Re: [Emc-users] Homing - zeroing - touch off

2009-10-28 Thread Colin MacKenzie
...@andypugh.fsnet.co.uk] Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 8:42 PM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Homing - zeroing - touch off 2009/10/27 Colin MacKenzie cfmacken...@rtitampa.com: [Advanced] I had custom hal mods, so I running stepconf is not an option for me. If you have

Re: [Emc-users] Homing - zeroing - touch off

2009-10-28 Thread Sven Wesley
2009/10/28 Colin MacKenzie cfmacken...@rtitampa.com Yes, I have my stuff in separate hal files and linked in too like the joystick pendant..but I've changed values in my ini file too that I just don't want to risk it. The ini and hal files are pretty natural for me to edit directly anyway and

Re: [Emc-users] Homing - zeroing - touch off

2009-10-27 Thread Chris Epicier
Jeff I read your post with great interest. For me, it gave some very good insight. Like you, I do not have a repeatable tool length. I was wondering if I could get a kind of switch doing my touching off of the z-axis. The idea is as follows: - I have a parallel port based 3 axis mill driven

Re: [Emc-users] Homing - zeroing - touch off

2009-10-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 27 October 2009, Chris Epicier wrote: Jeff I read your post with great interest. For me, it gave some very good insight. Like you, I do not have a repeatable tool length. I was wondering if I could get a kind of switch doing my touching off of the z-axis. The idea is as follows: -

Re: [Emc-users] Homing - zeroing - touch off

2009-10-27 Thread Sven Wesley
2009/10/27 Gene Heskett gene.hesk...@gmail.com On Tuesday 27 October 2009, Chris Epicier wrote: ... - I have a parallel port based 3 axis mill driven by emc2 2.3.3 (soon 2.3.4) - I have a vacuum table, that is well enough even (I remill the surface when the wear plate needs to be replaced)

Re: [Emc-users] Homing - zeroing - touch off

2009-10-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 27 October 2009, Sven Wesley wrote: 2009/10/27 Gene Heskett gene.hesk...@gmail.com On Tuesday 27 October 2009, Chris Epicier wrote: ... - I have a parallel port based 3 axis mill driven by emc2 2.3.3 (soon 2.3.4) - I have a vacuum table, that is well enough even (I remill the

Re: [Emc-users] Homing - zeroing - touch off

2009-10-27 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
Chris Epicier wrote: Jeff I read your post with great interest. For me, it gave some very good insight. Like you, I do not have a repeatable tool length. I was wondering if I could get a kind of switch doing my touching off of the z-axis. The idea is as follows: - I have a parallel port

Re: [Emc-users] Homing - zeroing - touch off

2009-10-27 Thread Erik Christiansen
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 01:43:49PM +0100, Sven Wesley wrote: The touch of plates I have been using for years are normal steel, both standard and stainless. They are spring loaded. works like a charm. I've set aside a used tungsten carbide [1] hand planer blade to use in exactly that way, i.e.

Re: [Emc-users] Homing - zeroing - touch off

2009-10-27 Thread Colin MacKenzie
ago? I don't know. C -Original Message- From: Chris Epicier [mailto:seuch...@yahoo.de] Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 4:53 AM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Homing - zeroing - touch off Jeff I read your post with great interest. For me, it gave some very

Re: [Emc-users] Homing - zeroing - touch off

2009-10-27 Thread Andy Pugh
2009/10/27 Colin MacKenzie cfmacken...@rtitampa.com: [Advanced] I had custom hal mods, so I running stepconf is not an option for me. If you have custom mods like a joystick pendant email me and I can send you the two lines. These lines go in your configname.hal. [/Advanced] You can keep

[Emc-users] Homing - zeroing - touch off

2007-09-11 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks for your comments Andy but I can't see anything wrong in my ini file and still can't understand what is going on. The problem I was describing of not being able to reliably set zero home positions occurs when I first switch the machines on. For instance, I just turned on to set up a new

Re: [Emc-users] Homing - zeroing - touch off

2007-09-11 Thread Ray Henry
Take a look in the .var file you are running. Variable 5220 should be 1 and the rest zero unless you are trying to preserve some offsets. Rayh On Tue, 2007-09-11 at 19:54 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for your comments Andy but I can't see anything wrong in my ini file and still

Re: [Emc-users] Homing - zeroing - touch off

2007-09-11 Thread Jeff Epler
There are a bunch of different things that affect the relationship between machine coordinates and gcode coordinates. G5x coordinate systems: At any time, one G5x coordinate system is in effect. Normally the G54 coordinate is in effect at emc startup and after readahead reaches M2.

[Emc-users] Homing - zeroing - touch off

2007-09-10 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, I'm a bit confused I'm running EMC 2.1.7 with a simple stepper setup and, at the moment, no home or limit switches set up. So, I set the material on the machine and then want to zero EMC at some point on this material. From the literature I assumed that I should go to the AXIS manual

Re: [Emc-users] Homing - zeroing - touch off

2007-09-10 Thread Andy Ibbotson
Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10 September 2007 11:14 To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Emc-users] Homing - zeroing - touch off Hi, I'm a bit confused I'm running EMC 2.1.7 with a simple stepper setup and, at the moment, no home or limit switches set up. So, I set the material