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Re: Linux vs. DOS

Posted by Jon Elson
on 1999-06-05 23:41:51 UTC
Tim Goldstein wrote:

> > Has anyone tried running a lathe using EMC? I have set up a 2 axis
> > configuration file on my machine and hope to give it a try this weekend.
> >
>
> Got impatient and gave it a try. Here is what I found:
>
> You have to change your g-code to be X Y and not X Z as is normal for
> lathes.
>
> Don't set the AXES setting in the [TRAJ] setting to 2. If you do Xemc will
> come up with the Z axis numbers in red and you can jog X and Y just fine,
> but as soon as you try to gun a g-code program and it hits a linear move you
> get an error something like "linear moves can't be made if beyond the
> limit". After checking to make sure I was not beyond the soft limits for X &
> Y and restarting EMC a few times it dawned on me what is happening. The red
> numbers is the same thing you get when you hit a limit switch. Apparently,
> EMC thinks you are against the limit switch for the Z axis.
>
> Other than this it seems to work just fine after you reverse the direction
> of movement of the X and Y axis in your ini file.

Yes, Fred and Matt Shaver have made some comments about parameterizing
the axis names. Most of the other info for each axis is already a parameter.
Also, you need diameter display, which I think can be a display-only
finction of the user interface.

Jon

Discussion Thread

Andrew Werby 1999-05-29 04:16:11 UTC Linux vs. DOS john@x... 1999-05-29 15:07:09 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Jon Elson 1999-05-29 21:21:47 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Matt Shaver 1999-05-29 21:29:06 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Tim Goldstein 1999-05-29 22:27:47 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Matt Shaver 1999-05-30 00:12:13 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Tim Goldstein 1999-05-30 15:39:08 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Tim Goldstein 1999-05-30 20:37:55 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Matt Shaver 1999-05-30 20:35:33 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Matt Shaver 1999-05-30 20:48:44 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Jon Elson 1999-05-30 23:19:07 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Tim Goldstein 1999-05-31 11:54:03 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Tim Goldstein 1999-05-31 11:54:07 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Matt Shaver 1999-05-31 12:12:57 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Matt Shaver 1999-05-31 12:17:39 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Tim Goldstein 1999-05-31 13:30:23 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Matt Shaver 1999-05-31 14:13:26 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Tim Goldstein 1999-05-31 16:00:38 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Matt Shaver 1999-05-31 16:00:51 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Tim Goldstein 1999-05-31 17:32:03 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Matt Shaver 1999-05-31 17:33:17 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Matt Shaver 1999-05-31 17:43:39 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Dan Falck 1999-05-31 19:55:12 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Matt Shaver 1999-05-31 22:48:46 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Jon Elson 1999-05-31 22:58:57 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Tim Goldstein 1999-05-31 23:32:27 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Tim Goldstein 1999-05-31 23:32:29 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Matt Shaver 1999-05-31 23:32:50 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Matt Shaver 1999-06-01 00:38:11 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Dan Mauch 1999-06-01 06:32:41 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Tim Goldstein 1999-06-01 09:45:52 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Jon Elson 1999-06-01 12:16:50 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Ian W. Wright 1999-06-01 12:37:43 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Tim Goldstein 1999-06-01 17:03:26 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Tim Goldstein 1999-06-01 22:05:54 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Dan Mauch 1999-06-02 06:30:25 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Dan Mauch 1999-06-02 06:42:14 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Buchanan, James (Jim) 1999-06-02 13:01:09 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Jon Elson 1999-06-02 13:33:07 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Tim Goldstein 1999-06-02 14:26:20 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Tim Goldstein 1999-06-02 14:45:01 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Matt Shaver 1999-06-02 15:01:17 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Tim Goldstein 1999-06-02 23:19:44 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Matt Shaver 1999-06-03 00:26:35 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Ian W. Wright 1999-06-04 13:47:19 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Tim Goldstein 1999-06-05 16:54:15 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Tim Goldstein 1999-06-05 17:34:22 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Jon Elson 1999-06-05 23:39:08 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Jon Elson 1999-06-05 23:41:51 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Matt Shaver 1999-06-05 23:42:39 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Tim Goldstein 1999-06-06 00:03:27 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Tim Goldstein 1999-06-06 00:30:52 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Matt Shaver 1999-06-06 01:00:46 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Matt Shaver 1999-06-06 01:37:57 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Dan Falck 1999-06-06 05:51:38 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Jon Elson 1999-06-06 17:16:33 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Tim Goldstein 1999-06-06 21:05:20 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Matt Shaver 1999-06-06 22:06:24 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Matt Shaver 1999-06-06 22:30:17 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Tim Goldstein 1999-06-06 22:57:18 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Matt Shaver 1999-06-06 23:16:03 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Jon Elson 1999-06-06 23:29:41 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Jon Elson 1999-06-06 23:46:32 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Tim Goldstein 1999-06-07 21:59:53 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Tim Goldstein 1999-06-08 22:07:54 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS Dan Mauch 1999-06-09 06:18:23 UTC Re: Linux vs. DOS