Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] EMC Encoders

> > Back on topic, Will there be RPM's available for the BDI
> > when an EMC upgrade comes out? By the way, thanks
> > for all of the work you put into the BDI. I am so happy to
> > get away from RH 5.2. There was nothing more annoying
> > than the moving desktops whenever the mouse hit the
> > end of the screen.
>
> Oh, really, that is SO easy to fix! You can turn off scrolling as
> a parameter in /etc/XF86Config or set it to do scrolling in smaller
> increments. Yes, it was really annoying. Since I didn't have a
> monitor good enough for 1024 x 768 (who'd want to put a good
> monitor where it will get metal chips and coolant spray?) I set it
> to scroll slowly rather than jump a page, but if you have a good
> monitor, then you can just turn it off, or set the virtual screen the
> same size as the physical screen.
>
> Is the BDI completely stable for you? I've just had it up a week, and
> I've gotten the system to hang 3 times already!
>
> Jon
>

Jon,

Yeah, NOW I find out you can turn off scrolling after a year and a half
of putting up with it :( That one feature alone almost made me give up
EMC.

So far I have only had the intermittant lockup on startup due to
the bug with the stack size. I am using Gecko Step & Direction
Servo Drives and steppermod. I pretty much just leave the computer
on all of the time and I don't need to deal with that, as it only happens
on startup. I have not really been running too much with it lately
but it has been going for a couple of weeks with no problems.

Question, in the ini file I have G20 set as the startup parameter
yet it still starts up with G21 as the default. Any ideas? Also
can I put other startup parameters in there - G61 perhaps?


Bill