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 tool

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, fa...@zoellich.de 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

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

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.

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 issue with

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 home.

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 user. But

[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

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