Re: [Emc-users] Next distribution after Ubuntu 10.04 LTS is, no longer supported?

2011-11-25 Thread Schooner
Hi The real problem it seems to me, is one of philosophy rather than what is practically possible. The use of Ubuntu as a carrier vehicle has enabled a lot of people with minimal Linux knowledge to use EMC. As Kirk said, if a better technical solution were used at the expense of usability,

Re: [Emc-users] Next distribution after Ubuntu 10.04 LTS is no longer supported?

2011-11-25 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 24.11.11 19:21, Moses McKnight wrote: Another option to consider is not using Unity or Gnome3 but maybe LXDE or XFCE instead. Both of these are quite adequate for a machine control and general desktop use. I used Xubuntu on my router table because it took less resources, and it works

Re: [Emc-users] Next distribution after Ubuntu 10.04 LTS is no longer supported?

2011-11-25 Thread andy pugh
It seems to me that if you have an opinion on this matter, and you are posting it to this thread, then you, personally, are not the type of user we should be considering. Is there anyone here with a strong opinion on specific Linux distributions who has a plain, unmodified, LiveCD installation? I

Re: [Emc-users] Next distribution after Ubuntu 10.04 LTS is no longer supported?

2011-11-25 Thread Peter Blodow
Andy, you hit me severely there. My respect to all developers and programmers of EMC, but I am sure there is a large silent majority of EMC users who participate without writing to the list, just reading and enjoying. andy pugh schrieb: It seems to me that if you have an opinion on this

Re: [Emc-users] Next distribution after Ubuntu 10.04 LTS is, no longer supported?

2011-11-25 Thread charles green
is it not possible automate compilation processes? --- On Fri, 11/25/11, Schooner schoone...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: From: Schooner schoone...@tiscali.co.uk Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Next distribution after Ubuntu 10.04 LTS is, no longer supported? To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Friday,

Re: [Emc-users] Next distribution after Ubuntu 10.04 LTS is no longer supported?

2011-11-25 Thread Mag. Dr. Nikolaus Klepp
I am using Debian squeeze + Trinity Desktop + Kernel and EMC2 from EMC Repository. Basicly it's identical to Exe Linux Live-CD http://exe-linux.fastfishwebsolutions.com/ with some tweaking (replace kernel and some libs for emc). Basicly it's a good way to go for me, as I like KDE3.5. Nik Am

Re: [Emc-users] Next distribution after Ubuntu 10.04 LTS is no longer supported?

2011-11-25 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2011/11/25 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: The question to answer it not which distro _you_ prefer, but which will be best for the project, and best for new users. From my experience - those people, who are unfamiliar with EMC, are unfamiliar with Linux. The fact that EMC is running on Ubuntu

Re: [Emc-users] Next distribution after Ubuntu 10.04 LTS is no longer supported?

2011-11-25 Thread andy pugh
On 25 November 2011 10:51, Peter Blodow p.blo...@dreki.de wrote: Andy, you hit me severely there. My respect to all developers and programmers of EMC, but I am sure there is a large silent majority of EMC users who participate without writing to the list, just reading and enjoying. Indeed, my

[Emc-users] rsync causes 'ERROR: Unexpected realtime delay'

2011-11-25 Thread kqt4at5v
Each night I backup my EMC machine home directory to a different computer If I leave EMC running I get 'ERROR: Unexpected realtime delay' The rsync cronjob causes this I have varied time and disabled job so I am sure of this I use 'rsync -vcupotrile ssh' and the files copied are sending

Re: [Emc-users] Next distribution after Ubuntu 10.04 LTS is no longer supported?

2011-11-25 Thread Jeff Epler
On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 11:11:42AM -0800, Kirk Wallace wrote: So, if I have a UP motherboard and upgrade to 10.04, which pulls SMP and APIC. I might be able to fix my system by learning how to compile my kernel and select UP instead of SMP? You would have to build your own version of the

Re: [Emc-users] rsync causes 'ERROR: Unexpected realtime delay'

2011-11-25 Thread gene heskett
On Friday, November 25, 2011 11:17:21 AM kqt4a...@comcast.net did opine: Each night I backup my EMC machine home directory to a different computer If I leave EMC running I get 'ERROR: Unexpected realtime delay' I'll have to test this myself as I do a backup of: FQDNdir level

Re: [Emc-users] Next distribution after Ubuntu 10.04 LTS is no longer supported?

2011-11-25 Thread Edward Bernard
From: andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Friday, November 25, 2011 4:20 AM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Next distribution after Ubuntu 10.04 LTS is no longer supported? It seems to me that if you have an opinion on this

Re: [Emc-users] Next distribution after Ubuntu 10.04 LTS is no longer supported?

2011-11-25 Thread gene heskett
On Friday, November 25, 2011 12:35:41 PM Edward Bernard did opine: You were going to say? :) From: andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Friday, November 25, 2011 4:20 AM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Next distribution after

[Emc-users] PID BLDC

2011-11-25 Thread Viesturs Lācis
Hello! I am stuck with getting a servo motor moving again. I got it working a month ago, then I had lots of other things to solve and now that I have to assemble it all together to deliver the machine to client, motor is not moving any more. I tried to find the cause and what I have observed:

Re: [Emc-users] PID BLDC

2011-11-25 Thread andy pugh
On 25 November 2011 17:56, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: So it seems to me that the problem is in bldc component. What might I be missing here? It is hard to say without knowing what mode the bldc component is operating in, and what hardware you are trying to drive. -- atp

Re: [Emc-users] Next distribution after Ubuntu 10.04 LTS is no longer supported?

2011-11-25 Thread Edward Bernard
Sorry 'bout that. : I am one of those new users and while I find all this discussion interesting and informative I have been quite pleased with EMC2 up to this point. While I'm eager to learn more about Linux I have neither the knowledge or the time to do much tinkering with its innards so I'm

Re: [Emc-users] PID BLDC

2011-11-25 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2011/11/25 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 25 November 2011 17:56, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: So it seems to me that the problem is in bldc component. What might I be missing here? It is hard to say without knowing what mode the bldc component is operating in, and what

Re: [Emc-users] PID BLDC

2011-11-25 Thread andy pugh
On 25 November 2011 18:21, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: What input do the Keling drives use? Ah, sorry, Keling servos and 7i39. I need to read more carefully. -- atp The idea that there is no such thing as objective truth is, quite simply, wrong.

Re: [Emc-users] PID BLDC

2011-11-25 Thread andy pugh
On 25 November 2011 18:11, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: Not sure I understand about the operating mode. I suppose it has to do something with this: loadrt bldc cfg=qh,qh,qh Oh, I did change the h mode recently, though that was intended to make the parport work properly

Re: [Emc-users] PID BLDC

2011-11-25 Thread Peter C. Wallace
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Re: [Emc-users] PID BLDC

2011-11-25 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2011/11/25 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 25 November 2011 18:11, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: Not sure I understand about the operating mode. I suppose it has to do something with this: loadrt bldc cfg=qh,qh,qh Oh, I did change the h mode recently, though that was intended to

Re: [Emc-users] PID BLDC

2011-11-25 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Fri, 25 Nov 2011, Viesturs L?cis wrote: Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:52:23 +0200 From: [UTF-8] Viesturs L?cis viesturs.la...@gmail.com Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject:

Re: [Emc-users] Next distribution after Ubuntu 10.04 LTS is no longer supported?

2011-11-25 Thread Eric Keller
On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 7:51 AM, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: On 25 November 2011 10:51, Peter Blodow p.blo...@dreki.de wrote: Andy, you hit me severely there. My respect to all developers and programmers of EMC, but I am sure there is a large silent majority of EMC users who

Re: [Emc-users] PID BLDC

2011-11-25 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2011/11/25 Peter C. Wallace p...@mesanet.com: On Fri, 25 Nov 2011, Viesturs L?cis wrote: Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:52:23 +0200 From: [UTF-8] Viesturs L?cis viesturs.la...@gmail.com Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)    emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: Enhanced Machine Controller

Re: [Emc-users] PID BLDC

2011-11-25 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Fri, 25 Nov 2011, Viesturs L?cis wrote: Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 21:40:09 +0200 From: [UTF-8] Viesturs L?cis viesturs.la...@gmail.com Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject:

Re: [Emc-users] PID BLDC

2011-11-25 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2011/11/25 Peter C. Wallace p...@mesanet.com: On Fri, 25 Nov 2011, Viesturs L?cis wrote: Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 21:40:09 +0200 From: [UTF-8] Viesturs L?cis viesturs.la...@gmail.com Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)    emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: Enhanced Machine

Re: [Emc-users] PID BLDC

2011-11-25 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Fri, 25 Nov 2011, Viesturs L?cis wrote: Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 21:49:23 +0200 From: [UTF-8] Viesturs L?cis viesturs.la...@gmail.com Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject:

Re: [Emc-users] Next distribution after Ubuntu 10.04 LTS is no longer supported?

2011-11-25 Thread Moses McKnight
On 11/25/2011 01:11 PM, Eric Keller wrote: On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 7:51 AM, andy pughbodge...@gmail.com wrote: On 25 November 2011 10:51, Peter Blodowp.blo...@dreki.de wrote: Andy, you hit me severely there. My respect to all developers and programmers of EMC, but I am sure there is a large

Re: [Emc-users] PID BLDC

2011-11-25 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2011/11/25 Peter C. Wallace p...@mesanet.com: Can you unplug any daughterboard connectors on the 7I43 and launch one of EMCs sample configs just to see if this is software or hardware related? It is pretty late, 21:56 for me now, I have to go, so I will try it tomorrow and report results.

Re: [Emc-users] Next distribution after Ubuntu 10.04 LTS is no longer supported?

2011-11-25 Thread Eric Keller
On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Moses McKnight mo...@texband.net wrote: And of course Debian is what Ubuntu is based on but it tends to be more stable. It has not historically had as good hardware and media format support out of the box as Ubuntu partly due to a more strict adherence to

[Emc-users] EMC a digital pantograph milling machine?

2011-11-25 Thread Florian Rist
Hi, I wonder if it would be possible to extend EMC in a way that I could ad a 3D digitiser as an input device and control the position of a 3aces CNC mill live via that digitiser so that I could use the CNC mill just like a digital pantograph milling machine. The digitiser, a Immersion

[Emc-users] live backplot clear from G code?

2011-11-25 Thread Mike Cinquino
Hello, Is it possible to clear the live backplot at the start of part program from the part program? I am using Axis. Thanks, Mike -- All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive

Re: [Emc-users] PID BLDC

2011-11-25 Thread Jon Elson
Viesturs Lācis wrote: 2011/11/25 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 25 November 2011 18:11, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: Not sure I understand about the operating mode. I suppose it has to do something with this: loadrt bldc cfg=qh,qh,qh Oh, I did change the h mode recently,

Re: [Emc-users] live backplot clear from G code?

2011-11-25 Thread andy pugh
On 25 November 2011 21:55, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: However, I just tried the command and got X server insecure (must use xauth-style authorization); command ignored so I am not sure if it works or not (this was in a VM, so might well be non-typical) OK, just tried it on a real

Re: [Emc-users] Next distribution after Ubuntu 10.04 LTS is no longer supported?

2011-11-25 Thread Karl Schmidt
On 11/25/2011 02:38 PM, Eric Keller wrote: On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Moses McKnightmo...@texband.net wrote: And of course Debian is what Ubuntu is based on but it tends to be more stable. It has not historically had as good hardware and media format support out of the box as

Re: [Emc-users] live backplot clear from G code?

2011-11-25 Thread Mike Cinquino
OK, just tried it on a real machine, and it worked fine. So, in the directory referenced by PROGRAM_PREFIX in your INI file, (probably home/emc2/nc_files) create a text file containing the following lines. #!/bin/sh axis-remote --clear exit 0 Then save that file with the filename M101 (no

Re: [Emc-users] live backplot clear from G code?

2011-11-25 Thread Mike Cinquino
Andy thanks for the quick response. I tried this but it did not work on my system. I am running Axis ver 2.3.5 could that have anything to do with it? I did not get any faults, it just executed the code but did not clear. I think that is the problem. I ran the lines individually from a terminal