andy pugh wrote: > On 23 May 2012 06:35, Claude Zervas <cla...@utlco.com> wrote: > > >> Just wondering if someone might know why LinuxCNC interprets the G04 >> dwell command parameter as seconds instead of milliseconds? >> > > The glib answer is "because that is how the programmer coded it". I > suspect that the G04 code has been unchanged for a long time. > A quick Google shows that some controllers use seconds and some use > milliseconds, and some let you choose. (And a mention appears on the > LinuxCNC Wiki of an Okuma controller that uses hundredths of seconds). > > And, I believe it is a floating point value, so you can specify G04 0.05 for 50 ms.
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