[Emc-users] EMC2 Servo on the cheap

2009-02-13 Thread cogoman
where I work we have a Shizuoka with an old Bandit control. The three servo drives still appear to work. It has tachometer feedback to the servo drives, and resolver feedback to the computer portion, which is in a coma. I would like to convert this to an EMC2 servo system with quadrature enc

Re: [Emc-users] 7i43 and partial success!.

2009-02-13 Thread Richard Acosta
Thanks peter, now i'm moving on to get servos. Thanks again and again. El 13/02/2009 02:39 p.m., Peter C. Wallace escribió: > On Fri, 13 Feb 2009, Richard Acosta wrote: > >> Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:11:16 -0200 >> From: Richard Acosta >> Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" >> >>

Re: [Emc-users] 7i43 and partial success!.

2009-02-13 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Fri, 13 Feb 2009, Richard Acosta wrote: Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:11:16 -0200 From: Richard Acosta Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" Subject: [Emc-users] 7i43 and partial success!. Hello, it´s me again, this time to tell i'm the happ

Re: [Emc-users] updating install

2009-02-13 Thread John Thornton
I don't know... I didn't pay that close attention to it :) John On 13 Feb 2009 at 6:37, Stuart Stevenson wrote: > isn't that procedure called an 'upgrade' to differentiate it from > the > normal 'update' cycle? 'upgrade' may be a bit of a misnomer > > On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 5:23 AM, John Thorn

Re: [Emc-users] updating install

2009-02-13 Thread Stuart Stevenson
## caveat - this is from memory - I haven't installed a new load for a while ## all my EMC2 installs follow this path - creature of habit 1. ordinary Ubuntu - an EMC2 recommended dist 2. update Ubuntu with all updates 3. EMC2 - using the EMC2 script from the wiki 4. reboot 5. follow EMC2 w

Re: [Emc-users] updating install

2009-02-13 Thread Ray Henry
The following should not apply to Wes because he installed from the EMC2 CD. If you install from an ordinary Ubuntu and add the real-time kernel and EMC2 you will experience some issues with updating as long as the old kernel is still in there. Rayh On Fri, 2009-02-13 at 05:23 -0600, John Thorn

Re: [Emc-users] updating install

2009-02-13 Thread Stuart Stevenson
isn't that procedure called an 'upgrade' to differentiate it from the normal 'update' cycle? 'upgrade' may be a bit of a misnomer On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 5:23 AM, John Thornton wrote: > The only thing you don't want to do is update from > Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10 etc as will disable the real time > an

Re: [Emc-users] updating install

2009-02-13 Thread John Thornton
The only thing you don't want to do is update from Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10 etc as will disable the real time and EMC won't work after that. All other updates should be fine. John On 13 Feb 2009 at 3:29, Wes S wrote: > I have the live cd now installed happilly with w2k and my fedora > install. >

Re: [Emc-users] updating install

2009-02-13 Thread Alex Joni
I don't remember any updates that ever broke my emc2 install. There was one update at one point where teh X server had problems restarting, but Ubuntu fixed that quickly (so I already got the next update). Regards, Alex - Original Message - From: "Wes S" To: "enhanced Machine Controll

[Emc-users] updating install

2009-02-13 Thread Wes S
I have the live cd now installed happilly with w2k and my fedora install. I get messages about up dates when I'm in the EMC install. I remember that updating the install will break EMC. I'm confused. So when my EMC install tells me updates are out there are they safe? If not, why does the di