Re: question about INI settings for lathe machines in emc

[Robin Szemeti <lists-at-redpoint.org.uk>]

On Monday 05 May 2003 11:36, nasir2ahmed-at-yahoo.com wrote:
> hi alli have set a lathe machine to run under EMC.i set up the axes so the
> cross slide is x and the bed slide is y.these above mentioned settings are
> not a standard setting s of a lathe axes.now i want to change my axes as a
> cross slide is x and the bed slide is z instead of y.does any one can send
> me the INI file changesin the trajectory section.i tried to change my ini
> as [TRAJ]AXES =                        2COORDINATES=          X ZHOME=     
>                  0 0  AND IN  AXES SECTION [AXIS_0] ( ALL THE PARAMETERS )
> [AXIS_2] ( ALL ITS PERAMETERS ) BUT WHEN I RUN THE DISPLAY DOES NOT COME
> AND IF I RUN EMC.RUN FILE FROM THE COMMAND PROMPT THEN IT GIVES THE ERROR
> THAT IS ( CANT FIND THE AXIS_1 )KINDLY SNED ME THE INI FILE  SETTINGS, SO
> THAT I CAN CHANGE  THE Y AXIS AS Z OR OVER COME THIS PROBLEM.ANY HELP WOULD
> BE APPRETIATED THANKS  NASIR

so .. You say you have in the AXES section definitions for AXIS_0 and AXIS_2 
... and you are using just 2 axes ... and the program is complaining that it 
cannot find a definition for AXIS_1 ???

try naming the section [AXIS_2] to be [AXIS_1]

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