Re: [Emc-users] home+limits configuration

2008-01-29 Thread Andrew Wilson
Thanks Jeff, You are correct, this is undesirable. It is better than my current config of using the EOT's only as homing switches and using just the software based end of travel. Thanks for the help, much appreciated. Andrew On Jan 29, 2008 9:03 AM, Jeff Epler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[Emc-users] home+limits configuration

2008-01-29 Thread Andrew Wilson
Hello, I'm in the process of setting up a 3-axis cnc. The positive and negative limits on each axis are all placed in series going into 1 pin on the parallel port. I'm trying to get the machine to home each axis off the end of travel switches but when the machine hits the EOT switch it also

Re: [Emc-users] home+limits configuration

2008-01-29 Thread Andrew Wilson
resending as the message got garbled! Hello, I'm in the process of setting up a 3-axis cnc. The positive and negative limits on each axis are all placed in series going into 1 pin on the parallel port. I'm trying to get the machine to home each axis off the end of travel switches but when the

Re: [Emc-users] home+limits configuration

2008-01-29 Thread Jeff Epler
You can accomplish what you need in HAL or ClassicLadder. For each axis, there is a pin axis.N.homing which is TRUE when the joint is homing. You can use these together with the single input signal to get the limit signal. In C-like notation, this would be on_limit = switch_input