RE: new EMC release

[Tim Goldstein <tgoldstein-at-mlh-services.com>]

Will there be a corresponding release for the 2_0_36 kernel?

Tim
[Denver, CO]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Will Shackleford [shackle-at-cme.nist.gov]
> Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 11:00 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: new EMC release
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I just put a new version of EMC (for linux_2_2_13 only) on 
> the FTP site.
> 
> I added the emcbin-05-May-2000.tgz with precompiled binaries 
> instead of the
> usual source code. 
> 
> I am not sure how long it will take the for the Web/FTP 
> masters here to make
> it publically accessible, (yesterday they shutdown my direct 
> access to the FTP 
> site in fear of the ILOVEYOU virus,) but I think it will be 
> available later this 
> afternoon.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Changes include:
> 1. Took out the rest of the file open dialog mess in tkemc.tcl. Now
> "open" just pops up the open dialog box without that other one. Also
> fixed "can't open none" error printed out on first file open.
> 
> 2. Support for minitetra.o motion controller in the generic.run
> script. This is the cable-based hexapod. Also changed emcmot/Makefile
> so that minitetra.o used frequency stepping.
> 
> 3. Fixed missing "int" Tcl keyword in emcsh.cc for Win32 platform. Now
> the tkemc.tcl script works on Windows. You'll need to set up your .nml
> file properly so that the 'localhost' names are the actual 
> network names of
> the controller and GUI machines, the 'xemc' lines use REMOTE instead
> of LOCAL, and uncomment EMCSERVER = emcsvr in your .ini file. You need
> Tcl/Tk from www.scriptics.com (free) for your Windows machine, and you
> can run the tkemc GUI remotely.
> 
> 4. Fixed problems with [AXIS] MAX_VELOCITY values only affecting the
> positive side of jogs.
> 
> 5. Adds the emcstripchart program. The source code for 
> emcstripchart is
>   in emc/src/stripchart. It is not compiled by default since 
> it requires
>   Gtk+ and Gnome libraries. (See emcstripchart.html for 
> complete description and 
> instructions.)
> 
> 6. Adds the simmod.o module. This is a realtime version of 
> emcmotsim. (The 
> motion system runs in real-time but outputs to simulated motors.) The 
> non-realtime task inisim reads the .ini file and passes the 
> encoder/motor/amplifier parameters to the realtime simulator 
> one time. The 
> non-realtime program simctrl provides a graphical means to 
> monitor the 
> simulation and change the parameters on the fly.
> 
> 7. There was a bug fix in iniaxis.cc that could have 
> previously prevented 
> changes to some of the axis variables from being written back 
> to the ini file, 
> in dumpAxis().
> 
> 8. The current following error was added as a variable to the 
> EMCMOT_STATUS and 
> to NML status and what was called ferror was renamed 
> ferrorHighMark to more 
> accurately reflect what it was.
> 
> 9. Changed the  makefiles to dynamically link the RCS library 
> rather than 
> statically. This reduces the size of most of non-realtime emc 
> binaries, allows 
> more debugging info with gdb, and allows you to possibly 
> change the RCS library 
> version without recompiling EMC.
> 
> 
> 
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