Could you not make it so the 'cycle start' button doesn't work till all the 
axis are homed ?
Chris Morley


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> Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:54:39 -0400
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] One More Homing Question
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
>>I tried Axis and it makes sense now. Now I understand how I can combine all 
>>the
>>positive limit switches to one input to perform the home sequence.
>>
>>The other thing I have been wondering about is whether there is a way to 
>>start a
>>program with a homing sequence.
>>
>>I am trying to train people to home before they run a program but am very 
>>scared
>>about someone forgetting it. Is it possible to secure this at the beginning 
>>of a
>>program?
>>  
>>
> It may be possible to script a home sequence at startup, but that's 
> actually a dangerous thing to do.  The machine should never move unless 
> an operator has told it to.  It's probably possible to program one of 
> the user interfaces to automatically home before every run (ie, when the 
> operator presses the "run" button), but that's probably a bit more 
> in-depth than you want ;)
> 
> How would the following scenario work for you:
> 1) two settings are added to the ini file, one which allows you to set a 
> lower jog speed for unhomed joints, the other which allows you to 
> disallow running a program if any joints are unhomed.
> If you set the "prevent run before homing" setting, then the user would 
> get a message if they try to run the program before homing.  If you set 
> the unhomed jog velocity low, they'll probably get annoyed enough to 
> home also :)
> 
> Note:  I'm not exactly sure how to implement these features.  I don't 
> know if they should be at the GUI level or somewhere deeper in EMC (and 
> available to all GUIs).  That kind of decision has a great effect on the 
> complexity of the changes needed.  The ideas popped up when thinking 
> about the general problem I think you're telling us about.  If you think 
> one or both of these features would be useful to you, please let us know.
> 
> - Steve
> 
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