rtwas wrote: I am having a hard time understanding your message.
> So you're saying I could hold one of the switches (depending on config) > closed to keep > <override limits> operating? No. Limit switches are meant to be tripped by moving machinery, not by fingers. Holding a switch while the machine is moving is a good way to chop off a finger. > I'd be happy if that would work. Seems like there should be a better way > though. I'm trying to use the > extremes of my table and the limit switches on the X axis cause me to > loose a full 3 inches of > travel, So you _do_ have hardware limit switches? But your first message was talking about a problem with soft limits. If the hardware limit switch is preventing you from using three inches of travel, then either the switch is positioned incorrectly, or the machine builder had a very good reason for not letting you use that last three inches. > so I've turned off the auto-homing feature and manually home. By "auto homing" do you mean homing to a hardware home switch? > Is there a way to temporarily disable soft-limits? Please clarify - is the problem due to hitting a hardware limit switch or a soft limit? Does the problem happen before or after homing the machine to a hardware switch? Or are you not using a hardware home switch? If not, please describe exactly how you are homing. Do you jog to a specific spot and then click the home button to make that spot "home"? If you want to use soft limits you MUST home in the same place every time, either by using a home switch or manually, since the soft limits are positioned relative to home. If you don't want to use the soft limits, or if you will be "homing" at any arbitrary location instead of using a switch, then set the soft limits to plus and minus the maximum end-to-end travel of your machine. Regards, John Kasunich ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
