Gentlemen, My comments are not focused on real time. An analogy may be helpful. In our shop we have 3 axis mills, 4 axis mills and 5 axis mills. I tell the shop to put everything on the 5 axis mills until they are full and then let the overflow (3 axis work) move to the 3 axis mills. I want all the machinists/operators to be as comfortable as possible when running the 5 axis machines. If we restricted the 5 axis machines to 'only' the 5 axis work the 5 axis machines would not be used as proficiently or easily. The '5 axis' machines would then be unfamiliar to the machinist/operator. The '5 axis' machines would be clouded in a 'special' ethereal '5 axis fog'. This fog is real. Olusegun Obode is trying to start and stop a motor with EMC2 as a school/work project. At the moment he has no need for real time control. He can start and stop the motor. He has feedback to the screen to tell him whether the contact is closed or open. His request now is for RF connection between his control (EMC2) and his contact. I have visited with him a few times. He has never mentioned 'real time' or anything remotely requiring real time. If EMC2 had a project using ethernet it would be a very simple matter to use wireless ethernet to complete his project. Any wireless path would be useful for Segun. I mention Segun (shay goon') to make the point of using EMC2 for control of almost anything/everything. The universal use of EMC2 would lead to a much easier introduction to EMC2. The application of EMC2 to many and various projects (not just real time) would lead to a clearing of the 'real time geek fog' surrounding this type of project. We need to take the IFM button off the keyboard. IFM is "It's [EMAIL PROTECTED] Magic". I have an IFM button on underneath side of my NCL keyboard but it is needed and useful there. :) Having some fun now. thanks Stuart
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