Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: G92

Matt Shaver wrote:

> Here's my take on this:
>
> I. G92 has changed from being completely "sticky" to being reset by M2 and
> M30. (This is essentially the core of Tim & Jon's posts.)
>
> This was caused by Tom Kramer's rigorous interpretation of a standard which
> many people feel is irrelevent (they may be right), and which contradicts
> "traditional" machine control behavior (they are almost certainly right about
> this). The problem arises when G92 is used as the offset method to set "part
> zero". After the first pass through the program, G92 is reset ,which causes a
> crash on subsequent runs (or at least considerable operator consternation).
>
> Some questions are:
>
> 1. When you use G92, do you:
>
> A. right click on the axis display and set the axis value using the GUI?
>
> or
>
> B. enter the G92 command in MDI mode?

I generally do everything through the keyboard, and only use the mouse to
load programs or switch windows. So, I do all G92 and other axis fooling
around with the MDI window.

Jon