On Monday 06 April 2020 08:33:55 Chris Morley wrote: > Andy. > > Thanks for responding. > > I wonder if using $-1 to select all spindles would be a better idea. > Then a program for a single spindle machine runs the same on a multi > spindle machine. To use the other spindles one would need to > explicitly tell it to. > > I actually would not expect M5 to stop all spindles, though I > certainly can see the argument for it to. Though again M5 %-1 I think > would be better, as again explicit is better. > > Chris
I agree with Chris, the multiple spindle stuff should be totally separated from the default behaviour we've had before. > ________________________________ > From: andy pugh <[email protected]> > Sent: April 6, 2020 11:28 AM > To: EMC developers <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Emc-developers] multi spindle design choice question > > On Mon, 6 Apr 2020 at 12:15, Chris Morley <[email protected]> wrote: > > I see from the docs that this is by design. > > I am curious about why this choice - it seems error prone and > > frankly annoying to program for. > > The idea was that you might want to set the speed of a number of > spindles and then start and stop them simultaneously. > > It was also to be consistent with M5 (and I imagine that you would > always expect M5 to stop all spindles) > > If a plain S1000 sets all spindles to 1000rpm then _that_ is probably > a mistake on my part. > > -- > atp > "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is > designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and > lunatics." > — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
