Re: [Emc-users] upgrading from dapper drake to hardy heron

2009-03-30 Thread Wes S
On 29 Mar 2009 at 11:23, Wes S wrote: I have dapper drake installed on a box I'm playing with. I see the beta of 2.3 is for hardy heron. Is there instructions someway to upgrade in place my version of ubuntu? I did a google search and didn't find anything that helped. Doesn't matter now

[Emc-users] upgrading from dapper drake to hardy heron

2009-03-29 Thread Wes S
I have dapper drake installed on a box I'm playing with. I see the beta of 2.3 is for hardy heron. Is there instructions someway to upgrade in place my version of ubuntu? I did a google search and didn't find anything that helped. Thanks, Wes

Re: [Emc-users] A collection of emc-related news feeds

2009-03-23 Thread Wes S
On 22 Mar 2009 at 8:51, Kirk Wallace wrote: That looks great Jeff, but now I need to figure out what RSS is. EMC2 made me learn about IRC, I'm glad I did. Sometimes I get into the well in my day we didn't have ... in the snow with cardboard in my shoes... syndrome. So what is the server

Re: [Emc-users] NAMES and Flash Drive devices

2009-03-16 Thread Wes S
On 16 Mar 2009 at 7:32, Ed Nisley wrote: Although that's true, I think trying to do anything that smacks of system administration while on the show floor is doomed to humiliating failure. Most of the time, flash drives Just Work under Linux, but there are a wide variety of flash drives

Re: [Emc-users] NAMES and Flash Drive devices

2009-03-15 Thread Wes S
On 15 Mar 2009 at 16:39, Kent A. Reed wrote: Neither of these issues is a show-stopper, but I always expect that the worst is most likely to happen on those occasions I'm dealing with a live audience (a variant of Murphy's Law?) and I've rarely been disappointed :-! Good thoughts. How

Re: [Emc-users] EMC at NAMES, Apr 18-19

2009-03-14 Thread Wes S
On 12 Mar 2009 at 18:16, Ron Ginger wrote: I am happy to see EMC will be represented, but it seems very unfair you should pay as an exhibitor. I have exhibited my CNC stuff, and given a seminar there for many years. I was asked by one of the committee guys to do everything I could to

Re: [Emc-users] EMC at NAMES, Apr 18-19

2009-03-14 Thread Wes S
On 12 Mar 2009 at 19:59, Marty Swartz wrote: Dale - There is one downside to having a stack of CDs ready to go, and that is the grab anything free mentality. I've never been to a NAMES show, but at other professional or hobby exhibitions, people will line up for anything of perceived

Re: [Emc-users] EMC at NAMES, Apr 18-19

2009-03-14 Thread Wes S
On 12 Mar 2009 at 23:29, Dean Hedin wrote: Your are allowed to charge a minimal cost of copying for open source software. Like a dollar or so.. Bring enough CD's to pay for the booth. Just don't make a career out of it...:) Excellent suggestion. Wes

Re: [Emc-users] EMC at NAMES, Apr 18-19

2009-03-14 Thread Wes S
On 13 Mar 2009 at 13:20, Peter blodow wrote: Would please someone tell me, being 1 miles away, what NAMES is and what it means, especially for EMC? Google gives me 9 million possibilites... Peter, It is the North American Model Engineering Show held in Toledo, Ohio. Interesting

Re: [Emc-users] interrating emc2 with a motion card

2009-02-18 Thread Wes S
On 16 Feb 2009 at 10:50, Kirk Wallace wrote: The fouth, I want using emc2 in a remote control with a interface runing on windows emvironment, and core control runing in linux. what could i do that. You can use VNC to have a remote EMC session on a Windows (negative comments suppressed)

[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

Re: [Emc-users] Root access

2009-02-12 Thread Wes S
On 10 Feb 2009 at 18:25, Rafael Skodlar wrote: that's the magic of Linux distributions. It's OS genetics at work. Makes writing Linux virus more difficult :-) So far I've dabbled with Caldera Open Linux, Slackware (back around 96), Fedora, Ubuntu, SCO, and AIX. Not to mention Novell from

Re: [Emc-users] Root access

2009-02-10 Thread Wes S
On 9 Feb 2009 at 16:03, Rafael Skodlar wrote: I mount the fedora partition with the grub.conf file on it. I get told don't have permission. I try su, okay, how do I get root on my EMC install? Wes To run commands that need to be executed as root you simply sudo somecommand or

[Emc-users] Root access

2009-02-09 Thread Wes S
I managed to install EMC on my computer that already has W2k and Fedora on it. Had to use a gparted live disk to make space on a couple drives. After the install, grub only know about the Windows install and the EMC install. Bummer. Should have looked for grub files prior for Fedora

Re: [Emc-users] I've got a few questions on servos

2009-02-01 Thread Wes S
On 31 Jan 2009 at 23:29, Leslie Newell wrote: The disadvantage of the Gecko drives is that you don't get true feedback from the motors. While the drives are enabled, they will track the motors but if you hit estop or power down the drives they will forget where they are. In my opinion this

Re: [Emc-users] I've got a few questions on servos

2009-02-01 Thread Wes S
On 31 Jan 2009 at 23:29, Leslie Newell wrote: The disadvantage of the Gecko drives is that you don't get true feedback from the motors. While the drives are enabled, they will track the motors but if you hit estop or power down the drives they will forget where they are. In my opinion this

[Emc-users] I've got a few questions on servos

2009-01-31 Thread Wes S
Hi, This is my first post to the list. I want to cnc something. I have not decided if it is going to be a lathe or mill though I'm leaning toward the mill. Likely a X3 type of machine. I don't think I want to CNC my bridgeport or clausing lathe. Years ago I used some Galil DMC720 controls

Re: [Emc-users] I've got a few questions on servos

2009-01-31 Thread Wes S
On 31 Jan 2009 at 15:49, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: Wes S wrote: This is my first post to the list. Welcome! Thanks! If I'm not totally off track, I understand EMC can take encoder feedback. What boards are typically used? What drives are usually used in servo apps? Yes