A "hello" and a Live-CD question

Hi everyone,

I have been a member for about an hour now and thought I would say hi to everyone. So...Hi!

I have owned a 1981 Enshu Accu-Mill for 5 or 6 years now and I really love the machine (see picture attached below). It is heavy duty and well constructed. However, I was disappointed when I bought it because the Fanuc 3M controller could only do 2.5D milling.

A few months ago I decided it was time to upgrade so I began building a new controller (see picture below). I am at the point now where I am ready to install EMC2 and connect the controller to the machine. As a new EMC user I am sure you will hear more from me but I am hoping it all runs smoothly. Of course, I do already have a question (albeit a simple one).

I have used the Live CD with Ubuntu 8.04 and EMC 2.3 and love the program. However, as I was about to install it, version 2.4 was released. In addition, I also discovered that a new servo setup wizard is being developed with it. I'd really like to use the 2.4 version and I was hoping that the new Live CD would be available soon. Is there an anticipated release date for this Live-CD version?

Thanks so much for your help and thank you to those who develop and maintain this program. It felt like Christmas when I discovered it was free.

Thanks!

David B.

It looks like I posted the same pic twice. Here is the machine.

Hi John,

Thank you.

I tried this upgrade a few weeks ago and EMC2 crashed on me. I then reverted to 2.3.5 but it still crashed. I probably did something wrong.

I will try a fresh install of EMC 2.3.5 and then retry the upgrade.

Thank you!

David