Leslie Newell <les.new...@...> writes: > > I have to agree. There are so many times where this is useful or even > vital for a particular job. I understand the difficulties involved in > stopping halfway through a move but would it be possible to have an > option to stop at the end of the current move (or the end of the > lookahead queue) then allow jogging? All emc has to do then is record > the current position. Once you have finished jogging emc can move back > to the recorded position and carry on. The same would apply for a tool > change. > > Les > > Steve Blackmore wrote: > > The encoder support in EMC is very good, however the pause leaves a lot > > to be desired compared to Mach. > > > > It's not possible to Jog during a feed hold or pause in a program to > > zero a tool or clear swarf. > >
Les & Steve, I also have to agree with both of you. A lot of what you are willing to tolerate has to do with what you were used to - and in my case anything is a huge improvement over my old Bandit III ;-) In emc2/Axis when I pause the machine, the spindle continues to turn and coolant stays on. I have spindle/coolant override switches which I then use to turn them off, and this will let me get in there to correct a swarf or coolant issue. In order to jog the machine, I have to hit the Stop button and then use manual mode to do what I have to do. At that point, I highlight the line in the nc file where I left off and hit "set next line", but there is no way to turn the coolant/spindle back on unless you manually edit the nc file to include an M3S**** M8 statement prior to the line where you want to resume, and reload the nc file. which I have done. This can be tedious. It would be nice to have a spindle/coolant on/off switch in auto mode, just like in manual mode. Maybe a pyVCP widget would be all you need for this??? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
