On Tue, 14 Apr 2009, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:16:20 -0600 > From: Sebastian Kuzminsky <[email protected]> > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > <[email protected]> > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] EMC2 typed versus scripted commands > > Peter C. Wallace wrote: >> On Wed, 15 Apr 2009, James Reed wrote: >> >>> I just checked. Watchdog is disabled (commented out) >> >> The part that sets the watchdog timeout? >> >> Thats what needs to be commented out to disable the watchdog > > This is unfortunately not true. There is currently no way to disable > the watchdog via the hostmot2 driver, so it's always on and biting > people who dont pet it. Sorry!
I was just going on my understanding of the hardware, if the timeout register is not written, it will never bite (I guess the driver writes it with something even if no timeout init is done) > > Compounding this problem, in the sample hostmot2 config distributed with > 2.2.8 the watchdog stuff is commented out, which means it always bites > right away. I dont understand how this ever works for you. Maybe i'm > missing something here. > > The easiest fix might be to upgrade to 2.3.0 beta2, which has a hostmot2 > 7i43 config that doesnt bite people. > > If you want to stay with 2.2.8, uncomment (remove the "#" at the > beginning) the line of m7i43_th.hal that says this: > > #addf hm2_7i43.0.pet_watchdog servo-thread #enable if fw supported > > > -- > Sebastian Kuzminsky > We need numbers, not adjectives. -- David MacKay > <http://www.withouthotair.com/> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. > Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > Peter Wallace Mesa Electronics (\__/) (='.'=) This is Bunny. Copy and paste bunny into your (")_(") signature to help him gain world domination. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
