[Emc-users] Running LinuxCnc without Mesa cards

[Marius Liebenberg]

Hi,
I need to do a lot of changes to a customer's system that has 5i23 and
other cards installed. I dont have a similar installation to work on so
my question is, is there a way to run LinuxCnc or just start it up
without functionality, without having the 5i23 installed. Something like
a dummy component. I need to make sure all the HAL connections are made
and are to the right pins. Once that is done I can take the files to
their system and test.
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[Anders Wallin]

On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 10:13 AM, Marius Liebenberg

Post by Marius Liebenberg
Hi,
I need to do a lot of changes to a customer's system that has 5i23 and
other cards installed. I dont have a similar installation to work on so
my question is, is there a way to run LinuxCnc or just start it up
without functionality, without having the 5i23 installed. Something like
a dummy component. I need to make sure all the HAL connections are made
and are to the right pins. Once that is done I can take the files to
their system and test.

No, AFAIK.

A build-option where the HAL driver could be built in a "simulator" mode
would be nice.
All the HAL-pins would be exposed and available for monitoring, but no real
hardware would be required.

AW

[Michael Haberler]

Post by Anders Wallin
On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 10:13 AM, Marius Liebenberg

Post by Marius Liebenberg
Hi,
I need to do a lot of changes to a customer's system that has 5i23 and
other cards installed. I dont have a similar installation to work on so
my question is, is there a way to run LinuxCnc or just start it up
without functionality, without having the 5i23 installed. Something like
a dummy component. I need to make sure all the HAL connections are made
and are to the right pins. Once that is done I can take the files to
their system and test.

No, AFAIK.
A build-option where the HAL driver could be built in a "simulator" mode
would be nice.
All the HAL-pins would be exposed and available for monitoring, but no real
hardware would be required.

just emulating the pins with say a Python userland HAL component would be easy

that wouldnt help beyond loading though since the behaviour would have to be emulated too or it would be of rather limited use - the first dependency on an output pin having some non-default value would stop the simulation in its tracks

That problem has a $153 solution - which you'd want to put into proportion to the cost of writing a simulator including behavior

-m

Post by Anders Wallin
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[Marius Liebenberg]

Hi Micheal,
I hear you. The problem is that I have to keep a machine just for that
hardware. Also it has more than one 5i23. I suppose I will have to do
that anyway. The 5i23's will end up being used somewhere so it all
starts again :)

Post by Michael Haberler

Post by Anders Wallin
On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 10:13 AM, Marius Liebenberg

Post by Marius Liebenberg
Hi,
I need to do a lot of changes to a customer's system that has 5i23 and
other cards installed. I dont have a similar installation to work on so
my question is, is there a way to run LinuxCnc or just start it up
without functionality, without having the 5i23 installed. Something like
a dummy component. I need to make sure all the HAL connections are made
and are to the right pins. Once that is done I can take the files to
their system and test.

No, AFAIK.
A build-option where the HAL driver could be built in a "simulator" mode
would be nice.
All the HAL-pins would be exposed and available for monitoring, but no real
hardware would be required.

just emulating the pins with say a Python userland HAL component would be easy
that wouldnt help beyond loading though since the behaviour would have to be emulated too or it would be of rather limited use - the first dependency on an output pin having some non-default value would stop the simulation in its tracks
That problem has a $153 solution - which you'd want to put into proportion to the cost of writing a simulator including behavior
-m

Post by Anders Wallin
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Marius D. Liebenberg
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