Would anyone have an example of gearchange implemented in their config file?

Thanks, guys, this looks like it will fit my bill, I would just like to look
at the example.

Igor

On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 2:46 PM, Igor Chudov <[email protected]> wrote:

> Andy, this is very interesting. How do I configure this gearchange, so that
> when a microswitch is turned on, it uses Gear 1, and when microswitch is
> off, it uses gear 0?
>
> Thanks A LOT!
>
> i
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 2:40 PM, andy pugh <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On 29 December 2010 16:54, Igor Chudov <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > I would like to put a microswitch near the back gear lever, so that EMC2
>> > would sense whether the mill is in back gear.
>>
>> > 1) Spindle forward actually tells the VFD to rotate the motor backwards,
>> so
>> > that the actual spindle would spin clockwise, as intended.
>> >    Spindle reverse actually tells the VFD to rotate the motor forward,
>> so
>> > that the actual spindle would spin counterclockwise, as intended.
>>
>> gearchange does this:
>> http://www.linuxcnc.org/docview/html/man/man9/gearchange.9.html
>>
>> There is a modified version available that handles multiple gears, but
>> the standard version will do what you need.
>>
>> I would be tempted to run two encoders with different scales (and
>> possibly with separate once-per-rev indexes) and swap between them
>> with a mux component.
>>
>> --
>> atp
>> "Torque wrenches are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise
>> men"
>>
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