Re: RTLinux vs RTAI and EMC

[Chris Wagner <clwagner-at-eecs.wsu.edu>]

On  9 Jun, Paul wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi Chris
> 
> It is indeed a case of steppermod not yet ported to rtai. Some of the code 
> has been moved across, so it shouldn't be long before it is ready.
> 

Thank you for the info.  I will spend more time with my rtai setup, it
sounds like it will be well worth it.

> When did you grab your sources from Sourceforge ?
>  Small confession here - I'd inadvertantly uploaded a broken emcmot.c a 
> couple of weeks ago and only realised last weekend. If you update the EMC 
> sources (no need to do rcslib), and recompile, the problem *should* disappear.
> 

Interesting.  I was using the "release" package, I just got the cvs
today.  Haven't quite figured out how use it though. I'll try dropping
the new emc into the nist directory, so I can use the "install" script-
which I could not seem to find in the cvs.

> Just one change to watch for in the ini file - PARPORT_IO_ADDRESS is now 
> IO_BASE_ADDRESS. Some new drivers are in the pipeline, and it was decided 
> that a more generic parameter was needed. STG_BASE_ADDRESS has also been 
> changed to IO_BASE_ADDRESS. 

OK, thanks.

> And whilst on the subject, DRO_BASE_ADDRESS is a 
> new one for those wanting to use the Kaluga/Mauch DRO card at an address 
> other than 0x200 (still needs to be tested).
> 
> 
> Regards, Paul.
> 

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Chris Wagner
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