On 09/03/2011 12:37 PM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: > Yes, You need to set spindle speed at least once in the code with S > word. I also had this situation... > > > I have a question, hopefully to start some discussion: > How hard would it be to remove (at least with some special line in HAL > or INI file) this S word requirement? > > Actually only milling machines need this to set spindle speed, there > are many types of machines that need only to turn on the tool without > S word. Those include plasma cutting machines, waterjet machines and > many different special-purpose machines, like Peter's hotwire cutting > machine or my welding robot. I am sure that there are many more. > > So does anyone have idea, how hard would it be to change it? Which > file of the source code to look in?
What about using the FILTER section of the ini file, to call a program to preprocess the gcode by adding S1 at or near the beginning. Karl ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer -- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! And you'll get a free "Love Thy Logs" t-shirt when you download Logger. Secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsisghtdev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
