Re: Browser

[Ray Henry <rehenry-at-up.net>]

HOME_OFFSET =                   0.1000
Set this value in each axis.

Ray


On Wednesday 10 July 2002 03:07, you wrote:
> Are you using the switch as a pure limit switch or as a home switch? If it
> is just as a limit switch which only trips when the machine has travelled
> too far - that is, as a safety device, then you will have to use the
> 'override limits' button to get the axis to move again. However, if you are
> using the switch as a home switch to place the axis at a precise position
> from which to start machining, then there is a setting in the .ini file
> which makes the machine move away from the switch automatically. I can't
> remember just now what the setting is called as I am not near my EMC
> computer but its intention is to allow you to home all three axes even
> though you have to connect the switches in series under EMC. The action is
> that the axis travels along until the switch is tripped and then it
> (usually) reverses direction and backs away by a few steps until the switch
> closes (or opens) again when it then stops. This is then your effective
> home position from which machining can be started.
>
> Best wishes,
> Ian