Re: [CAD CAM EDM DRO] Re: EMC: why do I have so many problems?
Posted by
Jon Elson
on 2001-10-14 06:39:44 UTC
Les Watts wrote:
I have a Red Hat 5.2 system that I have installed the 20-Dec-1999 version
of EMC. It has only locked up once in about 18 months! Even then, it
continued
to the end of the G-code program, I just lost keyboard and mouse control,
and the screen stopped updating. I am still running this version of OS and
EMC because I can't stand unreliability, either.
quirk in either the STG-II card or the driver for it, I would not expect
trouble
there.
Jon
> > Bug 3. This one is a biggie -- though not nearly as big as any one of theI can't completely vouch for the BDI, although I have run it some for testing.
> > windows oss from some commercial companies. The real-time extensions WILL
> > cause the system to crash.
>
> Ray,
>
> Would you consider the current real-time linux/EMC to be stable enough to be
> viable in a commercial environment?
>
> I can handle an occasional crash but not a system that would lock up every
> time I used it.
I have a Red Hat 5.2 system that I have installed the 20-Dec-1999 version
of EMC. It has only locked up once in about 18 months! Even then, it
continued
to the end of the G-code program, I just lost keyboard and mouse control,
and the screen stopped updating. I am still running this version of OS and
EMC because I can't stand unreliability, either.
> Oh, another thing on my mind... is the stg2 driver stable? (i.e.I am using the original STG card on my system. Unless there is a wierd
> being used to make parts)
quirk in either the STG-II card or the driver for it, I would not expect
trouble
there.
Jon