Trying to set up 2nd machine for testing

I have emc running well with machine name "my_mill" want to set up another one for testing and learning. Used Stepconfig and made a second one named "Carls_cnc". Every thing seemed ok during the set up. Tested all three axis and joged machine. Set speed and acelaration ok. Go to dest top and click on the new Carls cnc icon and nothen. Emc will not start. My mill still works fine.
What can I do to get the second setup working. I want to setup a joypad and learn HAL but leave the working one alone. Thanks Carl


More info. Seems that the desktop icon is what is broken. Runs from the "Applications" Ok.

No error codes. I had the same thing happen with the old computer. No problem, I can use it.

Hi

Look in /home/yourfolder/Desktop

The NameofShortcut.desktop file should have a format like this

[Desktop Entry]
Name=EMC-HAL-SIM-LATHE
Exec=/usr/bin/emc '/home/yourname/emc2/configs/sim/lathe.ini'
Type=Application
Comment=
Icon=emc2icon

The single quotes around the file path and name is important, because it is launched through a shell and identifies it as a single arg.

If it looks OK rename the .ini to lowercase with no spacers and try that (rename both the actual file and the arg in the shortcut)

regards

ArcEye wrote:

Hi

Look in /home/yourfolder/Desktop

The NameofShortcut.desktop file should have a format like this

[Desktop Entry]
Name=EMC-HAL-SIM-LATHE
Exec=/usr/bin/emc '/home/yourname/emc2/configs/sim/lathe.ini'
Type=Application
Comment=
Icon=emc2icon

The single quotes around the file path and name is important, because it is launched through a shell and identifies it as a single arg.

If it looks OK rename the .ini to lowercase with no spacers and try that (rename both the actual file and the arg in the shortcut)

regards

Does this info come from right click/properties ?

No it comes from opening a desktop shortcut and reading it.