Re: [Emc-users] Zeroing rotary axis

2008-10-16 Thread Ian W. Wright
Jeff Epler wrote Ian, Thanks for your report. I've reproduced the problem and I believe I've fixed it. (A nod goes to SWPadnos for noticing the factor of 25.4 hidden in the numbers you cited) Thanks Jeff, I'm glad it wasn't just me going nuts. I've no idea how to apply the patch

Re: [Emc-users] Zeroing rotary axis

2008-10-15 Thread Ian W. Wright
Chris Radek wrote... Have you homed A? issuing G53 X0Y0Z0A0 would give an error - is this a typo? What version of EMC2 are you running? Hi, Sorry, I didn't explain myself very well - I guess I was just too frustrated at the time.. The EMC2/AXIS version I am running is 2.2.6 When I start

Re: [Emc-users] Zeroing rotary axis

2008-10-15 Thread Chris Radek
On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 10:34:31PM +0100, Ian W. Wright wrote: Now I jogged the A axis to 68.023 (arbitrary angle) and hit the TOUCH OFF button and pressed ENTER with 0.00 in the box. The A axis value changed to -1659.772 Hmm, that sounds really wrong. Can you tar up your entire config and

Re: [Emc-users] Zeroing rotary axis

2008-10-15 Thread Stuart Stevenson
Gentlemen, I remember having in issue of this type. I believe the .ini file axis configurations were scrambled. thanks Stuart On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 6:37 PM, Chris Radek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 10:34:31PM +0100, Ian W. Wright wrote: Now I jogged the A axis to

Re: [Emc-users] Zeroing rotary axis

2008-10-15 Thread Jeff Epler
Ian, Thanks for your report. I've reproduced the problem and I believe I've fixed it. (A nod goes to SWPadnos for noticing the factor of 25.4 hidden in the numbers you cited) (It is easy for anyone to see the problem by modifying sim_9axis.ini to change [TRAJ]UNITS to mm. Then run emc. MDI to

[Emc-users] Zeroing rotary axis

2008-10-14 Thread Ian W. Wright
Hi, I wonder if some knowledgeable chap could explain to me why I'm having problems zeroing my rotary axis please. When I start up the machine I issue a 'G53 X0Y0Z0A0' in MDI followed by 'G92.1' and 'G10 P2 L1 X0Y0Z0A0'. These zero all the axes EXCEPT the 'A' axis which stays at whatever