Re: emc g92

G06 is usually parabolic interpolation...

Hope this helps,

Ballendo

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Alan Marconett <KM6VV@a...>
wrote:

> Hi Jon,
>
> Thanks for the clarifications!
>
> Was it that EMC doesn't like stopping and re-starting the program

(G92

> in-between)?
>
> I was thinking G06 would be nice because it reads a switch before
> continuing the program.
>
> Alan KM6VV
>
>
> Jon Elson wrote:
>
> > Alan Marconett wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Hi Tom,
> >>
> >>Are you running The Sherline version of EMC? I simply MUST have

G92 for

> >>touching off in X and Y, and also the tool length in Z. I'm

currently

> >>using my STEP4 controller, not EMC. I want to run Sherline's

EMC, as

> >>soon as I get it's machine running again!
> >>
> >>I use G92 as Jon suggests to set X,Y and Z, but not IN the

program, I do

> >>it manually with MDI. Does EMI tolerate this?
> >>
> >
> > Yes, of course. You can enter any valid command by MDI. But,

you can also

> > do it on screen with just a couple of mouse clicks and

keystrokes. Much

> > faster
> > than MDI. The later versions of EMC clear the G92 offset at the

end of

> > the program. But, the end of program does NOT clear the offset

entered

> > through the mouse right click.
> >
> >
> >> I don't currently do
> >>tool changes in the program, I just make separate programs. I

take it

> >>you're using G92 to set Z 0.005 or whatever after the M06? Humm,

maybe

> >>I can incorporate something like that. Do you have a code snip?
> >>
> >>
> >
> > M06 really has no meaning unless you have a tool changer. It is

the G43

> > command
> > that selects tool length offsets.
> >
> > Jon
> >