Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] EMC

I want to thank all who responded.

I checked and the ini file is set up for steppermod.o and Period is
commented out. If I start emc.run manually from a console window I can see
that steppermod.o is being started and not freqmod.

It must be the computer hardware itself. I expected a 233 to run at a
tolerable level. I will have to look for an inexpensive Athlon or Duron
board to replace it.

Thank you again for the help.

Scott

----- Original Message -----
From: "j.guenther" <j.guenther@...>
To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 2:11 PM
Subject: RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] EMC


> It sounds to me like you are trying to run freqmod.o on a machine that
won't
> handle it. Try it with steppermod.o for motion control and make sure the
> PERIOD parameter is commented out in the emc.ini file.
>
> You must run EMC and root, although I think someone figured out what
> permissions to change to make this happen. The real time stuff must run
as
> root or have setuid permission set.
>
> I just run mine as root with steppermod.o for the steppers on a 266mhz
> machine. I was running it on a 133 Pentium laptop with steppermod.o for
the
> motion control program and that worked fine on my Sherline mill.
>
> John Guenther
> Sterling, Virginia
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Scott Hendershot [mailto:scott@...]
> > Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 1:48 PM
> > To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] EMC
> >
> >
> > I have more questions about using EMC. When I log in as a user
> > and click on one of icons on the desktop to launch EMC I get the
> > EMC splash screen for a few seconds, then it goes away and
> > nothing else happens. If I start emc.run from a console window I
> > can see that it starts to load up but then I get several messages
> > about permissions and the application fails.
> >
> > If I log in as root I can run emc.run but the application is
> > slow. The mouse becomes unresponsive for several seconds at a
> > time and the screen updates may take several seconds as well.
> > This machine is a pentium II 233MHz. Does emc just run that slow?
> > Would the performance be acceptable if run as a regular user
> > instead of root?
> >
> > I'm not sure what to expect from emc so any suggestions are welcome.
> >
> > TIA
> > Scott
> >
> >
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