Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] stable EMC version?

patrick@... wrote:

> A couple of different conversations I've had in the past week have caused me to
> wonder which version of EMC is being used by list members who are actually
> running jobs on their machines. In other words, what is the most reliable and
> stable version of EMC currently available?
> After being a quasi-bystander for the last couple of years, I finally have EMC
> driving my Emco-Maier f1 milling machine. I am currently running the BDI
> version of EMC, but I need to be certain that I can count on whatever version I
> am running. I know that both Jon and Tim have been longtime user's of EMC, and
> if I'm not mistaken, both are running earlier(?) versions of EMC. I am
> definitely interested in hearing any opinions on this.
>
> ftr: I am using a pentium 233, driving Gecko 320's, and servos

I have been running the 20-Dec-1999 EMC on my milling machine since
approximately that date. I have tried a few of the later versions with enough
problems to have to go back. Some time quite a bit later, the RT patch
was upgraded with a new kernel, and it has fixed a lot of the problems,
I believe. I am working with one of the latest BDI CDs, and intend to
upgrade everything at once, when I get my new hardware and drivers
working with the new EMC and Linux kernel.

Well, I think experience with the computer, Linux RT-kernel, EMC version,
GUI and Xwindows server, etc. is the only way to be sure. You can
leave EMC running overnight or all day, and see if anything goes
haywire.

Jon