Configurate Slave Axis
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i have a Router CNC, whose "Y" axis has two step motor.
i used to use the CNC with windows XP and mach 3, and worked fine. in match i just had to configure axis "A" Slave from "Y"
but i cant do the same in EMC2.
what's the solution????
i've read that i can do a slave axis, by wiring in a particular way, but it doesnt work for me...
Thanks!!!
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If not tell us more about your setup.
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thanks for the quick answer
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in my configuration i have 4 axis, each one in different pinsr
I am not clear from this reply if you have tried what JT suggested, or not?
But, if you wanted, you could set every pin on the parport to Y-step. It would be silly, but Stepconf allows it.
If the motors need to run in different directions, just swap the A-phase wires with each other.
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becuse it's a huge CNC that needs 2 steps motors, to run the same axis
i haven't tried JT's solution yet, i'll do in a few minutes
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A axis, and Y axis, should run exactly the same way....
becuse it's a huge CNC that needs 2 steps motors, to run the same axis
It's not really an A axis, it's a second motor on the Y axis.
It is rather common for the two motors on a gantry to need to spin in opposite directions, as they tend to be mounted as mirror images of each other.
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but is connected in other pins than Yaxis
im gonna try what JT said
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How do I slave the two motors together?
To _literally_ slave the two motors together, allocate Y-step and Y-dir to both sets of pins.
The complications arise when you want to auto-square to the limit switches, and if it is absolutely necessary to _never_ rack the gantry at all.
It then becomes really complicated if you have encoders with index, and horrible if the indexes are not aligned.
If we ever work out the perfect way to home a gantry then I think we will see it implemented as an automatic behaviour.
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