Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: EMC Question

Bill,

Sounds like your spot on !!!!

Once started it seems to work fine.... Its just the starting phase thats the
problem oh well I think I can live with it for now.

Thanks for your info

You dont happen to know how to calibrate stepper motors for emc do you, just
a bit perplexed at the minute.......

Steve.

William Scalione wrote:

> Steve,
>
> There is a bug in the EMC version that comes with the BDI install
> that causes the lockup. On my computer it will lockup every once
> in a while but it only happens on startup. Once you get it going,
> all is fine. I leave my computer running with EMC started all of the
> time, and don't have that problem any more. The EMC gurus have
> figured out the problem and have it fixed in later versions.
>
> Have you ever got it to load without locking up?
>
> As for the parallel port being missing, I beleve that is ok as EMC
> talks directly to the hardware. My system also has the parport
> missing from the i/o menu and it works fine
>
> Bill
>
> > Hello Gang,
> >
> > Update on Q1 .....
> > The emc.ini file PERIOD is commented out...... already!
> > Just finnished install and am unable to get EMC to talk to printer
> > port!
> >
> > When I take E-STOP off and select Machine on as soon as I make a move
> > it locaks up the computer.
> >
> > Checked Kmenu/setting/information/io-ports from the desktop menu ---
> > There is no sign of parport ????
> >
> > Have been using the /usr/local/emc/tcl/scrips/IO_Show.tcl parallel
> > port scanner.
> >
> > Attempted:
> > insmod parport
> > insmod parport_pc io=0x3bc,0x378,0x278 irq=none,7,auto
> >
> > This changes the lights on the scanner ...
> >
> > Thats all the info I have at the moment.
> >
> > More help requires folks!
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Steve G.
>
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