On 6/6/14, 3:18 AM, Chris Morley wrote:
>>> Take this Scenario:-
>>> Max Velocity 2000mm
>>> Feed in program 1000mm
>>> Turn the max velocity slider down to 75% = Rapids now 1500mm , Feed 1000mm
>>> Turn the max velocity slider down to 50% = Rapids now 1000mm , Feed 1000mm
>>> Turn the max velocity slider down to 25% = Rapids now 500mm , Feed 500mm
>>> This is getting awfully confusing now because what is the feedrate
>>> slider doing at this point if you set it to 50%???????????????
>>> Do you get 50% of 1000mm or 500mm.
>>> I have never seen such bollocks in 30 years of cnc machine operating.
>>>
> I might point out that max velocity is not in percent.
> It is an absolute setting of units per minute (mm per minute in your case)
> That does explain why it works strangely to you.
> And yes I'm aware that possibly no commercial control works this way.
> IIRC it was an easy way to implement overriding of rapids at the time.
>
> Rapid override would be a great addition - I have a patch on the dev list
> just not sure it is the best way to go yet.
>
> When upgrading major versions (eg 2.5 to 2.6) one should expect big changes.
> We try to outline them in the wiki.
> One should be extra careful when upgrading major versions because of these
> type of changes and also because they are inherently less tested.
> That's the perils of upgrading
> (which you don't need to do unless there are new feature you need/want)
(I'm writing this to the developers list.)

Rather then tell us how to make changes so that the system works the way 
it used to, I'd rather see that as a default. Even if it adds a small 
amount of complexity to the system I think it would be better if the 
release notes said something to the effect:
1 -- To enable the new override functionality, add the line 
SPLIT_OVERRIDE=1 to your .ini file
2 -- To enable the new pid functionality, add the line NEW_PID=1 to your 
.ini file.

I think that would be safer and anyone who knows about the feature can 
easily enable it. (Maybe we should add a new section to the .ini files.)

Or maybe consider adding DEFAULT_FEATURE_SET=2.5 (for all old stuff), 
DEFAULT_FEATURE_SET=2.6 for the next version, DEFAULT_FEATURE_SET=3.0, etc.

Regards,

Ken
>
> If your keen on more input to the development of linuxcnc, might I suggest you
> subscribe to the dev list.
>
> Cheers
> Chris M
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