>>Jog during feedhold is in every commercial control I've used, it's a glaring omission in EMC.
I'm sure that EMC2 will pickup that feature eventually but there is a list of work that is being done and from what I have heard, doing this "right" is not an easy task. The developers are a very disciplined bunch of guys and they aren't going to incorporate a hack into EMC2 at the risk of making it unstable. The stability of EMC2 is one of it's great features. >>Seems easier to play the "Nanny State" card to avoid the subject, rather than trying to discuss or solve any perceived problems, or implementing it. I don't think that has much, if anything to do with it. If it was simple it would have been done months ago. >>Les' tool change jog fix was posted to this thread on 17th March by Hubert Bahr. Ok, I think I saw that before, I'll find it - thanks. >>It works very well, I've used it many hundreds of times since last year without incident, in fact I couldn't use my router under EMC without it. Splitting files into one for each tool or adding a tool touch off device were proposed as the de facto fixes. Les's fix is elegant and simple to use. Ok, well if Les' tool change routine works as you would like, and if Les's memory is good, then doing a program pause, then stop, (then jog about, do tool touch offs etc ) followed with a "run from here" should in effect do what Les is doing with his tool change program modification... correct? Steve, can you check this out and let us know if it works to your satisfaction as is? Dave (Dave911 on the IRC) On 5/16/2010 5:42 AM, Steve Blackmore wrote: > On Sat, 15 May 2010 15:09:52 -0400, you wrote: > > >> From the discussion I have heard there are many concerns about putting >> this functionality into EMC2 plus it is viewed as being very difficult. >> > Jog during feedhold is in every commercial control I've used, it's a > glaring omission in EMC. > > What concerns? - There is a wiki page - please post them there, so users > are able to respond to them. > > Seems easier to play the "Nanny State" card to avoid the subject, rather > than trying to discuss or solve any perceived problems, or implementing > it. > > I've heard it's difficult, but not impossible, I can't really comment on > that, I am not a programmer and don't understand the innards of EMC. > > It's a pity pause (feed hold), doesn't behave like tool change, it would > be easy to implement then - then again, perhaps it does, I wouldn't know > where to look though ;) > > Les' tool change jog fix was posted to this thread on 17th March by > Hubert Bahr. > > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.distributions.emc.user/17898/match= > > It works very well, I've used it many hundreds of times since last year > without incident, in fact I couldn't use my router under EMC without it. > Splitting files into one for each tool or adding a tool touch off device > were proposed as the de facto fixes. Les's fix is elegant and simple to > use. > > When the tool change dialogue box pops up, you click on the axis screen > to get focus, then jog, zero tool or whatever you like, when finished > just click OK on the manual tool change box to continue code from the > line following the M6. > > Interesting to jog well away then continue, DRO's track any jogged > position and the return moves are quite predictable. > > Steve Blackmore > -- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
