection is refused or just > hangs. I suspect it is a LINUX problem and not an emcrsh problem. Any help > you can provide will be most appreciated. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY circumstances! Your > production scanning environment may not be a perfect world - but thanks to > Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get the job done! With the NEW KODAK i700 > Series Scanner you'll get full speed at 300 dpi even with all image > processing features enabled. http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY circumstances! Your production scanning environment may not be a perfect world - but thanks to Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get the job done! With the NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanner you'll get full speed at 300 dpi even with all image processing features enabled. http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users