Only 1 axis responds after initial setup

i am a nubie and following this thread noticed you are having the same problem i am. I thik i have solve mine. i have the same controler you have. so mabe it will workfor you use the very same para. pin setup in the manual that came with the board.

pin 1 X step
pin 2 Amp enable
pin 3 y dir
pin 4 Zdir
pin 5 Z stp
pin 6 Amp enable chk in invert box
pin 7 Xdir
pin 8 Y stp The main thing is put the check in these 2 boxes
pin 9 Spinel pwm
pin 14 Amp enable chk in invert box
pin 16 dig out 1
pin17 dig out 2

hope this works for you it did for me regads BCH

Hi

I have the 4 Axis board of this make.
When I use the Stepconf Wizzard it writes only xenable for the Amp. enable
pin config in the "MyMachine.hal"

It looks like this after Stepconf Wizzard

net xdir => parport.0.pin-01-out
net zstep => parport.0.pin-03-out
setp parport.0.pin-03-out-reset 1
net xenable => parport.0.pin-04-out
net xenable => parport.0.pin-05-out
net zdir => parport.0.pin-06-out
net ydir => parport.0.pin-07-out
net ystep => parport.0.pin-14-out
setp parport.0.pin-14-out-reset 1
net xstep => parport.0.pin-16-out
setp parport.0.pin-16-out-reset 1
net xenable => parport.0.pin-17-out


but it should look like this:

net xdir => parport.0.pin-01-out
net zstep => parport.0.pin-03-out
setp parport.0.pin-03-out-reset 1
net xenable => parport.0.pin-04-out
net zenable => parport.0.pin-05-out
net zdir => parport.0.pin-06-out
net ydir => parport.0.pin-07-out
net ystep => parport.0.pin-14-out
setp parport.0.pin-14-out-reset 1
net xstep => parport.0.pin-16-out
setp parport.0.pin-16-out-reset 1
net yenable => parport.0.pin-17-out


Because you'll find this in the AXIS part of the hal file:

for AXIS_0
net xenable axis.0.amp-enable-out => stepgen.0.enable

for AXIS_1
net yenable axis.1.amp-enable-out => stepgen.1.enable

and for AXIS_2
net zenable axis.2.amp-enable-out => stepgen.2.enable


All I can say this Board works very well here with this config


Lee

I tried the invert trick on pins 6 and 14 using the manufacturer's recommended settings otherwise. The X and Y axis appear to respond correctly, but the Z is erratic. I tried swapping the motors on the different axis and they all work fine on X and Y, but Z is not responding correctly. Using the step config test window, X and Y go their proscribed distance and then the opposite direction for the same distance and repeat that over and over until I stop the test. Z goes the proscribed distance, but when it completes that instead of going in the opposite direction it may go the same or opposite and never the same way with any consistency.

I think I will play with the settings on Z a little and see what happens. I also need to go take a look at the hal file as Lee pointed out and see if that is also contributing to the problem.

I will also hook X and Y up to the CNC machine and see how they run at that point.

BCH had the winning solution after all.

I unchecked the two invert boxes (6 and 14) and then rechecked them and all 3 axis responded correctly.

I don't know if the HAL file had errors (as Lee pointed out above) and the second time cleared that up, but it working for now.

I also suspect that the Compaq Presario laptop is inducing some of this as this was not the first time that something responded one way and when the same settings were reapplied it responded differently. I am going to put a parallel port into a new desktop and see if it will work better.

I think we can close this thread out on my account anyway. I am now trying to figure out how to actually use EMC2 vice the Step Config. Thanks for the help and I will pop up on some of the other forums I am sure as I work my way through this.