I have an XHC-HB04 wireless MPG that doesn't "quite" work yet. While working on it, I had a thought.
Homing is one of the riskier functions. You could Z-down to a touch plate and not realize the plate's not underneath it at all and go scrambling to stop it. Having automated process buttons that take command away from the operator are inherently risky. My idea would be that you would have to HOLD DOWN the Home Z button for the process to continue. If you release the button before it's complete, the axis just stops and it forgets about homing. This would tend to direct your attention to what's happening and if things go wrong you just let go. Also if you were to accidentally press the Home Z button, nothing serious would happen. It would bump down like 1/4 in and stop when you realized you pressed the wrong button. What might it take to implement such a thing? I do have trivkins for the gantry, and the homing is already a somewhat complicated special-case. Danny ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Find and fix application performance issues faster with Applications Manager Applications Manager provides deep performance insights into multiple tiers of your business applications. It resolves application problems quickly and reduces your MTTR. Get your free trial! https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/302982198;130105516;z _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
