Lapoe needs emcrsh (the "r" is for "remote", meaning "over the network"), emcsh 
(without the r) won't work.

----- Reply message -----
From: "Dave" <e...@dc9.tzo.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 20, 2011 18:08
Subject: [Emc-users] need help with external control of cnc machine
To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>

I'm pretty sure that this has been done before...

Here it is:
http://www.mail-archive.com/emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg18326.html

You might want to send an email to FlyingElectron and see what he ended 
up with.

Dave

On 10/20/2011 6:41 PM, s...@highlab.com wrote:
> Yes, emcrsh will do what you need.  It's not file-based, it's line-based 
> (with some setup), but otherwise you're right on.
>
> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "Lapoe Lynn"<ll...@sentons.com>
> Date: Thu, Oct 20, 2011 15:26
> Subject: [Emc-users] need help with external control of cnc machine
> To:<emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
>
> hi,
>
>
>
> i'm new to cnc, and i'm hoping to get some help from the experts here on a
> project i am working on.
>
>
>
> i am interested in using a simple benchtop cnc-type milling machine for some
> automated testing. one key criterion for me is the ability to control the
> cnc machine from a 3rd party software (matlab) running on a windows PC. (i'm
> grafting this into an existing set of tests)
> i don't need very sophisticated control - mostly simple x-y-z position
> commands. however, i _must_ be able to issue the commands from software
> _outside_ of the GUI that most of these machines seem to come with. (eg.
> command line or dll calls for example). after checking a bunch of PC based
> solutions, i haven't really found anything that works.
>
> someone from the cnczone message boards suggested using emcrsh to control a
> linux box running emc2 to control a cheap cnc router (eg. CNC-6040 or
> similar).
>
> can anyone tell me if this setup would work, and if so, how difficult would
> it be to set up?
>
> would it potentially be as simple as a set of g-code files (one for each
> test), and use telnet on the windows PC to issue an emcrsh to call emc2
> instructing it to run each file in turn? can emcrsh be used to simply "run"
> emc2 with a specified filename?
>
>
>
> really appreciate any help y'all can provide -- i'm completely new to cnc,
> so there is a big learning curve, and i'm under a lot of time pressure to
> get this up and running asap!
>
> thanks in advance for your help!
>
>
>
> -lapoe
>
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