On Sunday 31 March 2019 13:07:50 Jon Elson wrote: > On 03/31/2019 08:59 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Greetings everybody; > > > > I think I've got the coolant pump starting problem fixed. Ignore > > that faint knocking sound. > > > > Now I would like to use a teeny little pushbutton (6x6x2.5mm tall) > > between two solid parts of this machine for home and potentially as > > limit switches. > > > > However the amount of available overtravel after the switch has > > clicked is quite limited unless this switch is mounted on something > > crushable so that the getting stopped overtravel does not crush the > > switch like a Coors can. > > > > Is there a way to determine how much overtravel vs approach speeds > > is occuring? > > Yes, use Halscope, and watch the limit switch and the axis > position, have the scope trigger on the switch. Then, set > it up to home at the desired velocity, and hold a metal rod > or something that will trip the switch but not hurt anything > when it overtravels. That should give you a trace of travel > vs time. Then, select the position trace and use the cursor > in the scope window and it shows you the actual numerical > reading at the bottom. > > Jon > Thanks Jon. > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
