LINUX CNC: basic540, 4 axes, EMC2 + AXIS

[brenck]

do you use linear bearings on all axis? what shaft size? whats the working pocket?

Thank you

[libed91]

is that a thinkpad?

[SpeedsCustom]

sweet stuff, what computer is running EMC to the Gecko 540!

I cannot get good results on large files. I lose steps in Z-axis. It's computer related with Latency.

[hotairmgt]

PIII and power management reduced to a minimum. no fancy hardware.

for emc2 you need low latency. PIII and early generations of P4 are suitable

[hotairmgt]

see the latency test on linuxcnc dot o r g

[DivineInterllect]

What is the minimum ram required on these older machines to run emc2?

[hotairmgt]

@DivineInterllect : 512mb , but I suggest 728 or 1gb at least. !if you use 2 different ram, make sure that the bigger is in slot 1

[DivineInterllect]

@hotairmgt Thanks,

I was building a mini-itx with 2gig ram and was told I can't for Linuxcnc. So I suppose they may have been mistaken then

[Gegsite]

@DivineInterllect

wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emci­nfo.pl?Hardware_Requirements

[porsche1977924s]

awesome! I've been wanting to build a 4or5 axis cnc.

where did you get your controller board?

[hotairmgt]

its the original StepFour driver box ....you need to make a stepper.hal, a pinout.hal and of course a machine.ini. If you want I can send you this files for your consideration.

[1mxtp]

can you send me your stepper.hal pinout.hal machine.ini please, do you use the sf-c2 controller box or the older one with 4 sub d ports on the front?

[amen23motor]

extractor doing fine job there????