> On 29 Mar 2019, at 09:53, Sardar Vayghannezgad <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have tried my best to understand the fundamental ins and outs of running > Machinekit on BBB from my windows desktop, but there are so many technical > concepts and approaches that I just can't fully understand everything. > Although it seems I'm towards the end of this, I'm already frustrated, and > since working for a sort of tight deadline I need some practical help, and > need that in layman's terms, into the bargain, please.
> I followed these instructions to run M.K. on BBB from my desktop. But I am > badly thrown off. I have apparently successfully done everything on that > instruction page, but just don't know how to start what!! I don't know what > command to use on the PuTTy. You need to start Machinekit when you’ve logged into your BBB. Putty is just a terminal you log onto your BBB. Everything you type into that terminal, is as if you would type on a keyboard directly attached to the BBB on s terminal on a screen directly attached to the BBB. > (Please, as far as possible, don't direct me to start everything from > scratch, as I already had Debian Jessie installed on BBB, but decided to > change it to Stretch.) > > My newbie questions: > Should Machinekit Client be installed on my Windows OS or on the BBB?! (I > already have M.K Client on my Windows OS. but once I start it, it keeps > loading in no veil, with no available instances.) Machinekit client on your windows OS Make sure that on your BBB you have set REMOTE = 1 in the file machinekit.ini That file should be here: /etc/linuxcnc/machinekit.ini > According to the first question, which link should I go with on this page. No idea what you actually link to. > AFAIK, I need a U.I on my desktop to give me access to the M.K. Is this UI > the Machinekit Client? How can I start it from PuTTY? You start machinekit-client from your Windows PC. It’s a remote UI (seen from the BBB perspective) and you don’t need to start the UI from Putty (your BBB) but from the pc. In the putty terminal type: machinekit > FYI: > Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch) > Kernel: Linux 4.4.155-ti-rt-r153 > Architecture: arm > > Thanks in advance > -- > website: http://www.machinekit.io blog: http://blog.machinekit.io github: > https://github.com/machinekit > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Machinekit" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/machinekit. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > <2019-03-29_11h36_57.png> -- website: http://www.machinekit.io blog: http://blog.machinekit.io github: https://github.com/machinekit --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Machinekit" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/machinekit. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
