[Emc-users] Docs/Messages

2012-07-23 Thread Stuart Stevenson
Gentlemen, I was thinking like a shop owner and it did not even hurt. :) Is some of the resistance to LinuxCNC on machines the reality of lack of service personnel? If this is so then maybe we should work on specific and explicit docs and messages to allow the control to diagnose (or tell the

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2012-07-23 Thread cogoman
On 07/23/2012 10:45 AM, Stuart Stevenson wrote: Maybe a debug gui with message tags at various places in the software to display the control flow and where the current tag is stopped. Are you thinking of a program to comb through the log files looking for error messages that we know how to

Re: [Emc-users] Docs/Messages

2012-07-23 Thread Stuart Stevenson
I was thinking of having a debug level of messages interspersed in the config files that when read would build a display of the program flow with a 'token' showing where the control flow is currently. This would allow a debug to pinpoint the stopping point and also watch the flow during the

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2012-07-23 Thread Belli Button
Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 5:44 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Docs/Messages I was thinking of having a debug level of messages interspersed in the config files that when read would build a display of the program flow with a 'token' showing where

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2012-07-23 Thread Stuart Stevenson
...@gmail.com To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 5:44 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Docs/Messages I was thinking of having a debug level of messages interspersed in the config files that when read would build a display of the program flow

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2012-07-23 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/7/23 Belli Button be...@iafrica.com: I think 'Shop owner resistance' stems from the fact that LCNC does not have an 0800 'Help desk' or 'call your nearest agent', etc. I am building machines with LinuxCNC on it. _All_ of my contracts include 24 month warranty, so I am that agent my clients