On Mon, 2007-12-10 at 13:44 -0500, Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: > [snip] > > >How are you trying to do the remote, Kirk? > > > > > This is the crux of the problem :) > > Kirk is trying to use the remote UI features of EMC2, which allow you to > have the UI communicate with the machine controller using NML. What > you're describing is using remote X, which isn't even close to the same > thing :) > > Remote X actually runs the UI program on the same PC as the machine > controller, but uses the networking features of X to display the user > interface on another computer. > > The "remote UI" features in EMC2 actually have you run the UI on the > separate PC, but the commands for the machine controller are sent via > NML, using remote buffers. Since you can run more than one UI > simultaneously, this allows you to have a remote machine with a UI at > the same time as the controller PC has a UI running. I believe this is > the setup Kirk is looking for - two UIs running, one on the machine > controller and one on a remote PC. That can't be done with remote X > (AFAIK). > > - Steve
Practically speaking the end result can be the same, whether you use VNC, X session redirect or NML redirect, a person can operate the machine through a GUI on both the server and the client. I think the advantage with the NML redirect is that you can divide the load and optimize each computing resource. I have always wanted a Linux cluster and this is my excuse to expand my power. (que the dramatic movie ad voice) EMC today, tomorrow ... the world! -- Kirk Wallace (California, USA http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ Hardinge HNC lathe, Bridgeport mill conversion, doing XY now, Zubal lathe conversion pending) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
