>>It would be simpler to have two separate controller, but that's not where we are at right now.
Simple is good. For another $200 you can get a second PC. If this is a one-off project I'd strongly consider throwing more hardware at the project. I don't know what your labor rates are, but $200 doesn't buy much these days. Are you guys making a machine to assemble/process your laptop charger product? That looks nice. Dave On 9/24/2015 11:05 AM, Jerry Scharf wrote: > Hi, > > These are two completely independent machines with no coordination. Many > times only 1 will be operating. I am trying to work out what happens when > both are operating at the same time. It would be simpler to have two > separate controller, but that's not where we are at right now. > > jerry > > On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 6:23 AM, TJoseph Powderly <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It doesnt sound like the task is well defined here on mail list. >> >> If the 2 independent(?) systems do not require interpolation _between_ >> them, then M65 thru M66 could provide the 'handshaking'. >> Each would have a 'busy' and a 'fin' signal. >> This is extremely sequential. >> >> Else please explain more, >> and what did you see happen when >> ~"it didnt seem ready to accept commands" ? >> >> TomP tjtr33 >> >> On 09/24/2015 03:00 AM, Gregg Eshelman wrote: >>> On 9/24/2015 12:57 AM, Dave Caroline wrote: >>>> might be better to let the two talk to each other in some way so move >>>> starts/runs are really synchronised properly rather than rely on >>>> buffers. >>>> eg classic ladder or some clocking or whatever >>>> >>>> Dave Caroline >>> That sounds good. What you Do Not Want is a race condition where you >>> have two or more independent parallel processes with nothing to ensure >>> they always complete in the correct order. >>> >>> For an example of what can happen, google Therac 25 >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Monitor Your Dynamic Infrastructure at Any Scale With Datadog! >> Get real-time metrics from all of your servers, apps and tools >> in one place. >> SourceForge users - Click here to start your Free Trial of Datadog now! >> http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=241902991&iu=/4140 >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> > > --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monitor Your Dynamic Infrastructure at Any Scale With Datadog! Get real-time metrics from all of your servers, apps and tools in one place. SourceForge users - Click here to start your Free Trial of Datadog now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=241902991&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
