On Saturday 01 March 2014 00:07:18 EBo did opine: > Out of curiosity, is there some elegant way to configure a machine so > that it can work in 3 or 4-axis mode depending on if the rotary axis is > connected? > > I have a machine that has 4 axes, but under most circumstances I only > run it with 3. The issue arises that I want to start it up with either > 3 or 4 -axes depending on connecting the rotary axis, and/or the program > requirements... > > Any suggestions on how to address this flex configuration in an elegant > way? > > EBo -- On my toy, I "home" where ever its at, no home switches, and its a minor annoyance to have to home A when its not connected, but the machine is otherwise happy as a clam.
So I don't bother with loading the 3 axis config even when the rotary table is on the shelf. YMMV of coarse. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> NOTICE: Will pay 100 USD for an HP-4815A defective but complete probe assembly. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Flow-based real-time traffic analytics software. Cisco certified tool. Monitor traffic, SLAs, QoS, Medianet, WAAS etc. with NetFlow Analyzer Customize your own dashboards, set traffic alerts and generate reports. Network behavioral analysis & security monitoring. All-in-one tool. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=126839071&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
