On 6/4/2015 12:22 PM, Ron Ginger wrote: > On 6/4/2015 11:22 AM, emc-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: >> I have wanted a two computer setup for quite a while. The idea is to >> have the motion control computer on the back of the machine, so cable >> runs to motors and sensors can be short. Then have the UI computer on >> the front or wherever the operator needs to move it. This can be done >> now by piping graphics and keyboard information between the two >> computers. It seems to me that it would be more efficient to pipe just >> status and UI commands. It also seems that each computer might be >> optimized for their respective duties. So far, to me, the distance >> between theory and practice has favored the single computer setup. >> >> >> -- Kirk Wallace > > Sounds like Mach4 with something like a smoothstepper or pokey as the > motion control computer and Mach4 doing the trajectory planning and gui > stuff on a 'real computer' like a PC with an ethernet connection between > them. > > ron ginger
Except that the black box is the smoothstepper/pokey/PC (there is a Beagle Board Black in that chassis) and the planning is being done on the same PCB along with the smoothstepper function. The remote screen is just that, a remote screen/frontend. No PC required. There are some videos on youtube. This isn't a solution for everyone but it does make you think. Dave > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
