Re: Octave Capability / Control Mach3 System

[Rian Lauwrens]

Hi

After a bit of work and experience I am sure that EMC2 will be perfect
for this system. I just don't understand why the application and the
computer freezes everytime? Is it possible that it might not happen
after I've updated EMC2?

On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 1:45 PM, Rian Lauwrens <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi
>
> As far as I understand I am able to run Octave and Mach3 on the same
> computer. I would appreciate it if anyone can give me help on
> inter-process communication on Windows. I guess I'll then be ale to
> send realtime G-code to Mach3.
>
> I downloaded linux and EMC2 and configured my gecko and motor
> according to the necessary specifications. It then created a mini
> application on my desktop that I am supposed to use to control my
> system. But, every time I start that mini-application the computer
> freezes and I have to reset it. What is the reason for this?
>
> On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 8:25 PM, Przemek Klosowski
> <address@hidden> wrote:
>> On 07/01/2010 05:36 AM, Rian Lauwrens wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I see I will only be able to run EMC2 on Linux. Is there not maybe a
>>> Windows compatible version?
>>
>> No, EMC uses Real Time Linux kernel modifications, so you can't run it on
>> Windows. Does it matter though? I assumed you will have a computer running
>> the CNC software (call it part A) and driving the Geckos and the hardware
>> (part B), and you want to talk to that computer from Octave running on
>> another machine (part C). If you went with Linux/EMC for A, your C could be
>> anything (windows or linux); note that as a special case, you could be
>> running Octave alongside EMC on A. I don't know how it works with Mach3 on
>> Windows---can you run Octave on the same computer where you run Mach3? If
>> the answer is yes, then you just need to figure out how to send commands
>> from another program to Mach3, which Mach3 people should be able to answer.
>>
>> I am copying it to help-octave because maybe people there have better ideas
>> about inter-process communication on Windows.
>>
>