[Emc-users] Merry Christmas

2010-12-23 Thread Peter Blodow
Gentlemen, I want to use this opportunity to express my thanks and appreciation to you all who helped me getting my feet on the ground of electronics and digital technology again. Especially the developer team, never leaving a problem unsolved, aided my efforts to find the threads that I had to

[Emc-users] Configure Z Axis home positioning with a switch

2010-12-23 Thread Dave Christman
I have configured my X and Y axis home positions using switches, but am having problems understanding the Z axis. When I tell it to home, the axis wants to move down (away from my switch). I realize I had to invert the signal in stepconfig in order to move the axis down in a negative

Re: [Emc-users] Merry Christmas

2010-12-23 Thread doug metzler
My thanks as well - you folks have been wonderful guides into this brave new world that I'm attempting to enter. I look forward to being able to answer more questions and needing to ask fewer in the new year :-) DougM On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 6:05 AM, Peter Blodow p.blo...@dreki.de wrote:

Re: [Emc-users] Configure Z Axis home positioning with a switch

2010-12-23 Thread Stuart Stevenson
Dave, in your .ini file negate the sign of your home_search_vel value ie - if it is positive make it negative - if it is negative make it positive work with the home_latch-vel to get the direction you want after hitting the home switch Stuart On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Dave Christman

Re: [Emc-users] Merry Christmas

2010-12-23 Thread Stuart Stevenson
Gentlemen, Add my appreciation and thanks as well. Stuart -- dos centavos -- Learn how Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) One Node allows customers to consolidate database storage, standardize their database

Re: [Emc-users] Configure Z Axis home positioning with a switch

2010-12-23 Thread andy pugh
On 23 December 2010 17:01, Dave Christman mail4da...@gmail.com wrote:  When I tell it to home, the axis wants to move down (away from my switch). It's been a while, but you might need to define Z axis limits are 0 to -4.75 and have a home position as -0.5 It doesn't matter in normal use, as

Re: [Emc-users] Merry Christmas

2010-12-23 Thread Igor Chudov
EMC2 has been a wonderful journey of my life. Special thanks and best holiday wishes to all EMC2 developers and supporters, merry Christmas to those who celebrate it and happy holidays to all of us. i On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Stuart Stevenson stus...@gmail.comwrote: Gentlemen, Add

Re: [Emc-users] Configure Z Axis home positioning with a switch

2010-12-23 Thread BRIAN GLACKIN
For my z axis (4.5 travel) I defined my travel limits as 1.0 to -3.5. That way if I am doing a quick cut, I start things up , home to the corners of the piece and cut on my no limit switched stepper gantry. On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 12:15 PM, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: On 23 December

Re: [Emc-users] Merry Christmas

2010-12-23 Thread Andy Ibbotson
Well chosen words, Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year to all. -- From: Igor Chudov ichu...@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2010 5:22 PM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Merry

[Emc-users] Merry Christmas (Caution ASCII Art)

2010-12-23 Thread Kirk Wallace
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Re: [Emc-users] Merry Christmas

2010-12-23 Thread Leonardo Marsaglia
Thank you to all the people involded in EMC! you're helping a lot of people, not only to make their machines work, but also to learn so much about how to make them work. Merry Christmas from Argentina! Leonardo Marsaglia. 2010/12/23 Andy Ibbotson andyi_w...@btinternet.com Well chosen words,

Re: [Emc-users] Merry Christmas (Caution ASCII Art)

2010-12-23 Thread Leonardo Marsaglia
I just replied in another topic, but whatever.. Merry christmas to you too! and have a happy a new year! Best regards. Leonardo. 2010/12/23 Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com \+/ +-*-+ /+\M E R R Y

[Emc-users] Ri.: Re: Merry Christmas

2010-12-23 Thread Enrico Miglino
Merry Christmas to all I read less, but read more :) Cheers from Ibiza. Enrico - Messaggio originale - Da: Leonardo Marsaglia‎ leonardomarsagli...@gmail.com A: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)‎ emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Oggetto: Re: [Emc-users] Merry Christmas Data:

Re: [Emc-users] Merry Christmas

2010-12-23 Thread Dave
I agree.. Thanks guys!:-) Dave (Dave911) On 12/23/2010 12:22 PM, Igor Chudov wrote: EMC2 has been a wonderful journey of my life. Special thanks and best holiday wishes to all EMC2 developers and supporters, merry Christmas to those who celebrate it and happy holidays to all of us. i

Re: [Emc-users] Merry Christmas

2010-12-23 Thread Dave
I agree.. Thanks guys!:-) Dave (Dave911) On 12/23/2010 12:22 PM, Igor Chudov wrote: EMC2 has been a wonderful journey of my life. Special thanks and best holiday wishes to all EMC2 developers and supporters, merry Christmas to those who celebrate it and happy holidays to all of us. i

Re: [Emc-users] Merry Christmas

2010-12-23 Thread Ian W. Wright
Merry Christmas, jolly Sawain and a happy new year to all on the list. My thanks also go to all those who put their time and effort into developing and improving EMC2 and to keeping this list going. It adds a whole extra layer onto my life and has given me great pleasure for several years now.

Re: [Emc-users] Merry Christmas

2010-12-23 Thread Jon Elson
I also want to thank the many developers and people who have tested new versions and made many useful comments on ease of use, documentation, configuration and other issues. Everything helps! The progress of EMC2 in the last two years has been phenomenal, and as I get around to it, I try to

Re: [Emc-users] Merry Christmas

2010-12-23 Thread Dave
I agree.. Thanks guys!:-) Dave (Dave911) On 12/23/2010 12:22 PM, Igor Chudov wrote: EMC2 has been a wonderful journey of my life. Special thanks and best holiday wishes to all EMC2 developers and supporters, merry Christmas to those who celebrate it and happy holidays to all of us. i