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elia (elia@fedi.quiescent.nexus)'s status on Monday, 04-Mar-2024 23:49:40 JST

elia

netherlands:

everyone speaks english.
“card only” signs everywhere.
“sorry, we’re forbidden from accepting cash”.
employees even at big grocery chains visibly confused by cash and struggling to count coins.

germany:

“was?”
“cash only” signs everywhere.
“sorry, card payments from 10eur only”.
“easy online payments, just provide your online banking login and password to sofort, it’s completely safe and totally does not blatantly violate the terms of agreement you signed with your bank”.

elia (elia@fedi.quiescent.nexus)'s status on Friday, 02-Feb-2024 09:58:54 JST

elia

picking up where we left off in the previous thread: https://fedi.quiescent.nexus/notice/AeRV7KpDmnSI2Ewg4G

the hardware part o this story seems to be mostly done. it powers up and works. I have yet to test the actual servo drive, robot is not even connected at this point, but I'd say we're most of the way there.

let's look at the boot sequence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWHW8WK4cDk

00:03 - powerup.
00:07 - low voltage supply status led check.
00:14 - computer starts post sequence.
00:26 - windows 95 starts booting.
00:34 - wait what? yes, wxwrt.vxd. wxworks.
00:40 - at about this point the external monitor starts getting output, as the kvga driver is loaded and enables the vga port, which is normally disabled.
00:50 - windows boots, autostart kicks off kuka software.
01:16 - the control software proper starts up and begins hardware initialization.
01:39 - "download" begins - the digital signal processors on the mfc card are "downloading" firmware.
02:00 - dsps boot, last stage of startup begins.
02:20 - startup complete.

now, this is actually not the correct software for the krc1 control encosure. it's the volkswagen software that was configured for the vkrc1 hardware (see the linked thread). this is why it immediately throws a ton of errors.

next step: reinstall proper software.

more posts in this thread incoming soon.

elia (elia@fedi.quiescent.nexus)'s status on Sunday, 10-Dec-2023 16:12:29 JST

elia

replacing kitchen cabinets at hswaw.

an excellent excuse to grab one of the fun tools.

(the cabinet was not reusable due to extensive water damage.)

elia (elia@fedi.quiescent.nexus)'s status on Thursday, 26-Oct-2023 19:18:28 JST

elia

the qwertz keyboard layout is not real and cannot hurt you.

elia (elia@fedi.quiescent.nexus)'s status on Sunday, 07-May-2023 14:32:12 JST

elia

Lately, more and more online services are implementing the new, revolutionary availability strategy of *two-stage failover*:

1. It fails.
2. It's over.

elia (elia@fedi.quiescent.nexus)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Mar-2023 17:30:19 JST

elia

If it’s on a wall and has a frame, it’s art, right? So, I finally got around to un-deadnaming the initials under some art I happened to create.

Yes. this is a hole I accidentally punched into the wall with an industrial robot.

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