Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] mach 3 software source

jeremy youngs wrote:

> jon
> thanx for correcting me and giving a better dissertation than i could have
> on the matter
>
> also im running an optiplex 620 and like it quite a bit, do you disable the
> smi on yours and what latencies are you getting?
>

Does it even HAVE SMI? Since it has no CPU-controlled fans or
batteries, I doubt
it has SMI. The latest Optiplex that I was really happy with was the
GX280. I
do have a 620 here, and did not have great latency with it. It will end up
as my web server and be used at the test bench where mediocre latency is
not likely to hurt anything. But, maybe it does have SMI code, so I
might try turning that off. Anyway, I am not a believer in
software-generated
step pulses, and so hardware step generators (or servo controllers) are
a lot
less sensitive to latency glitches (up to a point).

Oh, and as for support, a lot of questions get answered within hours, and
easy fixes often get corrected within days. There are some areas of
LinuxCNC
such as restarting of programs with subroutines, where the problem goes
quite
deep, but there are guys working on these things. But, they may take months
or years to be fixed. Those are more in the area of extending LinuxCNC,
though.

Jon