Re: EMC and WinNT

Karl Klemm wrote:

> > I read about EMC and thought it might be a good opportunity to learn g-code
> > (for no good reason) and found that they have a NT version. I've tried it
> > on my regular computer and as a result here are my problems/questions.
> >
> > 1. Has anyone made it work with NT? Whenever I start it using the emcstart
> > batch file, simio.exe terminates.
> > 2. Is it fully implemented in Winnt? It looks like a couple of apps are
> > missing, ie. emcmot doesn't exist, although emcmotsim does.
> > 3. If it's not worth bothering on NT, what are the minimum requirements
> > for the Linux version? Such as RAM, total hard disk space (for linux and
> > EMC), and processor.
>
> You can't run a machine with EMC on WinNT. You need to use real time
> linux. Also, to use the program you need atleast a P133, 32MB RAM,
> 1GB HD. However, I have found that I couldn't compile the realtime
> kernel for red hat linux 5.2 on a P166, I had to use my K6-2 300, I'm
> assuming you can get away something less, and 64MB RAM.

I am running on a 100 MHz Pentium classic. I think you can get it
running with 16 MB memory, but the X environment will eat most of that,
so you will want to have a minimum number of other windows open.
32 MB is fine. A 1 GB disk allows you to have all the documentation
and development tools on line.

> Also you need an
> LSI 11 bus board to hook the PC up to a machine, which costs $2k, pretty
> steep.

This sounds like it fell out of a time warp. There's no LSI-11 board that
will fit in a PC, and, to my knowledge, no system with a Q bus runs either
NT or Linux. The $2K board he refers to may be the Delta-Tau motion
board, but you don't need this. Currently, you DO need the Servo-to-Go
board, which costs about $840 or $888 depending on the number of
channels.

Jon