Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] EMC-installation

["Bert Eding" <b.eding-at-chello.nl>]

Clint,
I understand you succeeded with installing EMC on 2.2.13.
Can you tell us exactly how?
Please in such a way that dummies, I mean Linux dummies are able
to do it. I would greatly appreciate it.

Regards,
Bert


----- Original Message -----
From: "Clint Bach" <clintbach-at-earthlink.net>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <emc-at-nist.gov>
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 7:29 PM
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] EMC-installation


>
> Hi,
>
> I had a problem free install of both rt 2.2.13 and emc. I installed the
> version of emc which comes with "Linux for Dummies". It uses the 2.2.12
> RedHat  kernel. Next, I downloaded a new pre patched kernel. If you use
> a pre patched kernel you get all the stuff rt needs... It's good
> insurance.
>
> After unpacking the tarball I followed the instructions in install.phil
> and everything went without a glitch. My first install I tried the other
> install instructions and failed.
>
> EMC installed without a glitch. It was easy.
>
> Now, if only the 2.2.13 version from Mar 15 didn't have that one little
> bug that makes it useless I all would be Great!!! That bug is that it
> looses two steps when changing directions. It only happens in one
> direction so the two lost steps accumulates. Even if I could get EMC to
> lose steps in both directions instead of only one it would be useful.
> The problem is that my Slo-Syn drivers need a little more time to settle
> down on the direction change. Could a pull up or pull down resistor
> perhaps eliminate this? Maybe a capacitor on the driver's direction
> input would make it lose a step in both directions? Could this be
> handled by a post processor in Vector that adds two steps at a direction
> change? Is this already fixed in the next version of EMC?
>
> BTW, I'm using steppermod instead of freqmod because I get following
> errors at anything over 0.6 jog rates. I could probably figure that one
> out with the .ini file.
>
> Is there a current document which explains what every field in the .ini
> file does and has recommendations about what to set them to? Perhaps
> with a trouble shooting section?
> Dan Falck wrote:
> >
> > I am having some of the same problems with 2.2.13 right now.  RTLinux is
> > working ( Frank... Zappa....Frank...Zappa...)  but when I install EMC it
> > stops about halfway through the process.  It gets to a spot were it
needs
> > "asm/io.c" (I think) and then dies.  It's been a few days since
attempting
> > it and I will try it again when time permits.    EMC for 2.0.36 didn't
give
> > me this problem on the last two machines that I did.
> >
> > Dan
> >
> > At 10:50 AM 4/7/00 +0200, Christian Mies  wrote:
> > >Hi out there!
> > >
> > >I am trying to test the EMC-software, but I did not manage to install
it
> > >till now.
> > >I am using a SuSE-Linux 6.3 (kernel 2.2.13) wich is running fine.
> > >The RTL-patch is applied, too, and is running.
> > >The instalation-script works for a while, then stops the compiling due
to
> > >some
> > >errors. I am not certain that EMC runs on my SuSE-Linux, perhaps it
only
> > >works
> > >on RedHat, perhaps only some includes are missing, perhaps it does not
> > >compile without RT-Linux?
> > >
> > >Anyone knows?
> > >
> > >