Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Has anyone set up EMC for windows

This is a fascinating thread. I run UNIX servers for a living, so I
prefer EMC under Linux to any of the DOS or Windows products out there.
But I know that's me.

One reason why I like EMC so very very much is that it lets me network my
mill machine. I've got a Windows machine I use for CAD work. It's in a
comfortable office, it's got a comfortable chair. It's nice to be able to
remotely mount my CAD directory on the EMC machine. G-code is immediately
available to EMC, so I can run it as soon as I've generated it. Also, I
can run EMC and display to the Windows box. This makes it possible to
verify that EMC can run whatever I've generated, without having to get out
of my chair. By the time I actually go into the shop, I know the code
works with EMC, and it's just a matter of hitting run. No reboots, no
floppies, no nothing.

But I know that someone who hasn't been living and working with UNIX for
years wouldn't have a very easy time setting something like this up.

So here's a question: Would there be any value to having a spin of EMC
that isolated the user from the fact it was running under UNIX? You can
set up any Xwindows session to start whatever programs you want. You
could essentially set up a desktop that had EMC running. When you log in
as the user "emc", it would come up with EMC running. When you quit out
of EMC, it would, it would log you out. Unless you logged in as some
other user, you'd never know it was running on top of UNIX.

There are a lot of "network appliance" devices out there. You can get a
firewall that's got a web interface. You set up the thing via the web
interface, and you're good to go. There are networked disks that are
set up in much the same way. I'm not saying it would be trivial or even
easy, but I could see setting up EMC "network appliances" along similar
lines. You'd install it, reboot it, log into the thing's web interface to
select what kind of machine you're using, how many axes, tune the various
parameters, etc. When you physically log into the machine, it starts EMC
and lets you do nothing but EMC.

Just a thought.

Tom

On Sun, 10 Mar 2002, awemawson wrote:

> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "terrytwombly" <ttwombly@c...> wrote:
> > Yes I am new to this group and this a long note but I need a lot of
> > help. Thank you all in advance.
> snip
> > far. I am wondering, what am I doing. Has anyone out there done what
> > I am doing? I am thinking of changing to Windows (I know it is
> slower
> > dose not do what Linux can do but I KNOW HOW TO USE IT)
> >
> > Has anyone set up EMC for Windows, or Deskncrt and had any
> > success I would change from this Linux thing in about two seconds >
> Terry Twombly
>
> Terry,
>
> The problem is that Windows trots off and does it's own thing at
> random intervals, thus messing up the timing - it gives a variable
> time response to interrupts, which can really mess up your finish as
> your cutter pauses for Windows to do it's housekeeping.
>
> EMC under Linux has the 'real time' extensions to keep it
> concenrating on what you want it to do!
>
> I sympathise re: finding your way arround Linux as I have the same
> problem!
>
> Andrew Mawson
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