On Mon, 19 Oct 2009, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote:

> Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:04:18 -0600
> From: Sebastian Kuzminsky <s...@highlab.com>
> Reply-To: EMC developers <emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net>
> To: EMC developers <emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net>
> Subject: Re: [Emc-developers] [rich...@candrarthur.demon.co.uk: Re:
>     [Emc-users] Hostmot2 homing index]
> 
> Jeff Epler wrote:
>> I thought I recalled these got added to hostmot2 sample configs,
>> but when I looked they still aren't there in master.  Should they be
>> added in master?  in 2.3.x?
>
> I never put encoder index homing support into the hm2-servo stepper
> configs, but it sounds like it'd be a useful thing to add.
>
> Does this require switching the hm2-servo sample config from the SVST8_4
> firmware to SVST8_4IM2 (with the index mask)?  That would be a problem,
> because there's no IM firmwares for the 5i22 or the 7i43s.

No, IndexMask is normally not needed, the software "indexMask" functionality
in EMCs homing logic is fast enough for most applications.


>
> Or is there a reasonable way to do indexed encoder homing without index
> masking?  Maybe using the home switch to set the .index-enable pin?  I'm
> not really sure...

I'm not a homing expert but it looks like the built in homing logic already 
does this (arm index-enable via home switch)

>
>
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