Thanks, Then it's not a problem, I just wanted to make sure it was not joints.
/ regards, Lars Segerlund. 2010/10/12 Andy Pugh <a...@andypugh.fsnet.co.uk>: > On 12 October 2010 13:36, Lars Segerlund <lars.segerl...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I saw in some old mails some limit of 8 axes in EMC, what exactly >> does this refer to ? > > It is a limit of 9, and really is inherent to G-code, which has A, B, > C, U, V, W, X, Y, Z as command words to move an axis. There are not > many (if any) letters of the alphabet unused, and the fact that G-code > ignores spaces means that this is not an easy limitation to overcome. > > There is no inherent reason why this limitation of degrees of freedom > has to mean a limitation in the number of joints, and this is being > worked on, as Alex has already mentioned. > > There is no limit to the number of Stepgens or PIDs that you can have > in HAL, so if you are happy to control joint positions from analogue > output commands or custom M-codes in the G-code you can fiddle it that > way (though such moves will not be coordinated with the 9 built-in > axes) > > -- > atp > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports > standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. > Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great > experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/beautyoftheweb > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/beautyoftheweb _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
