Steve Blackmore wrote: >>I just committed a change to TRUNK that disallows MDI commands and >>program execution until the machine is homed. >> >> >Why? Many CNC users never "home" a machine. > >My machines don't have "home" switches, "home" is wherever I zero my >machines. That changes job to job, I certainly don't want to be zooming >off to some inconvenient position, just because somebody else "forgets". > > If you zero with the "home" function, then your machine will still be homed. What homing means varies from machine to machine, but setting a home reference point accomplishes the same function regardless of whether you have switches, encoders with index, or what-have-you.
I would like to see this as an ini-file setting so integrators can choose for themselves, but I see the addition of the functionality as a plus, not a minus. - Steve ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
