I'm a bit confused. How do you get branched versions, and which one? When you say "something other than", is this a branch from 2.7.4 PRTK? I can't use a non-PRTK branch here.
Danny On 3/31/2016 11:13 AM, dan...@austin.rr.com wrote: > But wouldn't that break the ability to home the gantry's sides independently? > > That's a huge problem. The gantry isn't going to align itself. > > A relevant point of the context here is this is going into a community shop, > with a constant stream of new users with very limited supervision. So "power > down these axes and mechanically align them" doesn't sound like a viable > option. In the past I've had the stops aligned and ran the gantry into the > stops until both sides' steppers stalled... gently. > > But that sort of hackery won't really fly here. People would just be jamming > it at high speeds and damaging the drives or at least keep screwing up their > zero. > > Danny > > > ---- andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 31 March 2016 at 16:34, <dan...@austin.rr.com> wrote: >> Pardon my ignorance, but what does "branch" mean here? I have LinuxCNC >> 2.7.4 with Preempt-RT kernel support. Would this mean going with something >> other than that? > Yes, it would mean going with a development version of LinuxCNC rather > than a released version. > > For aesthetic reasons I have been running JA versions on my machines > for years (none of my machines require it). However for "normal users" > it is maybe a step too far. > > This is why I was suggesting that you try running a trivkins config > and use the "gantry" HAL component to link the joints. > > There is a sample HAL file here: > https://github.com/cdsteinkuehler/linuxcnc/blob/0e0418b362f45d7ad332fa3f211cbf8c2f24efd9/configs/ARM/BeagleBone/Probotix/Comet.hal > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transform Data into Opportunity. Accelerate data analysis in your applications with Intel Data Analytics Acceleration Library. Click to learn more. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=278785471&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
