On 10/11/2017 12:56 PM, John Dammeyer wrote:
Here's the thing though. To set up my motors I had to edit
a text file.
Most of the configuration can be done in the
Machine/Calibration menu. Yes, there are a few things like the
velocity limits and the soft travel limits that require editing.
Probably possible to make something like that for AXIS
or LinuxCNC and then there's the latency from screen
button to motor movement that isn't on my PC. But I agree
that's apples and oranges comparison. I want to keep the
discussion on whether a Beagle can run LinuxCNC past the
demo point of "Look! We got the motors turning!" So far
testing with the MDI shows nice repeatability and motion
with the Y position commands. Both with G00 and G01.
I build a stepper board that goes onto the Beagle Bone. I
connect to it with ssh -X over the net. While the GUI is
detectably laggy, it is not severe.
So yet I have motors turning. Since MACH3 was available 10
years ago I'm still amazed that someone hasn't cloned the
user screens and basic functionality of MACH3 with
LinuxCNC (or even BBB MachineKit).
Have you looked at Gmocca Py? It looks a lot more like
Mach. And, there are quite a few of us who think that Mach
screens typically look like a pinball game, and not a CNC
control.
Either it's an attitude in the form of why would we want
to? Or maybe it's so difficult or not even possible and
it's easier to slam windows and MACH3. Every single MACH3
user out there who has all their fancy screens and custom
user interfaces might switch over to LinuxCNC on a PC in a
heartbeat if the initial look and feel was the same.
Especially if they could use a newer 64 bit machine with
Ethernet or USB3 to Parallel Port adaptors. The Beagle
appears to have potential still. But the current AXIS
system definitely cripples it if you run the graphical
path screen.
Boy, I have looked at some of the others, and I just keep
thinking that Axis is just FINE the way it is. I've been
using Axis since about 2005, and just don't see the problem
with it. I have also used Touchy, and for a turnkey system
that ran the same parts all day, that would be really good,
too. Align to the part, select the program and hit the
green button.
Jon
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