Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Fwd: Emc > 0 C.

On 6/11/01 10:17 AM, "Jon Elson" <elson@...> wrote:

> Ray wrote:
>
>> ---------- Forwarded Message ----------
>> Subject: Emc > 0 C.
>> Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 21:24:21 -0700
>> From: Dave Engvall <dengvall@...>
>>
>> Hi Ray,
>> A couple of days ago I bit the bullet and moved my desktop machine (K6/300,
>> 128 Mb, etc) to the shop to sub for my Boeing surplus P200 that seemed to be
>> having real problems with freezing. Prelim results would seem to indicate
>> that the switch was a good one. No crashes yet but will keep testing. I can
>> edit from xemc, or vi and not get a freeze which is really nice.
>
> This sounds good. How many hours have you had it running without trouble?
> Which version of EMC are you running? Does TkEMC work, too, or does it
> freeze up?

After reading this I tired tkemc and it was really flaky. X couldn't even
display it correctly. Will try again today and try to accum some stats.
Stats of ones are non-existent.

>
>> The only
>> time I've had a problem was when I had not enabled the relays between the
>> drives and the servo motors: guaranteed to fail.
>
> Why does this cause a problem. On my system, if the servo amps don't power
> up, then I will get a following error message as soon as I try to move more
> than
> the following error limit, but that doesn't cause the computer to be unstable.

Sorry, I was poking fun at my stupidity for not enabling the relays. ;-)

>
>> Will tough it out for a few more days and then try to do something more
>> permanent.
>
> Well, if the P200 doesn't work, and the K6/300 is demonstrated to be totally
> flawless, you should document as much as possible about the two machines.
> I would like to know what motherboard, motherboard chipset, CPU type,
> amount of memory, video card (or video on MB), what servo or stepper
> interface, and the .ini file for all combinations of machine that work well,
> or don't work. Also, the Linux brand and kernel version (like 2.0.36), the
> RT patch version (like 0.9J) and the EMC varsion (as 20-Dec-1999) will be
> needed. I will volunteer to build a database of these results to see if this
> is any help in tracking down the trouble we have been having. All EMC users
> are urged to contribute!

I may have to try the upgrade on XF86 yet in hopes of having something work.
It should give me access to a couple more video boards. Will stay in touch
as data develops.

Dave

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