Still no joy. I've added the Speed command in the formats:
S1000 M3 S1000M3 M3S1000 M3 S1000 as well as just: (which is what I used in Mach3) M3 I'm just about to the "storm" stage.. If it's the culprit.. is there a way to fix the goofy default?? Thanks. - Michael On Apr 7, 2009, at 8:59 PM, Greg Michalski wrote: >> On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 23:41 Chris Radek wrote: >> On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 08:34:56PM -0700, Michael Jones wrote: >>> May need clarification. >>> >>> When I hit the play button to start executing the gcode.. the >>> spindle >>> turns off.. >>> >>> - Michael >> >> There are several answers to your question, but I think the best one >> is you're just missing the M code to turn the spindle on at the >> beginning of your program. You program something like >> >> S1000 M3 >> >> if you want 1000 RPM. >> >> Another answer is that this (turning off the spindle when switching >> modes) is a goofy default that is now fixed in the upcoming EMC2.3. > > Also - take note that the value of S is defaulted at 0 if you haven't > programmed a value to it, so both parts of Sxxxx M3 are required. > (Learned > that one the hard way..cussed up a storm for a while till it dawned > on me > that the spindle was turning at the speed I ordered it to - zero!). > > Greg > www.distinctperspectives.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. > Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
