Welcome to LinuxCNC.org

Because EMC is a global project (with users and developers around the world), there are various places that contain documentation of the EMC project. 

• For getting started with EMC, the Download page tells most about getting and installing EMC ;
  
  
• Documentation for the current release:
  
• User Manual - an extensive document about Installing, Configuring & Running EMC2. (pdf)
  
• Integrators Manual - a more advanced document for machine builders. (pdf)
  
• HAL Manual - documentation for the realtime hardware abstraction layer (pdf)
• Component and command reference (pdf)
  
• All documentation (html)
  
  
• More information is found in the wiki, a place where you can also add information
  
  
• Lots of tips in the Frequently Asked Questions area;
  
  
• Various Technical Articles describe EMC internals & usage
  
  
• Documentation for the unreleased development version, in HTML and PDF format, is also available here.
  

Developer information

• Developer's Manual - internal architecture, NML reference, homing procedures;
• Lxr generated information - annotated, cross-referenced code;
• Becoming a contributor ;
  

General Information

• A little bit of History about the EMC project
• Some Events revolving around EMC.
• Information about EMC2
• Information about the release system
• Information about submitting bug reports