On Friday 02 September 2016 00:56:13 Ken Johnson wrote: > Is it possible to sum 2 Z-axes in linux-cnc? Reason for the question > is my mill has both a knee and quill, and I would like to put a dro on > both and have have linuxcnc sum them so the reading on-sceen > represents the distance between tool and job no matter which of the 2 > I (or later, the software) move. > > I would appreciate it if you could give any answers in baby steps as I > am very new to this and still trying to find my way in the software. > > Thanks, Ken.
See 'man 9 sum2', and feed its output to the on-screen dro. And you will learn a bit about the .hal file while "hooking" it up. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
