>>Looks like LinuxCNC is about to get some competition.. I'll believe it when I see it.
Brian has said that Linux is "last on his list" and his plans are to only have OEMs supply it with hardware (as in pre-installed on a computer with a motion card, etc) since he doesn't want to support Linux. So far Mach4 Lite for Windows is not yet available and Mach4 Pro (Windows) is still a ways off apparently. Mach4 Lite sounds entirely useless from a feature standpoint since it is targeted at super simple apps.. like _____ ( I have no idea..seriously) Mach4 still has a steep hill to climb, but it appears that some form of Mach4 may finally make it to the market! Yeah! One more thing... Art's parallel port driver will only work with Mach4 Pro (Winders based) and will not be included with Mach4 Lite. Dave On 10/6/2012 4:14 PM, Steve Blackmore wrote: > Looks like LinuxCNC is about to get some competition.. > > >> From: Brian Barker<bri...@machsupport.com> >> Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:03:21 -0400 >> >> >> >> Mach4 can run on Linux and Mac and Windows Also we are looking at CE :) >> > Also Art Fenerty recently posted this about threading > > >> It is based on encoder feedback for position and isnt finalised. It is based >> on a proper solution where the steps fed MUST equal the encoder counts >> recieved and uses an algorithm that computes the time correlation, so that >> if one stops the spindle the Z>stops. You could in theory rotate the spindle >> by hand and the threading will stay in sync. One reason it isnt finished is >> I need to test how a backwards responce may be necessary in case one rotates >> backwards after stopping.. Darwin already handles the>encoders properly, so >> any new threading will be completly unlike the old one and should be 100% >> repeatable with no time variation nonsense. >> > Of course Mach4 will NOT be free. > > Steve Blackmore > -- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM > Deploy New Relic app performance management and know exactly > what is happening inside your Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and .NET app > Try New Relic at no cost today and get our sweet Data Nerd shirt too! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM Deploy New Relic app performance management and know exactly what is happening inside your Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and .NET app Try New Relic at no cost today and get our sweet Data Nerd shirt too! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
