Eric H. Johnson wrote: > Hi all, > > In reading about the probe function it looks to do something close to what I > would like to do with a touch plate. This touch plate is put on top of the > material and Z is lowered until the tool touches the plate, which completes > the circuit and turns on an input. > > When this occurs, I would like to do the equivalent of a "G92 Z0.375" (the > pad is 3/8") or some other means of establishing this point as the top of > the material. Is there a way to use the probe function, or any other means > of performing this? > > Regards, > Eric > It sounds like you are trying to home to the touch plate...
In that case, what if you wired the touch plate up as a home switch for the Z axis? Or do you already have a real home switch, and simply want to establish an offset coordinate system using the touch plate? Regards, John Kasunich ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users