On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Jon Elson <el...@pico-systems.com> wrote:
> gene heskett wrote: > > But, would it not come back on and move accordingly if the diff between > > shutoff position (saved) and present requested position exceeded that > > 1E-07? > No, I think it would not. It is evaluating for motion every servo > cycle. Now, you COULD extend the code > a bit to record the position when it shut off, and keep comparing > against that stored position. Then, in the case of > insanely slow motion, it would come back on when the commanded position > moved far enough to warrant it. > I actually did just that! if( fabs( position_command_in - old_pos ) > 1E-7 ){ t = timeout; old_pos = position_command_in; } else { t -= fperiod; } you see how I change old_pos only if a move of sufficient magnitude occurs. So I could move at 0.0001 IPM and it would actually work just fine, not that I would ever want that. i > > > I looked at the smallest knee mill Grizzly has, but keep going back to > the > > G0704 because of its larger table motion envelope. OTOH the head on that > > re-labeled machine can be articulated too. But it also weighs a good > half > > ton, and the flooring in my shop is not up to that, its sagged about 2" > in > > the middle now, and was liberally blocked and leveled when I built it. > > Damned yellow clay soil, its a supercooled liquid. Never stops flowing. > > > Always assume a job will come up that needs more travel! > > > Jon > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > What You Don't Know About Data Connectivity CAN Hurt You > This paper provides an overview of data connectivity, details > its effect on application quality, and explores various alternative > solutions. http://p.sf.net/sfu/progress-d2d > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What You Don't Know About Data Connectivity CAN Hurt You This paper provides an overview of data connectivity, details its effect on application quality, and explores various alternative solutions. http://p.sf.net/sfu/progress-d2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users