Well, took QUITE a while, but I now have the Blum TC50 touch probe set up on my Bridgeport. (This is the one that I had at the Wichita code fest.) I now have the interface in a box mounted on the mill, and made a few mods to that. When I had it in Wichita, there was a switch to allow the machine to move when the probe was not installed. it was possible to defeat the probe safety and thereby break the probe tip. Now, I have a probe on button and a probe off button. When you press probe off, it turns the probe off and allows the machine to move. When you press probe on, it turns the probe on and if the IR receiver is not getting a valid signal from the probe, it asserts motion.feed-hold to stop the machine. If you press probe on when you install the probe in the spindle, it pretty much protects you from breaking the probe.
One little oddity I noticed was that if the probe is tripped when you start a jog move, LinuxCNC doesn't complain like it would when the probe trips DURING a jog move. Well, that makes sense as if you interrupt a probe routine, you may need to jog off the probe. But, it means you need to be careful! Jon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
