Re: TkEmc install help

[RJH-at-inel.gov]

Thanks Will,

I tried typing in each line instead of going through a script. Each one
seemed to work fine except tkemc, the gui did not appear. If I killed
everything and restarted each line except for using xemc the gui did start.
Either way, I think it is a deaper problem because the tcl scripts like
"IO_Show.tcl" just give me an "Aborted" at the prompt when I try to run it.
As far as I understand, the emc stuff does not need to be running to use
these, is that right?
I can run regular tcl scripts (calling wish or tclsh) just fine. Are there
paths I should be changing in files before I compile to get tkemc to work
right?

Thanks, Ron


>The NML config file is setup so that the TASK program (minimilltask or
>bridgeporttask) is the "master" for emcCommand and must be running
>before emcsh is started. The IO program (minimillio, bridgeportio or
>simio) is the master for some other channels  so you will probably need
>to start that as well although I don't see any errors for this in the
>log. The motion program is not an NML master for anything but it is
>still needed for task to run.
>
>If you don't want to get use one of the .run scripts you could do
>something like.
>
>./plat/linux_2_2_13/bin/emcmotsim -ini emc.ini &
>./plat/linux_2_2_13/bin/simio  -ini emc.ini &
>./plat/linux_2_2_13/bin/bridgeporttask -ini emc.ini &
>./plat/linux_2_2_13/bin/tkemc  -ini emc.ini &