On Feb 28 2014 10:11 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > 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
Gene, On the machine in question, there are limit switches at both ends (and the < side is linked to home). I fantasize setting up the rotary (chuck) either syncing at 0.000 deg, OR reality checking out after trying to spin more than 360deg, triggering an exception that "I DO NOT SEE HOME" and arbitrarily "homing" the rotary axis... Can you think of a way to either do that, or come up with an equivalence? EBo -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
