On Thu, 9 Dec 2010 21:00:33 -0600, you wrote: >On Thu, Dec 09, 2010 at 10:42:44PM +0000, Steve Blackmore wrote: >> On Thu, 9 Dec 2010 07:42:34 -0800 (PST), you wrote: >> >> >> 3. The user interface needs a lot of critical thinking >> >> still, to bring it up >> >> to scratch. Have a good look at the latest FANUCs for >> >> instance. >> > >> >but the UI is miles ahead of mach3. >> >> Not for touch screen lathe users ! > >Touchy has had lathe support for a while now, but I'm not using it >yet. Have you tried it?
Hi Chris No, couple of things with it. No backplot and DRO's too small to read at distance. Having said that just DRO readings are pretty meaningless to see where a job is physically up to, can't beat a good backplot :) >> It also has it's quirks - two for starters that really annoy, first is >> nasty IMO - Axis, click on spindle start, spindle races off at some >> arbitrary speed. Need to press + twice before you can control speed. > >I can't reproduce this - can you give more details? Can you >reproduce it in sim? Don't know how I could run my machine in Sim. What happens is press spindle start, that enables spindle and seems to enable PWM output to VFD at 50% duty rate. Press + and PWM then drops to 0%, then you need to press + again to control speed. It does it even if you have previously set a speed on the MDI screen, and ignores a speed set in RS274NGC_STARTUP_CODE It should start at 0% PWM or S0 if you have not set a speed, or at a speed set in startup code. Steve Blackmore -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
