Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] BDI and servos

At 00:09 12/8/2002 -0600, you wrote:

>Bob Simon wrote:
>
> >Thanks, that's what I wanted to hear! I perused Tim's web site for the
> >"hard-way install" and concluded that it's a formidable task. I have some
> >background in UNIX systems and would like to try it sometime, but the BDI
> >seems the way to go for the time being.
> >
> >How does EMC handle long streams of cutting data? Can it command non-stop
> >motion continuously from the hard drive or just the physical memory? I
> >can't seem to find any specifics on how EMC handles long programs.
> >
> >
>Yes, it has a long horizon lookahead, and will run programs of unlimited
>length. It has several
>different schemes of lookahead and acceleration profiles that can be set
>up, if you don't mind
>digging into the code a bit.

Can I assume by this you mean that the code for a particular scheme is
already written and /* commented */ out of the source file? I just have to
pick a new scheme, parameters, and recompile?

-Bob