On Tuesday 08 March 2016 23:28:20 Jon Elson wrote: > On 03/08/2016 09:39 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > From the .ini file: > > > > MIN_LIMIT = -10.25000000 > > MAX_LIMIT = 0.36900000 > > OK, these are the distance from the home position, wherever > you have it defined. You ARE homing the machine to a fixed > position, like a home or limit switch, right? If not, then > you have to have a defined home position, ie. you align the > machine to match marks on the axes and click home at that > position. Then, you measure safe limits of travel from > there and set the above soft limits to match. > > If you don't home the machine, then these values are > meaningless, but will cause erroneous error messages. > I have a home switch that trips about 50 thou short of the Z axis hitting the top of the cutaway for the Z nut bracket.
And it appears that I have potentially a workable setup now with: HOME = 5.45000000 HOME_OFFSET = 5.4500000 MIN_LIMIT = -5.4500 MAX_LIMIT = 5.4500 Which with a tool mounted, puts its tip about .8" below the top of the workpiece mounted in a tilting vice, or nominally 4.5" above the table in round figures. The red limit lines now have plenty of room above the z=0.000 position. My code is on the fritz ATM, but I can fix that when I've had a couple shots of caffiene tomorrow. One thing I learned, it seems a g43 TLO comp enable, is cumulative, and to stop that I have to put a G49 above the T17 M6 G43 line in order to restart with a non-comped position. I don't know if that is how it is supposed to work, but thats how it does. I'll rebuild the tool table tomorrow when , and fix my while loops, and I should be good to go. But note that that is written in very fine print. :) I should learn not to forewarn Murphy. Thanks Jon. > Then, you set the work coordinates with the touch off menu > in Axis (don't know how to do it in other GUIs). > > Jon > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >-------- Transform Data into Opportunity. > Accelerate data analysis in your applications with > Intel Data Analytics Acceleration Library. > Click to learn more. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=278785111&iu=/4140 > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transform Data into Opportunity. Accelerate data analysis in your applications with Intel Data Analytics Acceleration Library. Click to learn more. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=278785111&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
