On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:20:48 +0100, you wrote: >I am retrofitting a lathe that has a 3-speed electrically controlled >gearbox. The gear change sequencing will be controlled by ClassicLadder. >Basically ClassicLadder has 3 HAL pins set up, one to select each gear. > Is there any easy way that an appropriate gear can be selected by G-code?
Hi Les - Gear changes are usually done with M41, M42. M43 etc, one for each gear. No mention of those in the manual, maybe not supported?? You'd probably have to use M100-199 user controlled commands. Steve Blackmore -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
