On 2/16/2014 4:01 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > Generally Tony, its pure cuss & cry, with the occasional wrecked part or > broken $15 chip. I am with you, we need a gauge we can use with ANY tool > simple by placing it and clicking "Home all", and my design is not it. Its > a step in the right direction, but why the heck should I have to shut down > LCNC and restart it with a different ini file that searches x for contact > when switching to a thread cutting boring bar? > > Seriously guys, this is another user itch that ought to be scratched. > Hell, just another button for x homing dir would help, a lot. Label it > XHD+ or XHD- so you know which mode is in effect before you hit it with the > mouse. Configure so it switches the homing dir -=moving for inward, > +=backing out contact search.
I'd expect that once a machine is configured, there should be a home position that is fixed and always gone to via a safe path. Retract the tool fully, zip over to Home and zero everything. Then other zeroing functions would be temporary, with the ability to save them as origin points for repeat jobs, and the software should have the ability to go Home then back to the job based off the temporary origin. With such a setup there could be a touch off gauge at Home so a manual tool change would bring the machine to a safe condition for the operator to change tools then poke a button to indicate the change is done. Zip to Home, touch off then back to the job to use the tool. Once a machine is configured, the operator shouldn't ever have to be mucking about behind the scenes of the software or fiddling with settings or having to shut down and restart the software to make it change modes. Boot the thing and it should be capable at once of doing every function the machine can do. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Android apps run on BlackBerry 10 Introducing the new BlackBerry 10.2.1 Runtime for Android apps. Now with support for Jelly Bean, Bluetooth, Mapview and more. Get your Android app in front of a whole new audience. Start now. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=124407151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
