Thanks for the pointers. I'll give the live CD a shot tomorrow and definitely add them to the wiki.
I'm going to be using stepper motors. I actually have 5 of the D610 laptops...picked them up for free...the company IT department was scrapping them. -Pete On May 30, 2011, at 5:58 PM, Kent A. Reed wrote: > On 5/30/2011 8:20 PM, Peter Loron wrote: >> Hello, folks. I'm in the process of getting parts for a small CNC mill. I >> have a Dell D610 laptop I'm hoping to use for running EMC2. I know there are >> issues with some laptops. >> >> Has anybody had experience with trying to run EMC2 on a D610? >> >> Thanks! >> >> -Pete > Hi, Pete. > > The wiki and the email archives will give you a sense of the general > disfavor of laptops. > > Since you already have the D610 on hand, download the EMC2 LiveCD and > run the latency test, preferably for longer than you contemplate a job > would take on your mill. Look at the numbers and compare to the latency > test results on the wiki (and add them to the wiki, pretty please!) > > You don't say whether you plan to use steppers or servos. The choice may > make the difference if your latency test numbers are moderately high. > > Good luck! > > Regards, > Kent > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. > Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, > secure and there when you need it. Data protection magic? > Nope - It's vRanger. Get your free trial download today. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-sfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, secure and there when you need it. Data protection magic? Nope - It's vRanger. Get your free trial download today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
