Re: [Emc-developers] 2 questions

2018-12-10 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 10 December 2018 20:40:54 andy pugh wrote: > On Tue, 11 Dec 2018 at 00:48, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Yes I'm switching maps, g55 and g56 but the Z offsets are being set > > by the axis gui's touch off, in the left panel adjacent to the > > homing button. > > And that can _either_ put the

Re: [Emc-developers] 2 questions

2018-12-10 Thread andy pugh
On Tue, 11 Dec 2018 at 00:48, Gene Heskett wrote: > Yes I'm switching maps, g55 and g56 but the Z offsets are being set by > the axis gui's touch off, in the left panel adjacent to the homing > button. And that can _either_ put the offset in the tool table, or in the current coordinate system, o

Re: [Emc-developers] 2 questions

2018-12-10 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 10 December 2018 19:44:21 andy pugh wrote: > On Tue, 11 Dec 2018 at 00:41, Gene Heskett wrote: > > I think thats what it is, in the axis gui's home and touchoff > > stuffs. > > Axis has two different types of touch-off (I think that they all do) Probably, I see now the default map is

Re: [Emc-developers] 2 questions

2018-12-10 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 10 December 2018 19:24:40 andy pugh wrote: > On Tue, 11 Dec 2018 at 00:23, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > Working on fine tuning the back panel carver, I am seeing > > > > something that makes me ask a question: Are touch offs unique to > > > > the co-ord map in use, disappearing when I s

Re: [Emc-developers] 2 questions

2018-12-10 Thread andy pugh
On Tue, 11 Dec 2018 at 00:41, Gene Heskett wrote: > I think thats what it is, in the axis gui's home and touchoff stuffs. Axis has two different types of touch-off (I think that they all do) -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of

Re: [Emc-developers] 2 questions

2018-12-10 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 10 December 2018 19:21:45 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 10 December 2018 18:48:26 andy pugh wrote: > > On Mon, 10 Dec 2018 at 23:45, Gene Heskett > > wrote: > > > Working on fine tuning the back panel carver, I am seeing > > > something that makes me ask a question: Are touch offs uni

Re: [Emc-developers] 2 questions

2018-12-10 Thread andy pugh
On Tue, 11 Dec 2018 at 00:23, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > Working on fine tuning the back panel carver, I am seeing something > > > that makes me ask a question: Are touch offs unique to the co-ord > > > map in use, disappearing when I switch maps? > > > > That depends if it is a tool touch-off or

Re: [Emc-developers] 2 questions

2018-12-10 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 10 December 2018 18:48:26 andy pugh wrote: > On Mon, 10 Dec 2018 at 23:45, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Working on fine tuning the back panel carver, I am seeing something > > that makes me ask a question: Are touch offs unique to the co-ord > > map in use, disappearing when I switch maps?

Re: [Emc-developers] 2 questions

2018-12-10 Thread andy pugh
On Mon, 10 Dec 2018 at 23:45, Gene Heskett wrote: > Working on fine tuning the back panel carver, I am seeing something that > makes me ask a question: Are touch offs unique to the co-ord map in use, > disappearing when I switch maps? That depends if it is a tool touch-off or a coordinate touch-

[Emc-developers] 2 questions

2018-12-10 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings; Working on fine tuning the back panel carver, I am seeing something that makes me ask a question: Are touch offs unique to the co-ord map in use, disappearing when I switch maps? And because I have the connector holes drilled and am now working on the dsubs, and since the meat of a

Re: [Emc-developers] how to catch errors with waitcomplete command in python

2018-12-10 Thread Chris Morley
From: Sebastian Kuzminsky Sent: December 10, 2018 8:11 PM To: EMC developers Subject: Re: [Emc-developers] how to catch errors with waitcomplete command in python Use wait_complete() to wait for the probe move to finish, then look at the probe result parameters

Re: [Emc-developers] how to catch errors with waitcomplete command in python

2018-12-10 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Use wait_complete() to wait for the probe move to finish, then look at the probe result parameters (#5070 and #5061-#5069) to see the result. Parameter info here: http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.7/html/gcode/overview.html#sub:numbered-parameters Unfortunately it's a bit awkward to read interpreter pa