On Oct 28, 2011, at 2:18 PM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: > 2011/10/28 Tom Easterday <tom-...@bgp.nu>: >> >> If, however, the Y axis is not where I want it, I select World Mode, jog to >> the location I want, go into Joint Mode, and then home the Y axis. > > In my machines switching to World mode, when joints are not homed, > results in error message that joints need to be homed at first. > Why on earth can not You jog the joints in joint mode?
Because I have two motors on one axis and if I do that bad things happen (racking of gantry). >> And FWIW, I am running gantrykins. In kinematics.hal I have: >> setp gantrykins.joint-0 0 #0 = X >> setp gantrykins.joint-1 1 #1 = Y1 >> setp gantrykins.joint-2 2 #2 = Z >> setp gantrykins.joint-3 1 #3 = Y2 > > With Your current setup You can jog both Y joints in joint mode by > holding "left" or "right" arrow together with "[" or "]". If you are perfect at pushing both buttons at once, MAYBE you could do that. I cannot do that even at 45in/min without racking the gantry. >> In my .hal file I have: >> ... >> [TRAJ] >> AXES = 4 >> COORDINATES = X Y Z > > I guess You meant INI file. Yes. > Anyway, I am sure that You need at least 4 letters in "coordinates" > line, because You have 4 joints. It is one of the things to be solved > in EMC2, but now You just need to add another letter. Most convenient > would be letter "A". "U" or "V" will require additional changes in INI > (and also HAL) file. But things have been working (mostly). I don't have an A axis, or a V axis or any other axis. I have X Y and Z. Are you saying there is a bug that requires a fourth letter? And if so, what is the manifestation of that bug, cause I haven't seen it….? Also, wouldn't doing that require me to then go edit my hal and ini file to rename the (imaginary) axes configuration sections? I don't want to have to do that… -Tom ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The demand for IT networking professionals continues to grow, and the demand for specialized networking skills is growing even more rapidly. Take a complimentary Learning@Cisco Self-Assessment and learn about Cisco certifications, training, and career opportunities. http://p.sf.net/sfu/cisco-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
