Re: [Emc-users] touch off doesn't shift loaded paths

2014-12-19 Thread faxel
I start the sim/axis/axis config, take the machine out of estop and turn it on, and home all the axes. Then i jog Z up or down to someplace, hit the End key (or click the Touch Off button) to bring up the Touch-off dialog, type in 0, and click Ok. The backplot immediately jumps so the tool

Re: [Emc-users] touch off doesn't shift loaded paths

2014-12-19 Thread Claude Zervas
Ah! Yes, I'm using an older version - 2.5.x I have to upgrade... thanks - Claude On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 3:29 AM, fa...@zoellich.de wrote: I start the sim/axis/axis config, take the machine out of estop and turn it on, and home all the axes. Then i jog Z up or down to someplace, hit the

Re: [Emc-users] touch off doesn't shift loaded paths

2014-12-19 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 12/19/2014 07:23 AM, Claude Zervas wrote: Ah! Yes, I'm using an older version - 2.5.x I have to upgrade... Touch-off works in 2.5 as well. This must be some strange issue with your particular configuration. Upgrading probably won't fix it, we'll have to figur out what's wrong with your

Re: [Emc-users] touch off doesn't shift loaded paths

2014-12-19 Thread Chris Radek
On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 07:51:30AM -0700, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: On 12/19/2014 07:23 AM, Claude Zervas wrote: Ah! Yes, I'm using an older version - 2.5.x I have to upgrade... Touch-off works in 2.5 as well. This must be some strange issue with your particular configuration.

Re: [Emc-users] touch off doesn't shift loaded paths

2014-12-19 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 12/19/2014 08:17 AM, Chris Radek wrote: On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 07:51:30AM -0700, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: On 12/19/2014 07:23 AM, Claude Zervas wrote: Ah! Yes, I'm using an older version - 2.5.x I have to upgrade... Touch-off works in 2.5 as well. This must be some strange issue with

Re: [Emc-users] touch off doesn't shift loaded paths

2014-12-19 Thread Axel Zöllich
A var file that's not writable can cause this. Sometimes people get into this situation or similar ones by running linuxcnc with sudo, which you SHOULD NEVER do. That's quite a good idea. I'm not running linuxcnc as root but as an ordinary user. But the config is stored in another users home.

Re: [Emc-users] touch off doesn't shift loaded paths

2014-12-19 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 12/19/14 1:13 PM, Axel Zöllich wrote: A var file that's not writable can cause this. Sometimes people get into this situation or similar ones by running linuxcnc with sudo, which you SHOULD NEVER do. That's quite a good idea. I'm not running linuxcnc as root but as an ordinary user. But

[Emc-users] touch off doesn't shift loaded paths

2014-12-18 Thread Axel Zöllich
After loading a g-code file in axis gui I move the tooltip to the workpiece and touch off with 0. But the loaded path doesn't shift towards the tooltip. Indeed it doesn't shift with any touch off value on any coordinate. Should be a configuration error? # Generated by PNCconf at Wed Oct 8

Re: [Emc-users] touch off doesn't shift loaded paths

2014-12-18 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 12/18/2014 04:36 PM, Axel Zöllich wrote: After loading a g-code file in axis gui I move the tooltip to the workpiece and touch off with 0. But the loaded path doesn't shift towards the tooltip. Indeed it doesn't shift with any touch off value on any coordinate. Should be a

Re: [Emc-users] Touch-Off Button

2013-04-06 Thread N. Christopher Perry
Du. Staring right at it and not seeing it. Never mind. N. Christopher Perry On 2013-Apr-5, at 22:59, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: On 04/05/2013 08:46 PM, N. Christopher Perry wrote: I've been reading the AXIS GUI documentation and it mentions a 'Touch Off' button. My

Re: [Emc-users] Touch-Off Button

2013-04-06 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Great! I like easy problems :-) N. Christopher Perry n_christopher_pe...@me.com wrote: Du. Staring right at it and not seeing it. Never mind. N. Christopher Perry On 2013-Apr-5, at 22:59, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: On 04/05/2013 08:46 PM, N. Christopher Perry wrote: I've

[Emc-users] Touch-Off Button

2013-04-05 Thread N. Christopher Perry
I've been reading the AXIS GUI documentation and it mentions a 'Touch Off' button. My installation doesn't display this and I can't figure out why? I'm running EMC 2.4.6. Here are my ini and hal files: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/34705319/mini-mill.hal

Re: [Emc-users] Touch-Off Button

2013-04-05 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 04/05/2013 08:46 PM, N. Christopher Perry wrote: I've been reading the AXIS GUI documentation and it mentions a 'Touch Off' button. My installation doesn't display this and I can't figure out why? The Touch Off button is in the Manual Control tab (F3), in the upper left. Here's a

[Emc-users] touch-off plate

2011-09-25 Thread Jon Elson
A guy on CNC Zone asked about hal code for a touch-off plate, and I remember a discussion fairly recently about this. I tried looking back in the linuxcnc.org forums, but the search only works on the first page. So, I was not able to find the discussion. Does anyone remember this and who got it

Re: [Emc-users] touch-off plate

2011-09-25 Thread Kent A. Reed
On 9/25/2011 1:14 PM, Jon Elson wrote: A guy on CNC Zone asked about hal code for a touch-off plate, and I remember a discussion fairly recently about this. I tried looking back in the linuxcnc.org forums, but the search only works on the first page. So, I was not able to find the

Re: [Emc-users] touch-off plate

2011-09-25 Thread Keith Shale
Here is a link with gcode etc http://jager.no/news/calibrating-tool-length-with-a-probe-in-emc2 Regards Keith On 37-01--10 11:59 AM, Jon Elson wrote: A guy on CNC Zone asked about hal code for a touch-off plate, and I remember a discussion fairly recently about this. I tried looking back

Re: [Emc-users] touch-off plate

2011-09-25 Thread Jon Elson
Keith Shale wrote: Here is a link with gcode etc http://jager.no/news/calibrating-tool-length-with-a-probe-in-emc2 Thanks, this is what I was looking for, I think. I will tell the original asker of the question. Jon

Re: [Emc-users] Touch Off Switch behavior

2010-03-30 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
At 01:51 PM 3/29/2010, you wrote: The only reason I set the touch off position from the homed position was to see if Touch Off was actually working, or if I needed to delve a little deeper. That's what I thought Sounds like you nailed it! :-) Dave I'm a computer guy/sysadmin type at

Re: [Emc-users] Touch Off Switch behavior

2010-03-30 Thread Dave
Haha ... I need to remember that one... to tell my customers Although they might not see the humor in that oh well. ;-) Dave On 3/30/2010 5:23 AM, Mark Wendt (Contractor) wrote: At 01:51 PM 3/29/2010, you wrote: The only reason I set the touch off position from

Re: [Emc-users] Touch Off Switch behavior

2010-03-29 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
At 11:44 AM 3/28/2010, you wrote: Sounds like you may have a homing issue.. does Axis indicate that the machine is homed after you home and then move away from the home position? Once homed Axis should indicated homed until you initiate a new home routine or you Estop the machine.. (there are

Re: [Emc-users] Touch Off Switch behavior

2010-03-29 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
At 12:43 PM 3/28/2010, you wrote: The problem is that a lot of functionality in EMC2 and Axis needs to know the current position of the slides relative to the machine's limits of travel. For instance, Axis displays the machine's limits on the screen. EMC checks all programs against the machine's

Re: [Emc-users] Touch Off Switch behavior

2010-03-29 Thread Dave
On 3/29/2010 5:09 AM, Mark Wendt (Contractor) wrote: At 11:44 AM 3/28/2010, you wrote: Sounds like you may have a homing issue.. does Axis indicate that the machine is homed after you home and then move away from the home position? Once homed Axis should indicated homed until you

[Emc-users] Touch Off Switch behavior

2010-03-28 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
I was playing around with my machine yesterday, trying to learn the functions of the buttons and menus in Axis. I got to the Touch Off button and I not sure I'm doing the right thing or if I'm getting the right behavior from the button (this is all done via air machining). I moved my X axis

Re: [Emc-users] Touch Off Switch behavior

2010-03-28 Thread Dave
Sounds like you may have a homing issue.. does Axis indicate that the machine is homed after you home and then move away from the home position? Once homed Axis should indicated homed until you initiate a new home routine or you Estop the machine.. (there are probably a few other ways to

Re: [Emc-users] Touch Off Switch behavior

2010-03-28 Thread Jon Elson
Mark Wendt (Contractor) wrote: I moved my X axis to where I'd simulated my part to be, hit the Touch Off button, and the little window popped up. I entered 0.0 with P1 G54 selected in the pull down. Some activity - disks whirling, small activity bar, etc, then a warning window popped up

Re: [Emc-users] Touch off in gcode

2010-03-03 Thread Steve Blackmore
On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 21:42:03 +1100, you wrote: Excellent. G28 was what I was looking for. At least that allows me to remeasure the z offsets for the lathe tools pretty quickly - z travel into a touch plate. Any suggestions on how to do this with the x axis? Currently, I mount some stock and

Re: [Emc-users] Touch off in gcode

2010-03-02 Thread Frank Tkalcevic
. Then I use the Axis touch-off command to set the tool offset. -Original Message- From: Andy Pugh [mailto:a...@andypugh.fsnet.co.uk] Sent: Monday, 1 March 2010 4:59 AM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Touch off in gcode On 27 February 2010 23:33, Frank

Re: [Emc-users] Touch off in gcode

2010-03-02 Thread Frank Tkalcevic
into the chuck (happens too often). I need a convenient way to recalibrate the tools after a crash. -Original Message- From: Jeff Epler [mailto:jep...@unpythonic.net] Sent: Monday, 1 March 2010 2:20 AM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Touch off in gcode

Re: [Emc-users] Touch off in gcode

2010-02-28 Thread Jeff Epler
For the specific purpose of measured tool lengths, use G43.1 I- K- dynamic tool compensation instead of coordinate system offsets. http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.3/html/gcode_main.html#sub:G43,-G49:-Tool In v2.4 the gcode will be incompatibly changed because tool length offsets can apply to all axes,

Re: [Emc-users] Touch off in gcode

2010-02-28 Thread Andy Pugh
On 27 February 2010 23:33, Frank Tkalcevic fr...@franksworkshop.com.au wrote: Can this be done in Gcode?  I can't see how to get the current machine position in gcode. I found a clunky way to do it by using G92 X0 Z0 then reading the offsets stored in #5211 and #5213. This assumes you want

[Emc-users] Touch off in gcode

2010-02-27 Thread Frank Tkalcevic
I'm trying to write a couple of Gcode programs to automate my tool zeroing on my lathe. I'm planning on having two scripts - one to initialise zero relative to my tool #0 (everything will be relative to tool #0), and the second one will be to zero each tool after that (and update the tool table).

Re: [Emc-users] Touch off / workpiece home coordinate

2009-05-01 Thread Rob Jansen
Tom, The G53 command results in the following error: interp_error: Can use only G5.2 or G5.3 after G5.2 Is this a bug? - There is no G5.2 or G5.3, only a G53 and the manual does not mention any dependencies on G53. I also read the information on G92 - it sets global offsets and affects all

Re: [Emc-users] Touch off / workpiece home coordinate

2009-05-01 Thread Tom
Rob Jansen r...@... writes: Tom, The G53 command results in the following error: interp_error: Can use only G5.2 or G5.3 after G5.2 Is this a bug? - There is no G5.2 or G5.3, only a G53 and the manual does not mention any dependencies on G53. As Chris R mentioned, check for which

Re: [Emc-users] Touch off / workpiece home coordinate

2009-05-01 Thread Rob Jansen
Chris, I downloaded a version from cvs about two weeks ago - in the speed of EMC development this indeed is 'a while back' :-) Based on your mail I did a cvs update / compile and now G53 works. Regards, Rob Chris Radek wrote: On Fri, May 01, 2009 at 09:39:07AM +0200, Rob Jansen wrote:

Re: [Emc-users] Touch off / workpiece home coordinate

2009-05-01 Thread Kenneth Lerman
I don't know which version you are using, but judging from the message it appears that there is an interpreter bug. There is a table in the interpreter that contains pointers to the functions that implement the gcodes. The actual gcode number is multiplied by 10 to determine the index in the

Re: [Emc-users] Touch off / workpiece home coordinate

2009-04-30 Thread Tom
Rob Jansen r...@... writes: I'm lost. I thought that the touch-off feature was for setting the workpiece home snip... After homing my machine, giving machine coordinates, how do I manually set the home coordinates of my workpiece to 0,0,0 ? Currently I search the sides of my

[Emc-users] Touch off / workpiece home coordinate

2009-04-29 Thread Rob Jansen
I'm lost. I thought that the touch-off feature was for setting the workpiece home position. So I search for the side of my workpiece with one of these LED feelers (kantentaster in Dutch, don't know the English term) and perform a touch-off with 5mm. I thought this should set my coordinate (X or

Re: [Emc-users] Touch off for z axis is -.0695????

2009-04-19 Thread amtb
hello i want to be sure 52412.00 52421.00 5243 -2.00 52440.00 52450.00 52460.00 where 52XX is for G55. XX41 is X axis XX42 is Y axis XX43 is Z axis XX44 is A .. XX45 is B ... XX46 is C on the the picture of same page- 1.3 Fixture Offsets

Re: [Emc-users] Touch off for z axis is -.0695????

2009-04-18 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Fri, 2009-04-17 at 22:45 -0700, Michael Jones wrote: Whenever I position my z axis where I want my G54 zero point the relative position reads -.0695 instead of zero? I can't find this setting anywhere in the system.. or at least anywhere I have thought to look.. Where can I set my

[Emc-users] Touch off for z axis is -.0695????

2009-04-17 Thread Michael Jones
Whenever I position my z axis where I want my G54 zero point the relative position reads -.0695 instead of zero? I can't find this setting anywhere in the system.. or at least anywhere I have thought to look.. Where can I set my z zero point to 0.00 Thanks, - Michael

Re: [Emc-users] Touch off / G92 headaches

2008-06-24 Thread Bas Laarhoven
Rob Jansen wrote: I know this is probably my own fault for not having limit and home switches (yet) But I keep getting headaches from the Axis behavior of the touch off function in Axis. When I move my zero position finder and then try to do a touch off with 4mm to get the home

Re: [Emc-users] Touch off / G92 headaches

2008-06-24 Thread John Thornton
Rob, AFAIK, when resuming a program you need to do a G92.3 to restore the offsets from the last G92. When the program stops running the G92 is no longer in effect. When use from MDI it remains in effect. Read the last paragraph in section 15.19 of the G-Code section of the user manual for

[Emc-users] Touch off / G92 headaches

2008-06-23 Thread Rob Jansen
I know this is probably my own fault for not having limit and home switches (yet) But I keep getting headaches from the Axis behavior of the touch off function in Axis. When I move my zero position finder and then try to do a touch off with 4mm to get the home coordinate, suddenly the OK button

Re: [Emc-users] Touch Off

2007-09-18 Thread Jon Elson
Andy Ibbotson wrote: Jon, Machined was homed first. It does seem that using end and backspace clears the problem. I think it reinterprets the characters in the window after every change, not just when you click the enter button. So, when you are in the middle of wiping out an old number and

Re: [Emc-users] Touch Off

2007-09-18 Thread Andy Ibbotson
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jon Elson Sent: 18 September 2007 17:56 To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Touch Off Andy Ibbotson wrote: Jon, Machined was homed first. It does seem that using end and backspace clears the problem. I think it reinterprets

[Emc-users] Touch Off

2007-09-17 Thread Andy Ibbotson
Another evening, another question, I've just been using the Touch Off button with V2.1.7 and come up with a problem: Launch EMC Jog axes around etc. Click Touch Off for say X axis and attempt to enter 0.125 when I type the first 0 (zero) an error appears in the popup window saying bad number

Re: [Emc-users] Touch Off

2007-09-17 Thread Jeff Epler
Another user has reported a similar problem, but I've never been able to reproduce it on my machine. And that means I've been unable to try fixing it. :( Jeff - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all

Re: [Emc-users] Touch Off

2007-09-17 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 17 September 2007, Jeff Epler wrote: Another user has reported a similar problem, but I've never been able to reproduce it on my machine. And that means I've been unable to try fixing it. :( Jeff It has never worked for me either, Jeff. All I can get out of it is the bad number

Re: [Emc-users] Touch Off

2007-09-17 Thread Heinz Reimer
Andy Ibbotson wrote: Another evening, another question, I’ve just been using the Touch Off button with V2.1.7 and come up with a problem: Launch EMC Jog axes around etc. Click Touch Off for say X axis and attempt to enter 0.125” when I type the first 0 (zero) an error appears in the

Re: [Emc-users] Touch Off

2007-09-17 Thread Jon Elson
Jeff Epler wrote: Another user has reported a similar problem, but I've never been able to reproduce it on my machine. And that means I've been unable to try fixing it. :( You can definitely enter bad numeric representations in the window, I have done that by using the backspace key to remove

Re: [Emc-users] Touch Off

2007-09-17 Thread Jon Elson
Heinz Reimer wrote: Is there a correct procedure for using Touch Off? Ohh, you may have to be homed. Are you homing all your axes? If not, then EMC can't figure out whether you are within the software limits on the axes. (I'm not sure why it affects the touch-off function, as that doesn't