No progress after using stepconfig.
and try again. Seems stepconf doesn't like the negative number on the right.
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I changed to -10 and 65 as suggested, and the first thing was that now the Z axis responds exactly as the other two.
My setting was purely a hangover from the way I'd set up the machine for my previous software, best forgotten !
The "home all" sequence started, and manually pressing the limit switches produced the direction change and set the home position for each axis in turn as expected.
Regarding the lack of motor response during this "rehearsal", the penny dropped that my file was based on the example that AXIS opens with, albeit with my config settings. I had ignored line1 that says "AXIS splash G-code. Not meant to be milled".
I assume from this that I need to load a small test piece of G-code of my own before the motors will turn.
Or do I still have a problem ?
John
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Maybe to compare hal status of stepconf and Axis will help.
I mean:
When running the test at stepconf:
halcmd show > stepconf.log
After running Axis:
halcmd show > axis.log
And compare theese
acemi - am I just to compare the lines at the top of the file - the hal components loaded ?
Viewing my first ever gedit file was like having a load of bricks dropped on me from a great height
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Not only the loaded components. The pins, nets etc.acemi - am I just to compare the lines at the top of the file - the hal components loaded ?
If you want, attach the files here then we can examine them
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Hitting the help button merely erases my typing, which is not a good start, and then there's no help anyway.
So i've got the zip file ready in my docs, but getting it attached is another matter.
Well , that was easy wasn't it.
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Stepconfig works great (although I wonder about my timing, the motor torque seems low), but running inside Axis didn't work at all.
I found that I needed to flip the "invert output" on pins 16 and 17 in stepconfig, but turn it off to make Axis work.
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Yes I'm using an EMC-XYYZ*(not sure till I get back to the w/shop)
I'll check out those pins then.
Many thanks
John
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Great. I checked it out and it works exactly as you said.
Yes, I have the same controller as you, but I can't imagine how you worked out, so I'd be grateful to know.
Was it trial and error ? Dennis Bohlke sent me the cct diagram, and when I can find it I'll have a look and see if there's a clue there as to what is going on.
Once again, many thanks as I'd have never found it - seems to be counterintuitive.
Regards
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Tried cutting in air and discovered the Y motor, while locked on, made no move at all.
I've tried altering some of the setup in stepconfig, but can find no pattern in its behaviour.
I'm going to go back to square one and making a new stepconfig file.
I wonder if continually editing the file and saving allows the build up of errors.
John
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