with the added DRO, it works.
but wasn't looking for so many DRO's on one screen
Thanks Klaus1311

Hi Kenneth,

you could minimize the number of controls, if you 'd use 3 buttons, one for each axis and one dro showing the value / 2.




Klaus

that made a whole lot of sense as i read that. just use my user DRO
Thanks

trying it in mach3. the oem dro move when i X+ or X-.
the user(dro) doesn't change til i half it. so i will need two DRO's
for each axis. one to show movement and one to show when i half.
this sounds right ?

Hi Kenneth,

yes, that would be simplest solution. For each axis 2 DRO's and 1 button.


Klaus

..... i want to touch one side of the stock and zero the DRO....then move to the other side
of the stock and touch again....then select an axis and click my button. that would half my
DRO display so that when i move the axis to the center of the stock, the DRO would read zero.

Why show the User DRO at all ?
Just script a button beside each to half the X and Y Pos. DRO's and be done with it.
I may have overlooked something and do not completely understand.
Looks simple to do.

or, the Auto Calculator, or the Keyboard (/2) as other options.
Russ

Just playin', here is a cobbled up example ...

VALUE = GetOEMDRO(800) 'For X axis
HALF = VALUE / 2
SetOEMDRO(800,HALF)   

Russ

the thing i have is the oem dro changes when i jog the axis. the user dro doesn't change
till i half the axis. after i half the axis, the user dro stays at half while the oem changes
as i jog the axis. so i have 
oem =  4
user = 4
half axis
oem = 4
user = 2

i had to do this to get it to work as i want.
value = GetOEMDRO(800)
SetOEMDRO(800 , value / 2)
Thanks

well, almost right. that just moves the axis to the center.
it havles it but when i half it gose to x =2 from 4 but the table didn't move.
so i'm at x = 6 really. trying........