You would think that a jog override for soft limits would be nice. But then that encourages sloppy setup and could cause serious damage on a larger machine...
John On 1 May 2008 at 22:43, Carl Helquist wrote: > Somewhat related to the overriding limits topic, but I think different > enough to start a new topic: > > I am using soft limits on my machine. If I accidently click on home > instead of touch-off (the buttons are right next to each other) at > that point I am stuck. I can't jog back to the home position to reset > it because I'm at the soft limit. While the obvious answer is to not > click the wrong button, I could also see this easily happening on the > keyboard as my home key is right next to the arrow keys. > > Is there any way to put an axis back to the pre-homed state? Either > that or a soft limit override? > > As I write this I may have answered my own question. I could modify > Axis and Tkemc to disable the keyboard home button (not a great > sacrifice as far as I can see) and move the screen home button to a > location that requires a more deliberate move on my part, possibly on > a pull-down menu. Disabling the screen button after homing the axis > once is also tempting, with maybe an option to turn it back on in one > of the pull down menus. Does anyone see any great disadvantage to any > of this? I not suggesting that this be a change to the official > version of Axis and Tkemc, just wondering if anyone sees any problems > with my idea. > > Carl Helquist > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference > Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save > $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com > /javaone _______________________________________________ Emc-users > mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
