slaving axis together
29 Dec 2011 18:50 #16084
by boblee
slaving axis together was created by boblee
Hi Everyone
Does EMC have a provision for slaving two axis together like Mach 3 that I currently use?
I have twin steppers on my x-axis and they are tied together thru the slave feature in the Mach3 software .
I'm wanting to switch to EMC will I be able to do this in EMC too?
Thanks
Bob
Does EMC have a provision for slaving two axis together like Mach 3 that I currently use?
I have twin steppers on my x-axis and they are tied together thru the slave feature in the Mach3 software .
I'm wanting to switch to EMC will I be able to do this in EMC too?
Thanks
Bob
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29 Dec 2011 18:53 #16086
by BigJohnT
Replied by BigJohnT on topic Re:slaving axis together
That and much more 
... just copy the gantry config when you install EMC.
John
... just copy the gantry config when you install EMC.John
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29 Dec 2011 19:06 #16088
by boblee
Replied by boblee on topic Re:slaving axis together
Thanks
I'm still reading the manual trying to get my Ubuntu box working I had to buy a video card.
Should I partition this IBM Lenovo box to run only Ubuntu ? right now I have it installed inside XP and my max jitter is around 49,000 would making this box strictly Ubuntu improve that any?
I'm still reading the manual trying to get my Ubuntu box working I had to buy a video card.
Should I partition this IBM Lenovo box to run only Ubuntu ? right now I have it installed inside XP and my max jitter is around 49,000 would making this box strictly Ubuntu improve that any?
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29 Dec 2011 23:45 #16095
by BigJohnT
Replied by BigJohnT on topic Re:slaving axis together
You might just try and boot from the LiveCD and see what the latency test reveals. If it is older hardware try the 8.04 LiveCD to see if the latency is better. Once you decide to use that computer I would not have anything on the hard drive but Ubuntu... just my 2 cents.
John
John
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30 Dec 2011 14:27 #16120
by boblee
Replied by boblee on topic Re:slaving axis together
I wasn't aware I could run the latency test from the live CD I'll give it a try .
My box is a: 2005 / Intel P4 / 3.0 ghz. / with 1 gb ram / onboard video and audio disabled .
I was reading the EMC docs. and noticed that previous versions were limited to 1 gb of ram do you know if this is still the case for the latest live cd release Ubuntu 10.04 / with EMC 2.4.7?
Thanks again
Bob
My box is a: 2005 / Intel P4 / 3.0 ghz. / with 1 gb ram / onboard video and audio disabled .
I was reading the EMC docs. and noticed that previous versions were limited to 1 gb of ram do you know if this is still the case for the latest live cd release Ubuntu 10.04 / with EMC 2.4.7?
Thanks again
Bob
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30 Dec 2011 17:51 #16125
by BigJohnT
Replied by BigJohnT on topic Re:slaving axis together
I don't know but I bet a quick look on the Ubuntu web site will get you the answer. If you have a quad core then you want to only use 1 cpu by using isolcpus, here is one link on the wiki
wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?The..._Parameter_And_GRUB2
I think there is more...
John
wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?The..._Parameter_And_GRUB2
I think there is more...
John
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