Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] BDI install, ie hand book

Many thanks John for the info, I know someone with the Redhat 5.2 manual,
I'll borow it and give it a read, I am not coupled to any hardware yet,
until I can negotiate the new environment that I am in,

Probably more silly questions later,

Peter Smith

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Elson" <elson@...>
To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2001 7:18 AM
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] BDI install, ie hand book


> peter smith wrote:
>
> > Hello all
> >
> > Just installed BDI ver 2.04 on a Dell pentium 400, all went ok after
selecting the required display etc,
> >
> > As A Linux non user, and coming straight from DOS, Windows9xx, the
immediate questions that come to mind are.
> > Which EMC do I use, Generic, Mini, Run, or sim, when using
steppers/servo,s
>
> Sim is a simulator, that runs on any Linux, and doesn't talk to any
hardware (other
> than the screen, keyboard and mouse).
>
> Probably none of the above will do what you want, anyway. You need to
prepare
> a xxx.ini file for your specific configuration. You cans start with
emc.ini (and
> the emc.run file that calls it up) (note: generic.ini seems to have an
error in it,
> as it selects steppermod.o, but has the period parameter set to 16 uS. I
think
> this may cause system hangs.) You will have to edit the max and default
velocity and
> max and default acceleration parameters, the input scale for each axis
(number of
> steps per user unit (inches or mm) and the polarity settings for all the
limit switches
> if you use them. (You can deal with that later, after getting it to
move.)
>
> >
> > How do I view the entire hard drive contents i,e, (in old DOS
> > DIR/P), or move in directories so that I know exactly what is there,
>
> There's a LOT out there. The easiest method is to use the cd command to
> change to a particular directory, so to go to /usr/local/emc you would
enter
> cd /usr/local/emc
>
> Then, you can use ls, or ls -l to get date, size, etc.
> ls --color gives a color coded listing by file type.
> ls *.run lists only files that end with .run
> note that unlike DOS/Windows, there can be no, or more than one '.'
> in a file name. So, a file name like a.b.c.d.e is legal in Linux.
>
> cd .. goes to the next higher level in the directory structure, ie
closer to the
> root. if you are in /usr/local/emc, and want to see what is in
subdirectory
> src, you can do ls src or cd src and then ls
>
> If you are going to get into this seriously, you'll need to get a book on
Linux
> at the local bookstore. There's a lot to learn.
>
> >
> > How do I move around in Linux i.e. copying files from the A drive etc.
to the H/D, and will these be recognisable if they have been created in
another simple text editor such as DOS edit,
> > Are G code programs readily recognised if they have been created in
another program.
>
> If you do it right, there should be no problem. Linux knows about DOS
file systems.
> 1. You have to mount and dismount floppies, the mount command is :
> mount /dev/floppy /mnt/floppy
>
> then, you can check what's on it, with the usual ls commands, like :
> ls /mnt/floppy
>
> copy like this :
> cp /mnt/floppy/xyz.dat .
>
> The '.' means put it in the Linux directory i'm set to at the moment. You
can change the name,
> put it in another directory, etc by replacing the . with some other name,
directory path, etc.
> To check what dir you're in, the command is pwd (print working directory).
>
> Don't forget to unmount any floppies, especially if you have written files
to them!
> The command is umount /dev/floppy
>
> Jon
>
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