[Emc-users] Dedicated hardware for Real Time OS

2008-11-21 Thread Roberto Caminiti
Hi everybody, I see that the newest hardware with frequency tuning and with many advanced features not always give the best performances in terms of latency, used with an RTOS. So now I will ask you... Are there on the market a special hardware designed to be used in Real Time environment? Where?

Re: [Emc-users] Problem with the new hm2_pci write function

2008-11-19 Thread Roberto Caminiti
Hi, I want to bring up to date you about my sleepless night and my .write function. Please read my lasts messages to understand my problem. First, I have commented the addf hm2_5i20.0.write servo-thread line in the configuration file and I have launched EMC2. All works right, but there's no write

[Emc-users] EMC 2.2.7 WITH UBUNTU 8.04 HH: SOLVED!!

2008-11-18 Thread Roberto Caminiti
Hi everybody, this message is to tell to everybody that i have solved my problem,in hopes that this message is useful for someone. Summary of the problem: - I have installed Ubuntu 8.04 HH from live cd downloaded from linuxcnc.org - I have make the EMC 2.2.7 upgrade with ubuntu upgrade manager -

[Emc-users] Problem with the new hm2_pci write function

2008-11-18 Thread Roberto Caminiti
Hi, After the upgrade to EMC 2.2.7, I have modified my hal configuration in order to be compatible with hm2_pci.ko. After a lot of proofs, I have discovered that if I latch the function hm2_5i20.0.write to servo-thread, EMC 2.2.7 doesn't run! I don't know why... After I have tryied an other thing:

[Emc-users] Problem with RTAI on Ubuntu 8.04 HH and new EMC2 2.2.7

2008-11-14 Thread Roberto Caminiti
Hi everybody, I have installed on my PC the Ubuntu 8.04 HH with EMC2 from the live cd from linuxcnc.org. After, i have updated my system to EMC 2.2.7 with the ubuntu update manager, so I have updated EMC2 and other 227 files (from critical update and other applications...). Now when I try to load

[Emc-users] Configure EMC2 with Hostmot2 stepgens

2008-11-11 Thread Roberto Caminiti
Hi everybody, I have built a CNC machine with a PC, a Mesa 5i20 card and three stepper motors using the hm2_5i20 hostmot driver. Now I have some problem: 1 - How have I configure the thread time in the .ini file for good working? I have to follow the same instruction to configure a software

[Emc-users] Mesa 5i20 HAL driver

2008-11-05 Thread Roberto Caminiti
Hello, i have downloaded the last version of EMC2 and inside it there is the hm2_5i20.ko driver, but, unfortunately, this driver have a lot of limitations. I want to use this board for his stepgen modules. For example: maximum vel, maximum speed, maximum acceleration is not settable. I see that