Re: [Emc-users] Realtime Error ?

2016-05-06 Thread Jim Craig
Jon, I did mean us, not ms. I sent another message to try and clear the muddy waters on that one. So what is the jitter limit at which the realtime error is thrown? Is this something that can be changed in the configuration somewhere? I have been under the impression that 25us is acceptable

Re: [Emc-users] Realtime Error ?

2016-05-06 Thread Jim Craig
and by ms in my previous email I meant micro seconds not milliseconds. sorry for any confusion. Jim On 5/6/2016 9:12 AM, Jim Craig wrote: > I have set up my router with my new computer. This computer runs at > about 25ms jitter on the base thread for hours with 2 glxgears running, > moving

Re: [Emc-users] Appropriate PCs

2016-05-06 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Fri, 6 May 2016, giorgio foga wrote: > Date: Fri, 6 May 2016 17:11:29 +0200 > From: giorgio foga > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > To: Enhanced Machine Controller EMC > Subject:

Re: [Emc-users] Realtime Error ?

2016-05-06 Thread Jim Craig
OK, I see the following in the documentation: When you get this error: RTAPI: ERROR: Unexpected realtime delay on task n This error is generated by rtapi based on an indication from RTAI that a deadline was missed. It is usually an indication that the BASE_PERIOD in the [EMCMOT] section of

Re: [Emc-users] Lcnc 2.7 DISPLAY = halui is not a valid option?

2016-05-06 Thread giorgio foga
THE SITUATION put the loadusr halui in custom_postgui.hal file works put the loadusr halui in custom.hal file NOT works Thanks Again AndyPugh Regards Giorgio > From: bodge...@gmail.com > Date: Fri, 6 May 2016 11:56:21 +0100 > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re:

[Emc-users] Appropriate PCs

2016-05-06 Thread Mark Johnsen
I had heard mixed reviews on the j1800 and thought someone identified the video driver as an issue? But, don't recall. Mark Date: Fri, 6 May 2016 17:11:29 +0200 > From: giorgio foga > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Appropriate PCs > To: Enhanced Machine Controller EMC

Re: [Emc-users] Appropriate PCs

2016-05-06 Thread giorgio foga
Sorry ... my expirience with j1800 is vewry bad ... works it work but sometime it have realtime problem . (1/2 time every 16 -48 hour). Regards Giorgio > Date: Fri, 6 May 2016 07:17:35 -0700 > From: m...@ijohnsen.com > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Emc-users]

[Emc-users] Realtime Error ?

2016-05-06 Thread Jim Craig
I have set up my router with my new computer. This computer runs at about 25ms jitter on the base thread for hours with 2 glxgears running, moving windows, copying files etc. This system runs off a parport, and I set initially set it up in stepconf wizard to have a 30ms jitter value. When I

Re: [Emc-users] Realtime Error ?

2016-05-06 Thread Jon Elson
On 05/06/2016 09:12 AM, Jim Craig wrote: > I have set up my router with my new computer. This computer runs at > about 25ms jitter on the base thread for hours with 2 glxgears running, > moving windows, copying files etc. I hope that is 25 us, not ms. 25 us is not great, as it causes a 2.5%

Re: [Emc-users] Appropriate PCs

2016-05-06 Thread Chris Albertson
If that is the case, put in a generic VGA card and disable the built-in graphics. The better option, although much more work is to read the video driver code carefully and remove the offending parts, such as spin-waits or other operations with interrupts disabled or whatever. Video drivers are

[Emc-users] Appropriate PCs

2016-05-06 Thread Mark Johnsen
Fry's promocode sale today and tomorrow for a J1800 for $179. I believe the J1800 has been used successfully. Seems like a decent deal to me. By the time I had my D525MW built with case, harddrive, and ram, was close to that and I had to assembly it. http://imgur.com/PX4A64B You need the

Re: [Emc-users] Appropriate PCs

2016-05-06 Thread Jon Elson
On 05/06/2016 01:55 AM, Danny Miller wrote: > I understand the computational requirements are not stressful, but I > know some have management issues. > > Right now I have a old Dell computer with one of the chipsets > specifically listed as "bad". I'm running Linux RT and LinuxCNC 2.7.4 > with a

Re: [Emc-users] Appropriate PCs

2016-05-06 Thread Gregg Eshelman
I have several Optiplex GX520's. They are the "large" towers but also stripped down. Only two RAM slots installed and the PCIe x16 slot was left out. They were in the end of the availability of XP where buyers had a choice between XP or Vista. What cuts the value of these Optiplex boxes is the

Re: [Emc-users] Lcnc 2.7 DISPLAY = halui is not a valid option?

2016-05-06 Thread andy pugh
On 6 May 2016 at 11:43, giorgio foga wrote: > I put my halui connection in customhal file . is wrong these? I am not sure, it's an unusual application. I think that when I did it I connected things by hand after startup, as it was just a test. You can't connect to

[Emc-users] Appropriate PCs

2016-05-06 Thread Danny Miller
I understand the computational requirements are not stressful, but I know some have management issues. Right now I have a old Dell computer with one of the chipsets specifically listed as "bad". I'm running Linux RT and LinuxCNC 2.7.4 with a 7i92 card but the latency report is pretty high. I

[Emc-users] Lcnc 2.7 DISPLAY = halui is not a valid option?

2016-05-06 Thread giorgio foga
I use for some period linuxcncrsh but isn't the best solution for me . so I try to use DISPLAY = halui in ini file in order to have my LinuxCNC working machine without any user interface but obtaion only duplicate component name error . so I comment out in [HALUI] #HALUI =

Re: [Emc-users] Lcnc 2.7 DISPLAY = halui is not a valid option?

2016-05-06 Thread andy pugh
On 6 May 2016 at 09:34, giorgio foga wrote: > > Is not possible to set DISPLAY = halui?? > > It is possible, because I have done it as an experiment. You may well need to put the halui connections in the POSTGUI halfile. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a

Re: [Emc-users] Appropriate PCs

2016-05-06 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 06 May 2016 02:55:31 Danny Miller wrote: > I understand the computational requirements are not stressful, but I > know some have management issues. > > Right now I have a old Dell computer with one of the chipsets > specifically listed as "bad". I'm running Linux RT and LinuxCNC 2.7.4

Re: [Emc-users] /usr/local/include/modbus/modbus-rtu.h:35: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘->’ token

2016-05-06 Thread giorgio foga
@andyPugh no ... no missing delete for first I have delete all modbus folder THAN i have install libmodbus3.1.2 ... the magic solution I gave from Your discussion with ArkEye in some discussion point you linking in the post the halcompile parser file I read it!! There

Re: [Emc-users] Appropriate PCs

2016-05-06 Thread Todd Zuercher
Those would probably be fine as long as they don't have a neutered bios that doesn't allow you to turn off all the power saving stuff. (Like a few HPs I've tried.) - Original Message - From: "Danny Miller" To: "Enhanced Machine Controller EMC"

Re: [Emc-users] Lcnc 2.7 DISPLAY = halui is not a valid option?

2016-05-06 Thread giorgio foga
I put my halui connection in customhal file . is wrong these? regards giorgio > From: bodge...@gmail.com > Date: Fri, 6 May 2016 09:46:32 +0100 > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Lcnc 2.7 DISPLAY = halui is not a valid option? > > On 6 May 2016 at 09:34,

Re: [Emc-users] Appropriate PCs

2016-05-06 Thread dannym
Well it's a Dell Optiplex 330, Intel G31 Express chipset. I looked through BIOS- I couldn't find anything to disable that might be system management interrupts. With Linux localhost 3.2.0-4-rt-686-pae #1 SMP PREEMPT RT Debian 3.2.78-1 i686 GNU/Linux, still have onboard video, browsing the web