This is a half a$$ed explanation.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSojs1pUSlg
Think I have posted this before... On Sun, Oct 27, 2019 at 5:25 PM Jon Elson <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10/27/2019 02:43 PM, John Dammeyer wrote: > > What exactly is the difference in LinuxCNC with the red ESTOP button and > the orange Machine ENABLE button? > > > > > This is a holdover from the original EMC days when it only > handled analog servo systems. F1 would take you from E-stop > to Machine-OFF, which enabled the servos, but did not give > them any velocity command. F2 would go from Machine-off > to machine-On, which enabled the PID servo positioning > loop. This allowed you to check the servo drift, but you > didn't want to stay in Machine-Off for very long as the > machine would drift position. > > I don't know of any other system that works this way. > > Jon > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
