Re: [Emc-users] touch off doesn't shift loaded paths

2014-12-19 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 12/19/14 1:13 PM, Axel Zöllich wrote: >> A var file that's not writable can cause this. >> Sometimes people get into this situation or similar ones by running >> linuxcnc with sudo, which you SHOULD NEVER do. > > That's quite a good idea. > I'm not running linuxcnc as root but as an ordinary use

Re: [Emc-users] touch off doesn't shift loaded paths

2014-12-19 Thread Axel Zöllich
> A var file that's not writable can cause this. > Sometimes people get into this situation or similar ones by running > linuxcnc with sudo, which you SHOULD NEVER do. That's quite a good idea. I'm not running linuxcnc as root but as an ordinary user. But the config is stored in another users hom

Re: [Emc-users] touch off doesn't shift loaded paths

2014-12-19 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 12/19/2014 08:17 AM, Chris Radek wrote: > On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 07:51:30AM -0700, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: >> On 12/19/2014 07:23 AM, Claude Zervas wrote: >>> Ah! Yes, I'm using an older version - 2.5.x >>> I have to upgrade... >> >> Touch-off works in 2.5 as well. This must be some strange

Re: [Emc-users] touch off doesn't shift loaded paths

2014-12-19 Thread Chris Radek
On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 07:51:30AM -0700, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > On 12/19/2014 07:23 AM, Claude Zervas wrote: > > Ah! Yes, I'm using an older version - 2.5.x > > I have to upgrade... > > Touch-off works in 2.5 as well. This must be some strange issue with > your particular configuration. U

Re: [Emc-users] touch off doesn't shift loaded paths

2014-12-19 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 12/19/2014 07:23 AM, Claude Zervas wrote: > Ah! Yes, I'm using an older version - 2.5.x > I have to upgrade... Touch-off works in 2.5 as well. This must be some strange issue with your particular configuration. Upgrading probably won't fix it, we'll have to figur out what's wrong with your co

Re: [Emc-users] touch off doesn't shift loaded paths

2014-12-19 Thread Claude Zervas
Ah! Yes, I'm using an older version - 2.5.x I have to upgrade... thanks - Claude On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 3:29 AM, wrote: > > > I start the sim/axis/axis config, take the machine out of estop and turn > > it on, and home all the axes. Then i jog Z up or down to someplace, hit > > the End key (or

Re: [Emc-users] touch off doesn't shift loaded paths

2014-12-19 Thread faxel
> I start the sim/axis/axis config, take the machine out of estop and turn > it on, and home all the axes. Then i jog Z up or down to someplace, hit > the End key (or click the Touch Off button) to bring up the Touch-off > dialog, type in 0, and click Ok. The backplot immediately jumps so the > t

Re: [Emc-users] touch off doesn't shift loaded paths

2014-12-18 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 12/18/2014 04:36 PM, Axel Zöllich wrote: > After loading a g-code file in axis gui I move the tooltip to the workpiece > and > touch off with 0. > But the loaded path doesn't shift towards the tooltip. Indeed it doesn't > shift > with any touch off value on any coordinate. > Should be a conf

Re: [Emc-users] touch off doesn't shift loaded paths

2014-12-18 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 18 December 2014 19:27:45 Claude Zervas did opine And Gene did reply: > This happens to me too (and then Axis will complain about an axis > exceeding it's limit) but if I reload the NGC file after touching off > then Axis will then display it in the correct location relative to the > to

Re: [Emc-users] touch off doesn't shift loaded paths

2014-12-18 Thread Claude Zervas
This happens to me too (and then Axis will complain about an axis exceeding it's limit) but if I reload the NGC file after touching off then Axis will then display it in the correct location relative to the touch off origin and everything works fine. If someone knows a way to change this behavior

[Emc-users] touch off doesn't shift loaded paths

2014-12-18 Thread Axel Zöllich
After loading a g-code file in axis gui I move the tooltip to the workpiece and touch off with 0. But the loaded path doesn't shift towards the tooltip. Indeed it doesn't shift with any touch off value on any coordinate. Should be a configuration error? # Generated by PNCconf at Wed Oct 8 23:19