Tom wrote: > Hi all, > > In an earlier post I commented on pausing Emc2/Axis in the middle of a cut in > order to clear swarf and the problem of using the "stop" button which turns > off > the spindle and coolant: how to "set next line" and resume where you left off > when the spindle and coolant are off? Alex J. replied that there was an ini > file setting that governed this behavior. > > Yup, this is a current problem in EMC2. There is a way to set EMC to not turn off the spindle and coolant on mode changes. But, actually, in most cases you DO want it to turn them off, it is only in the "start from line" case that you want them turned back on. I looked through the docs for the parameter that controls this, but I couldn't find it. I know there is something that can keep the spindle running with a mode change. Does it require a recompile? I vaguely remember such a thing being discussed.
I still say that the way this SHOULD work is that during the scan of the G-code while checking all modal states, spindle speed setting (S word) and spindle on-off (G03, G04, G05) should be held in a variable, and then that state should be established before the "start from line" line is executed. I admit, I totally do NOT know how to do this, and it would take me weeks of careful reading of all the relevant code to even begin to think about doing this. Jon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with Adobe(R)AIR(TM) software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills and code to build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the power of local resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the Adobe AIR SDK and Ajax docs to start building applications today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
