I never use wireless drivers for LinuxCNC. I use wireless to ethernet adapters and just let the standard internal ethernet driver handle the networking.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007CO5DZ4/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 5:26 AM, Marshland Engineering < marshl...@marshland.co.nz> wrote: > Thanks for the info. What you have listed I have done many times before. > > Here are some of the other issues > Wireless drivers, you have to know a bit about Linux to find and install > them. > LinuxCNC put files all over the place. I've yet to find any logic in the > way > it works. > Creating disk partitions is somewhat confusing. > Funny enough, connection to a windows network is easy. However, one time I > had a Linux Guru work on my dual boot for 3 hours trying to get Linux to > see > the windows drives. > So I have to mount them first !!!! Windows users have no idea about > mounting, or samba etc etc > > But most of all I could not get the PID control, my servo drives and motors > to respond correctly. > On the setup, some things are not explained in sufficient detail to make a > valid choice and others don't work. > > Linux CNC is like learing another language and it takes time. The G-Code is > the easy part. > Needless to say I will be trying again as I think it is better than Mach3 > and I want to add some ladder logic for tool changers etc. My description > of > a Mach 3 interface is, it was created by someone high on LSD. I tried to > create my own screens with their utility, but, it too had issues. > > This time around I document my issues and hopefully they can be added to > the > current install instructions. > > Cheers Wallace > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Comprehensive Server Monitoring with Site24x7. > Monitor 10 servers for $9/Month. > Get alerted through email, SMS, voice calls or mobile push notifications. > Take corrective actions from your mobile device. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/Zoho > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Comprehensive Server Monitoring with Site24x7. Monitor 10 servers for $9/Month. Get alerted through email, SMS, voice calls or mobile push notifications. Take corrective actions from your mobile device. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Zoho _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
