Gentlemen, Put the home switch wherever you want it OR wherever is convenient.
You can use the +-sign in the ini file to determine which direction to seek and search for the home switch and index. You can then offset the home position to wherever you want it AND you can put +- in the axis limits to make sure you do not exceed the axis travels. There is no magic one way to do it. That is the magic of LinuxCNC. thanks Stuart On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 1:31 PM, andy pugh <[email protected]> wrote: > On 26 October 2016 at 19:04, Jon Elson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, this is why having the home switch much closer to the > > limit is best. > > Near the middle might be best, but it needs to be off for half the > travel and on for half the travel. > LinuxCNC knows how to back off the switch if it is already on it. > > -- > atp > "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is > designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and > lunatics." > — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1916 > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------ > The Command Line: Reinvented for Modern Developers > Did the resurgence of CLI tooling catch you by surprise? > Reconnect with the command line and become more productive. > Learn the new .NET and ASP.NET CLI. Get your free copy! > http://sdm.link/telerik > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- Addressee is the intended audience. If you are not the addressee then my consent is not given for you to read this email furthermore it is my wish you would close this without saving or reading, and cease and desist from saving or opening my private correspondence. Thank you for honoring my wish. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Command Line: Reinvented for Modern Developers Did the resurgence of CLI tooling catch you by surprise? Reconnect with the command line and become more productive. Learn the new .NET and ASP.NET CLI. Get your free copy! http://sdm.link/telerik _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
