Jon, Are you implying that you manually, or otherwise, get the table to within one encoder revolution of home and then do a homing sequence with EMC?
Glenn -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jon Elson Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 10:51 AM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] How to set certain AXIS settings to defaults? Gary Fixler wrote: > One of the reasons I often drill a useless hole someplace at the > start of the > project, and write my code with that as the 0,0,0 point. That makes > getting > back to within a couple thou a bit easier. > > > That's a great idea. I would love an absolute positioning system - > something that was always the same for the mill, at least between full > strip-downs, and rebuilds. > Well, it depends on how your homing system works. I have index pulses on my encoders, and home to those pulses. I get quite repeatable homing that way. In theory, I could shut down one day, fire it up the next day, home the axes, and be right on the same alignment to the vise jaw or whatever. Jon ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
