Re: [Emc-users] EMC2 and LabVIEW
Hello gentlemen, We'd like to control a parallel robot with EMC2 and also with LabVIEW sometimes. I just wonder if any MESA FPGA card can be used with LabVIEW, or is there any other card with EMC2 and LabVIEW support? Or some way to connect EMC2 and LabVIEW (that's unlikely). I guess that we should have 2 separate control systems, but if there's a way to avoid it... I've used LabView real-time and FPGA modules on Windows. There is a LabView version for Linux, but last I checked there are no real-time or FPGA toolboxes for Linux/LabView. You could possibly write a Windows driver for a MESA card. I don't know how easy/difficult this would be. If you had this then you could use a LabView real-time program on Windows to control your machine and then have emc2 on Linux use the same card. Possibly with the same FPGA-firmware. I think LabVIEW's own FPGA-toolbox is a wrapper around the freely available Xilinx development tools. It works well with NIs own FPGA-cards, but I'm not sure it's worth the trouble to try to program a MESA card this way. Anders -- RSA(R) Conference 2012 Mar 27 - Feb 2 Save $400 by Jan. 27 Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev2 ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] EMC2 and LabVIEW
2012/1/13 Karl Cunningham ka...@keckec.com Labview can talk TCP/IP. Maybe it can interface with EMC2 that way. 2012/1/16 Anders Wallin anders.e.e.wal...@gmail.com I've used LabView real-time and FPGA modules on Windows. There is a LabView version for Linux, but last I checked there are no real-time or FPGA toolboxes for Linux/LabView. You could possibly write a Windows driver for a MESA card. I don't know how easy/difficult this would be. If you had this then you could use a LabView real-time program on Windows to control your machine and then have emc2 on Linux use the same card. Possibly with the same FPGA-firmware. I think LabVIEW's own FPGA-toolbox is a wrapper around the freely available Xilinx development tools. It works well with NIs own FPGA-cards, but I'm not sure it's worth the trouble to try to program a MESA card this way. Thanks, I'm afraid it's too complicated for us. We desided to start with Adlink PCI-8136 card which has 6 encoder inputs and 6 analog outputs. Maybe later it will be possible to think about drivers for a MESA card. Andrew -- RSA(R) Conference 2012 Mar 27 - Feb 2 Save $400 by Jan. 27 Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev2 ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] EMC2 and LabVIEW
On 16 January 2012 09:04, Andrew parallel.kinemat...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, I'm afraid it's too complicated for us. We desided to start with Adlink PCI-8136 card which has 6 encoder inputs and 6 analog outputs. Maybe later it will be possible to think about drivers for a MESA card. It is probably easier to write an EMC2 driver for the Adlink card. If the encoder counts and analogue outputs are presented as registers on the PCI bus then it is all fairly straightforward, this forum thread tracks the development of a driver for an ISA card, which as far as I know is working fine now, despite the fact that the driver was written without ever seeing the card. http://www.linuxcnc.org/index.php/english/component/kunena/?func=viewcatid=38id=10910 -- atp The idea that there is no such thing as objective truth is, quite simply, wrong. -- RSA(R) Conference 2012 Mar 27 - Feb 2 Save $400 by Jan. 27 Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev2 ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] EMC2 and LabVIEW
2012/1/16 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com It is probably easier to write an EMC2 driver for the Adlink card. If the encoder counts and analogue outputs are presented as registers on the PCI bus then it is all fairly straightforward, this forum thread tracks the development of a driver for an ISA card, which as far as I know is working fine now, despite the fact that the driver was written without ever seeing the card. http://www.linuxcnc.org/index.php/english/component/kunena/?func=viewcatid=38id=10910 Thanks, you're helpful as always. It looks possible even for non-programmer like me. When (and if) we have the card, I'll try to figure it out. Andrew -- RSA(R) Conference 2012 Mar 27 - Feb 2 Save $400 by Jan. 27 Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev2 ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] EMC2 and LabVIEW
Hello gentlemen, We'd like to control a parallel robot with EMC2 and also with LabVIEW sometimes. I just wonder if any MESA FPGA card can be used with LabVIEW, or is there any other card with EMC2 and LabVIEW support? Or some way to connect EMC2 and LabVIEW (that's unlikely). I guess that we should have 2 separate control systems, but if there's a way to avoid it... Regards, Andrew -- RSA(R) Conference 2012 Mar 27 - Feb 2 Save $400 by Jan. 27 Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev2 ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
