On Sep 23, 2011, at 1:42 PM, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote:
> On Sep 23, 2011, at 04:19 , Viesturs Lācis wrote:
> 
>> 2011/9/21 Tom Easterday <[email protected]>:
>>> 
>>> 2) If I go into MDI tab (in World Mode) and click anywhere in the History 
>>> box I can jog X/Z axis at any speed (set by Jog Speed slider), but if I try 
>>> to jog Y axis only the left motor turns (and gantry racks).  Now, I thought 
>>> I wasn't even supposed to be able to use the jog keys in MDI, but perhaps I 
>>> am mistaken.  In any case, it seems to be in Joint Mode even though I am 
>>> actually in World Mode.
>> 
>> Oh, yes, I have had exactly the same situation!
>> My conclusion - do not jog machine, while in MDI mode!
>> As Andy mentioned, there is something wrong about the modes in EMC. I
>> tried to figure it out, but gave up on that.
> 
> 
> If i understand you two correctly, you're saying that you're using Axis, and 
> you can jog using the jog keys while in the MDI tab.  Is that correct?
> 
> If so, that's a bug, I think.  What version of emc2 are you using?  There is 
> a bug in 2.4.6 that permits exactly this behavior.  It's been fixed in the 
> 2.4 branch (and all the other branches), but it hasn't been released yet.

Yes, that is exactly what I am seeing.  I am using the latest released version, 
2.4.6.

> 
> If this is the buggy behavior you're seeing, would you please try a recent 
> 2.4 (compiled yourself or from the buildbot) and report back? 

It will take me a while to do this as I just began to rewire the machine for a 
different servo driver.  Also, if I am going to update, it might be nice to go 
to 2.5.  How close is 2.5 to being stable and/or released and is the fix to 
which you refer in 2.5?

Thanks,
Tom


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