On Fri, 2009-06-05 at 20:14 +0100, Andy Pugh wrote: > I have had a rather frustrating evening in my workshop, and I am not > sure if it is me at fault or EMC. ... snip > how the tool table works, how axis works or is there in fact a bug of > some sort in EMC2? (I doubt the latter, surely it would have been > noticed by now?) > > -- > atp
How do you set your home when you first start EMC? I haven't played with it much, but I believe the soft limits are based on the home position, so you need a consistent home location to base the limits on. For my mill (very basic stepper), I have marks on the base and slide that I jog to match up. This gets me within .2" of home, then I move the axis until the dial is zeroed. I never change the dial, so this gets my axes to within .0005" of home. Then I set invoke home in EMC2. My lathe has encoders with an index, so when I invoke "home" the axes scan for the index and set the home position. You will need to enter limit settings in your .ini file based on your established home position. Please post your results if this helps (,or not), so I'll know if I'm full of it (,or not). -- Kirk Wallace http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html California, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OpenSolaris 2009.06 is a cutting edge operating system for enterprises looking to deploy the next generation of Solaris that includes the latest innovations from Sun and the OpenSource community. Download a copy and enjoy capabilities such as Networking, Storage and Virtualization. Go to: http://p.sf.net/sfu/opensolaris-get _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
