Dave, Regarding your suggestion about Modbus TCP and Classiccladder -forgive my absolute ignorance abut this subject- is there a documente example on how to make two or more syste to work together?.
I would like to read a bit about the subject, at least to figure out, how the whole think can be worked out. Thanks in advance, Javier On Tue, 2011-03-29 at 18:09 -0500, Dave wrote: > Hi Ralph, > > I have thought about that before also. But as Jeff says it really > isn't practical. > > Have you considered running multiple MiniITX boards in a common chassis > and then networking the boards together? > > Using Modbus TCP which is part of Classic Ladder to interlock the motion > between stations might work well. > > The PC hardware is so cheap that I think it really comes down to space > and practicality. > > I put EMC2 on an industrial cartoner last year that packs bottles into > cardboard boxes, and it has been running since last July of 2010, 1-2 > shifts per day. > > The system runs headless and is very reliable. > > Dave > > > On 3/29/2011 3:53 PM, Ralph Stirling wrote: > > This may seem like a crazy question, but would it be possible to run > > more than one instance of emc on a single computer, with different > > configurations, each configuration pointing at a different parallel port > > address? I am working on a modular assembly automation system > > that has three or four axes per pick& place station, and I'd like to > > minimize the number of computers I need to use. I could easily have > > twelve or more pick& place stations. > > > > When I gave this a quick try, the second emc asked if the first one > > should be restarted, which is obviously not what I had in mind. This > > was true even when run from a different user. Is there some fundamental > > reason for this restriction, or could it be relaxed? > > > > Thanks, > > -- Ralph > > > > http://engr.wallawalla.edu/engr480 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the > > growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses > > are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software > > be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker > > today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the > growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses > are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software > be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker > today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
