{"id":2401,"date":"2017-11-29T15:08:18","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T23:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stevenrhine.com\/?p=2401"},"modified":"2021-03-10T16:09:35","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T00:09:35","slug":"big-thanks-to-mesa-electronics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stevenrhine.com\/?p=2401","title":{"rendered":"Testing Surplus PC’s On Linux CNC & PathPilot 1.9.X \/ PathPilot V2.0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Testing Surplus PC’s On Linux CNC & PathPilot 1.9.X \/ PathPilot V2.0<\/p>\n

Looking to Use Tormach Path Pilot Software<\/a> on a Budget?<\/p>\n

You should Look at the very Abundant $50 or less Lenovo M70E’s on Ebay<\/a>.. Yes, That is 2 of them One for the Mill One For the Lathe.<\/p>\n

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These Surplus\/Government\/End of Life PC’s have the Stable G41 Chip Set and Will Accept Mesa 5I25 or 6I25<\/p>\n

Inside the M70E Case.
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These PC’s have an LPT header On the PCB for a printer port (Not Tested) Did not find any info on it in the bios like the usual LPT Ports. I will assume for testing when i get arround to it that it is lpt1: 378.\u00a0 Under linux lshw it did not show it as a resource. so not sure if this PC will work for the non mesa lpt port people without a LPT card.
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Linux CNC Latency Tests Bios Defaults Multiple GLX Gear’s & a Movie for a Few Hours.
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With Power Management Turned Off In the Bios Jitters are Very low.<\/p>\n

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Bios & Changes,
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\nAdvanced : CPU
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\nPower: Power On
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After running LCNC latency tests and they were more than acceptable, I installed Path Pilot Hooked to the Tormach PCNC-1100 and had Stable Movement and Function even on the USB Pendant. No Errors under Path Pilot.<\/p>\n

No Need to Spend big $$$ on a PC to Run Path Pilot! Just get a Mesa Card or a LPT Card. (Unless the LPT Port on the Mother Board Works may test over the weekend)<\/p>\n

Mesa 6I25 Card Installed In The M70E PCIE Slot.
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Next Test Will be With the Lenovo M71E has the H61 Chip Set.<\/p>\n

I will also be testing with PathPilot 2.0<\/a> which should be released very soon.<\/p>\n

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E-mail Form Tormach 12\/04\/2017 Path Pilot V2.0.0 Should be Released This Week…
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Ordered Path pilot 2.0.0 on 12-07-2017<\/p>\n

Mail Call #1 12-11-2017 Path Pilot 2.0.0 Arrived…
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Installing on The Lenovo it Went Smooth….
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Left Shift + Alt = Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa
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01-07-2018 Not Required But I Added Some SSD’s to the Boxes… Re-Installing Path Pilot 2.0 I Will put Proper Drive Caddy In Later… But for now just 1 Screw for testing. USB Transfer and Formatting is Slow…
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I will try and get some testing done this week…<\/p>\n

Please Support Mesa Electronics…. They Make a Quality Product!<\/p>\n

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