Re: [Emc-users] Overriding limits

[Kirk W. <kwa...@wa...>]

On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 15:33 -0400, Stephen Wille Padnos wrote:
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> I don't think you can disable soft limits, you'd have to make a config 
> with larger limits than your machine actually has.  I wouldn't recommend 
> that unless you're pretty sure the machine can't get hurt if an axis 
> slams into a limit at full speed.
> 
> - Steve

The soft limit callout in the .ini file is a puzzle to me. It seems to
be based on the home location, so if your home location changes, the
limit setting may be inappropriate. Unless you home your machine to the
same location every time you start EMC2, the soft limit setting is of no
value. If you have hardware limit switches, again the soft limit seems
to have no value. It seems I always end up disabling the soft limits by
setting it out of the way. 

Home itself seems to have limited value. It comes in handy with a G28,
but that seems to be it.

Am I missing anything? I think I need to do more using than building.

-- 
Kirk Wallace (California, USA
http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ 
Hardinge HNC/EMC CNC lathe,
Bridgeport mill conversion, doing XY now,
Zubal lathe conversion pending
Craftsman AA 109 restoration
Shizuoka ST-N/EMC CNC)