On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 19:24:45 -0700, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > > gearchange was written in 2008 by SWP, to support the Tormach PCNC > 1100, > which has two gears settings between the motor and the spindle. It > is > used by the tormach sample config, and by no other sample configs in > our > git repo. I believe that no tormach users are using the emc2 sample > config, because the spindle speed is wrong in that config. Maybe > someone somewhere is using the gearchange comp in their private > config, > and they haven't told us about it. > > ... > > But more than anything I am opposed to cluttering up the gearchange > comp > with backwards compatibility. I don't think that backwards > compatibility across major releases is a particularly important thing > in > general, and especially not when there are so few (maybe zero) > affected > users. (If you can get backwards compatibility for free, of course > go > for it, but don't let backwards compatibility hold you back from > making > improvements.)
agreed, and if you want to be nice, you can reverse engineer a new example config for the Tormach PCNC 1100. That way if there are any affected users, you have given them a replacement (or at least a start of one) for their machine. I am sure that someone with a PCNC 1100 would be willing to beta test your upgrades. It probably would not be all that hard knowing the gear ratios to set up such a config... > $.02 > and my $.027182818.. (adjusted for irrationally scary inflation). EBo -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
