Hello Jon, It is certainly possible to used PathPilot on non Tormach machines and with hardware other than mesa. In fact, it is quite strait forward to do so, and that is coming from a Linux and LinuxCNC newby. As far as I can tell PathPilot is basically LCNC 2.6 with a very bloated custom interface and some fancy HAL cobbled onto it, nothing fancy. As long as what your customer wants to do would work with LCNC 2.6, it should work fine with PathPilot.
If custom kenimatics or HAL components are needed they can be compiled on Ubuntu 10.06 (I think that is right) with LCNC 2.6 and then transferred to the correct location on the PathPilot install. I have been foolish enough to do such things .... We were hit hard by Irma so don't have power or Internet at the moment, but when that is back I can proved information on how to start up PathPilot with out it complaining about the missing mesa cards etc. if you or your client are interested. All this being said, while you can configure PathPilot to run pretty much whatever you want, why bother? IMHO there are better LCNC interfaces out there, and being stuck with LCNC 2.6 can be a real limitation depending on what you are after and the machine type. Please pardon any typos, I am not familiar with the use of these one finger keyboards, but necessity is making me learn! Cheers, Kurt Jacobson 505-303-1933 <(505)%20303-1933> Sent from Mobile On Sep 12, 2017 9:40 PM, "Jon Elson" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > A guy contacted me and said he wanted to use PathPilot with Pico Systems > hardware, rather than Mesa. > He says that this is not possible, and that PathPilot will not run with > stock LinuxCNC, and required Mesa > hardware to "unlock" it. > > This is all news to me. Does anyone have any experience with using > PathPilot on a non-Tormach machine, or with hardware other than Mesa? > > Thanks for any comments, > > Jon > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
