It would be nice to know enough to debug latency issues, instead it feels like kludging around with no idea what is the cause. I suppose rtai has some tools if you know what you are doing.
On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 1:12 PM, Kirk Wallace <kwall...@wallacecompany.com>wrote: > On Tue, 2012-02-21 at 03:47 -0800, charles green wrote: > > the allocation of computing resources seems to be a recurring theme > > with pc based machine controllers. > > > > while i have wished for an accesible pocket calculator gui more than > > one time while standing in front of a machining center console, i have > > almost never wanted to surf the web or send emails while doing so. > > > > the enhanced machine controller spans a disparity between its intended > > function and the common usage of it's supporting hardware. > > I tend to think the CNC PC should only have CNC software on it, it seems > more grown up to have a purpose built machine that requires a certain > amount of discipline to join the club, but the more I use my LinuxCNC > PC's the more I also find I use the generic programs. While tuning, I > need to access the Net to find what I or FF does. While setting up a new > piece of hardware, I need to find a pin-out or spec., or download grpn > so I can calculate a component value. (By the way, I've found the > default gcalctool has a better Hex<->Dec feature, so I usually have both > on the screen.) I often have my VFD PDF manual on the screen. Inkscape > and gEdit are often running for documentation purposes. gFTP is up too, > so I can store and share my work. It all comes in handy, and in reality, > none of it detracts from the core LinuxCNC function. > > My biggest frustration now is in finding PC hardware that plays well > with Ubuntu and doesn't kill latency. The choice here is, develop new > purpose built hardware and maybe rebuild LinuxCNC, or spend a day or two > swapping out hardware until I get something that works well. Aimlessly > fiddling with PC hardware for a couple days is painful, but months and > months of development is not one of my options. > > -- > Kirk Wallace > http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ > http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html > California, USA > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! > The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers > is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, > Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
