Peter, I have a very old Dell Latitude laptop, so old I forgot the exact type :) but I run EMC on top of it reliable and with very good latency numbers.
However, I had to make a little script that does two things: 1) Turn on the fans at full speed. 2) Turn of SMI (System Management Interrupt) With the Debian CD (6.x??) I couldn't run RTAI, however with my own compiled kernel it worked flawless. This is a very good read http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/emcinfo.pl?TroubleShooting#RTAI_Latency_test Ries On May 30, 2011, at 8:11 PM, Peter Loron wrote: > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
