On 2/28/2014 12:24 PM, Eric Keller wrote: > On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 11:41 AM, andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I could be persuaded to have some sympathy for this viewpoint, actually. >> If G-code simply moved axes in absolute machine space and everything else >> was done in the pre-processor then thing would be a great deal simpler. > > I'm sitting here writing delta tau g-code. Delta tau apparently takes > this view because the provisions for hand writing are horrible, but > every program can be really long. Of course, they also don't seem to > be able to keep the user interface from crashing, so I have no idea > why you would install their software/hardware on anything bigger than > a $500 hobby router, but that's an entirely different subject.
Delta Tau has had some big problems in recent years. They used to be on the cutting edge of motion control, then it became the bleeding edge. I was involved in a very large Delta Tau project two years ago (20+ axes) and the guys doing the motion related code really regretted their decision to use Delta Tau. It was very unstable. I have a customer who wants me to replace a 4 axis Delta Tau motion/drive box on a machine since it self destructs about once per year. The OEM no longer installs Delta Tau and wants huge bucks to retrofit their 4 year old machine. Dave > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Flow-based real-time traffic analytics software. Cisco certified tool. Monitor traffic, SLAs, QoS, Medianet, WAAS etc. with NetFlow Analyzer Customize your own dashboards, set traffic alerts and generate reports. Network behavioral analysis & security monitoring. All-in-one tool. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=126839071&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
