Re: Linux vs. DOS

Skimming through the documentation, I couldn't find this- how do you use
the home switches in the code? Maxnc uses a G61 switch sense command and
commercial CNCs use different proceedures.
What do you do to home the machine? My switches aren't hooked up yet, but I
would like to know before long.

Thanks,
Dan

At 01:03 AM 6/6/99 -0600, you wrote:

>From: "Tim Goldstein" <timg@...>
>
>> Hmm, you must have your encoders hooked up. What you can do is
>> build a 'demo' version of EMC, that has simulation code rather than
>> motion hardware code. In fact, you should have these programs and
>> scripts on your system. It will give you a quick check of a program,
>> but you'll still have the same problem of identifying WHERE the error
>> is. Fred is supposed to be working on a major revamp of this whole
>> area.
>
>Actually, I don't even have any wires hooked to the encoders!! To make it a
>little more strange, all that is wired to the parallel port is the limit
>switch and the X, Y, and Z step and direction.
>