Sounds to me like one 5 axis machine. You should be able to issue one line of code. All 5 axes should move coordinated in relation to each axis home position no matter the distance or orientation of the components.
On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 5:21 AM, andy pugh <[email protected]> wrote: > On 24 September 2015 at 02:18, Jerry Scharf <[email protected]> wrote: > > I now need to extend it to run two separate robots off the same linuxcnc > > controller and receiver program > > If you need the robots to synch then I think you need to be a bit cleverer. > > If you imagine one robot moving in XYZ space and another moving in UVW > space I think you need a pre-processor that "interleaves" the G-code. > This will include breaking up an XYZ move to start a UVW move and > vice-versa. > > All the axes of a G-code line reach the end point at the same time. So > to coordinate two robots you need to combine the moves onto one line, > otherwise you can't have both moving. > > -- > atp > If you can't fix it, you don't own it. > http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Monitor Your Dynamic Infrastructure at Any Scale With Datadog! > Get real-time metrics from all of your servers, apps and tools > in one place. > SourceForge users - Click here to start your Free Trial of Datadog now! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=241902991&iu=/4140 > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- Addressee is the intended audience. If you are not the addressee then my consent is not given for you to read this email furthermore it is my wish you would close this without saving or reading, and cease and desist from saving or opening my private correspondence. Thank you for honoring my wish. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monitor Your Dynamic Infrastructure at Any Scale With Datadog! Get real-time metrics from all of your servers, apps and tools in one place. SourceForge users - Click here to start your Free Trial of Datadog now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=241902991&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
