by defining [TRAJ]NO_FORCE_HOMING = 1 an integrator can chose to override the default behaviour of not allowing MDI and Auto before the machine has been homed.
regards, Michael On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:02:57 +0100, Eric H. Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I just downloaded the latest EMC source from trunk to try to debug > another > problem. This version is requiring that the system be homed before any > MDI > commands can be entered, a g-code program can be run, etc. > > Since my configuration is steppers, I was able to just force a couple of > inputs (end of travel limits and door open interlock) and run offline. > Now > it will not let me run until it is homed, but of course the home won't > work > with the home input forced. > > Under the sim configurations there is something called > simulated_home.hal. I > added the necessary components and linked in this hal file, but the home > function still does not work. There must be something else which must be > modified. > > Is it really necessary to require that the system be homed, or is there a > way to turn off this requirement? ISTM there are circumstances where it > should be acceptable to run without homing (i.e. G92), as the end of > travel > limits should still stop execution if one miscalculates on the size of > the > program to be run. It is particularly necessary in a situation like this > when trying to debug a specific configuration when not actually > connected to > the hardware. > > Regards, > Eric > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
