CNC under Lubuntu (was Lubuntu alternative sessions script)

[Phill Whiteside]

Hi,

IIRC, when my Dad was doing his CNC course a few years back, they were
still using APT[1], the machines need simple commands. I believe this is
still the standard.

Regards,

Phill.
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APT_(programming_language)

On 7 July 2013 21:11, Federico Leoni <effelle at gmail.com> wrote:

> Pete,
>
> when you reply to messages here could you please put the mailing-list
> address too? Thanks!
> Back on topic, to see if yours CNC machines will works or not, could
> be a good idea to send a message to the LinuxCNC community/forum with
> a sample of the program output generated under windows. Surely they
> will help you.
>
> http://www.linuxcnc.org/index.php/english/community
> http://www.linuxcnc.org/index.php/english/forum
>
> Let as know!
>
> F.
>
> 2013/7/7 Pete <psmouty at live.com>:
> > On 07/07/13 20:00, Federico Leoni wrote:
> >
> > It's easy to migrate from xp to Lubuntu for normal office use. Trust me.
> > For CNC, assuming you are talking about computer numerical control, I
> > understand your doubts.
> > Anyway many CNC controlled machine use a set of standard instructions. I
> > worked with different lasercut from Mazak and other kind of CNC machines
> > some years ago and the majority were based on G-Code language.
> >
> > http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-code
> >
> > And if you like there are CNC solution based on Ubuntu
> >
> > http://www.linuxcnc.org
> >
> > Have a look on it.
> >
> > If you are not talking about this kind of CNC... Well please explain a
> > little bit more deeply your problem.
> >
> > F.
> >
> > Em 07/07/2013 15:30, "Pete" <psmouty at live.com> escreveu:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> It's great that we are thinking of offering a better experience to XP
> >> users, but let us not forget about the millions of small and medium
> sized
> >> businesses out there who will want to 'carry on as they are' with
> minimal
> >> cost in terms of hard / soft ware, and minimal retraining of their
> staff.
> >> Take my old company as an example employing 15 - 20 people on one site,
> have
> >> used XP since it's inception and is now being told by MS that they need
> to
> >> upgrade their six or seven machines to make them Win7 compliant. If we
> can
> >> offer something that enables them to carry on without that expense in
> these
> >> difficult times I am sure that would be a persuasive argument!
> >>
> >> Note that to this end I am in the process of clearing out my old netbook
> >> (1200 cpu 1.5gb ram 40gb HDD) to put a clean Lubuntu install on it for a
> >> meeting with my old boss on Thursday to show him how good it is and and
> a
> >> very reasonable outlay of nothing for either hard or software, possibly
> >> (even hopefully) a few hundred pounds to me for the installation of
> Lubuntu
> >> on their machines but that is secondary to getting the message out
> there.
> >>
> >> I have no worries over the 'office' functions (email, spreadsheets,
> >> presentations etc).
> >> The bit that concerns me is the CNC bit along with the software to 'port
> >> the specs' to the CNC machine as their specs often come from third party
> >> places who will quite possibly still be using windoze.
> >>
> >> I have not had enough experience of Ubuntu CNC to say for certain that
> >> there will not be any errors in then putting those files onto a *ubuntu
> box,
> >> and as that *is* their business they cannot afford any hassle however
> small
> >> and the transition *must* be seamless, as any hassle will have a
> negative
> >> impact on their business and they will end up going out and getting Win7
> >> just for compatibility with their customers.
> >>
> >> If anyone has any thoughts on this please let me know ! Although I no
> >> longer work for them I still have a good relationship with the owners,
> and
> >> do not wish that to change as I cost them time / money or worst of all a
> >> customer!
> >>
> >> Just my thoughts
> >>
> >> Peter Smout
> >>
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> > Hi,
> >
> > Many thanks for the link, i was aware of the CNC (computer numerical
> > control) based on ubuntu I am unsure of what language they use on a day
> to
> > day basis but i will ask on Thurs! I have no worries about the office
> side
> > of things (some minor formatting issues in word documents aside) I
> > frequently use my Ubuntu boxes for files from MS machines so I am
> familiar
> > with Libre Office / Open Office.
> >
> > Thanks again
> >
> > Pete
>
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