EMC & 2.2.13 getting closer to running

[Clint Bach <clintbach-at-earthlink.net>]

Hi,

Well, I'm getting closer to having an operating machine... I can
actually get the tkemc interface to come up. I just can't get the
machine out of estop and turned on. I have gotten the machine out of
estop but it won't turn on.

Here is what I did so far:

1.I followed the instructions in install.phil to get rtlinux2.0
installed and running. Previously I had stopped short of getting
everything put in the right places. I do have a few things in the kernek
I don't need like pcmcia and scsi support but it does run. More is not
necessarily better but less won't work all the time.

2. Installed the EMC. Nothing seems to be wrong there... But what do I
know.

3. The emc.ini file seems to be a problem for me. There are several
places where the file asks for PLAT = ?????.  I'm not really sure what
is supposed to go where there but in the original ini file there is no
mention of linux_2_2_13 but in the emc install mylog files there are
lots of referrences to linux_2_2_13.
I hammered away with different combinations of linux_2_2_13 and
rtlinux_20 until I got some thing that worked. Some help on what PLAT =
goes where would be a great help!

4. bridgeporttask and bridgeportio allow me to load EMC and bring up
tkemc but I can't get the machine out of estop and turned on regardless
of the estop polarity settings. I thibnk I have evn gotten ity out of
estop but it won't turn on.

5. minimilltask and minimillio have something dreadfully wrong but I can
still get the tkemc to come up. I get an error message while still in
the terminal window but the tk gui still comes up. the error message is:
"minimilltaskintf.cc 923: error on axis 0" I get the same error for axis
1 and axis 2 also... three almost identical error messages in all.

Well, I think I'm fairly close to getting this thing running.

What I think I need is help with the emc.ini file, particuliarly the
"PLAT = ??????" thing and what to do about the errors in minimilltask. 

Thanks,

Clint Bach