Kirk Wallace wrote: > I did a tool change into the lathe spindle when I was trying to single > step through a program. I stepped until I got to a block with a G28 and > T5 M6 (move to home and change tool) in it. The program would not step > at this point so I just hit the resume button, where it proceeded to do > the tool change, but not the home. Afterward, I remembered that on a > Fadal mill I used briefly, that there were some gotchas about single > stepping. For now I stopped using single step and put G28 in its own > block. I realize that you can't put more than one code within a modal > group in a single block, but G28 is non-modal, are there any other > issues concerning codes within single blocks? Thanks. I think there may be an actual bug in the handling of certain operations with single step. I think this problem with G28 was reported by someone else about a month ago. Maybe if you could pull the toolholders and repeat the sequence with your hand on the E-stop to see exactly what block gets skipped, it would be helpful. I'm not sure having the G28 in the same block as some other commands it could be compatible with was key to this behavior.
Oh, I've got one, too: If you have a start spindle (M03 S1234) in the first line of the program, and use the "run from line" function in Axis, it will not start the spindle! There is no workaround for this except a manual spindle switch. Jon ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
