LinuxCNC is still very much a command line type application compared to a WYSIWYG graphical application. Since I have the retention span of a grape I can bring up the help, read something, get rid of the help or put the sheet down and by the time my fingers get to the keyboard I've forgotten what I was supposed to type. Even worst if I haven't used the system in 6 months.
Now with MACH3 I can clip my little PC board to the router bit, set the PCB under the router bit where I want my zero. Click on a button on the screen and follow the dialogs for what to do. I even added a dialog that reminds me to unclip the clip from the tool. And it was pretty easy to assign a button to something and have it throw up dialog boxes. Haven't got a clue how to do that with LinuxCNC. I'm sure it's possible. But there aren't any buttons on the user interface screens. But until I solve some other issues all that is on the back burner. Waiting for a replacement CUI encoder to see if it's less noisy compared to a US Digital encoder. If after 100 rapid moves the return to 0.000 is 0.003 on the DRO then that's a far more serious problem that has nothing to do with Linux or Mach. But it's a great learning experience to be able to flip back and forth between the two systems with just a reboot. John > -----Original Message----- > From: Danny Miller [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: June-02-19 1:30 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC > > I'm not a big Linux guy in general.� I use PC for everything but the CNC > machine. > > It's been fine.� I don't want to put CAD software on the machine running > the CNC. > > Both LinuxCNC and Linux RT-Preempt are vastly more desirable than > Mach/Windows, even with Ethernet Smoothstepper. > > The ONLY thing I miss about Mach3 was that it gave accurate, real > runtimes upon loading a file.� Outside of running the actual job, > LinuxCNC can only give a useless fake time estimate that doesn't involve > acceleration. > > Danny > > On 6/2/2019 3:12 PM, John Dammeyer wrote: > > I've figured out a way to get a 7192H to a friend who will be staying at a > hotel in San Diego mid-June. He'll bring it back. Then I don't have to pay > $38US for shipping. Only $8.60 for USPS. Really too bad there isn't a > driver for > MACH3 for this board to make the dual boot option easier. > > > > John > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Danny Miller [mailto:[email protected]] > >> Sent: June-01-19 7:09 PM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC > >> > >> Longtime user of the 7i92.? Former user of Mach3/Smoothstepper. > >> > >> It is very good all around, perfect high performance, and frees you from > >> almost any PC latency probs. > >> > >> It can configure as a plain-jane parallel port that you'd plug and play > >> into PMDX-126, but also other things. > >> > >> Combine with Linux RT-Preempt and it's SO solid > >> > >> Danny > >> > >> > >> On 6/1/2019 3:01 PM, Andy Pugh wrote: > >>>> On 1 Jun 2019, at 20:52, John Dammeyer <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Therefore under LinuxCNC I need something with say an Ethernet > interface > >> that has two ribbon cables compatible with PC Parallel port pinout so the > >> latency isn't an issue > >> > http://store.mesanet.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=69_62&pro > >> duct_id=306 > >>> (Or also look at the 7i80) > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Emc-users mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > >>> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Emc-users mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
