implementing gantrykins

did you modify the gantry-hs files to suit your setup at all ? , you need to modify these to suit your steppers and connections used
use step config to make a machine setup and then modify this to suit using the gantry sample files ...

what stepper drives are you using and or breakout etc . , connections for switches homing etc
perhaps post you hal and ini files and they can be checked over

the more information we have the easier it is to guide you

i did make a stepconfig with the settings of the parallell port and so on the speed values aren't modified yet but i first wanted to try to make it function at all.
here are the contents of the gantry folder that i'm using + the stepconfig file in the next post will be the rest of the files.

here are the rest of the files

here is also the datasheet of the driver we use.
it may not contain evverything you need but thats all the info we have about it...

you seem to have the step & direction lines the wrong way round , perhaps you can check ..
it appears this particular board likes direction on pin 2 and step on 3 and the same for the other axis , rather than the more popular step then direction pins i.e step 2 dir 3 ( which is the order of your hal file )

so swap over the pin configuration in stepconf and see how you go .. or just edit the step dir pin numbers in the hal files

Ok i'll check that but it'd surprise me because i used the settings from within the datasheet that i sent you, and this probably wont solve the problem with the home switches i think i also checked those settings in the same datasheet...

check your gantry.hal file and you have the entrys as :

net xstep => parport.0.pin-02-out
setp parport.0.pin-02-out-reset 1
net xdir => parport.0.pin-03-out

looking at page 4 of the pdf of the breakout board shows lpt pin 2 as Direction x & pin 3 as Step x
which would become :

net xstep => parport.0.pin-03-out
setp parport.0.pin-03-out-reset 1
net xdir => parport.0.pin-02-out

you also do not have any entrys in your gantry.hal file for the home and limit switches .
i presume you are using both limit and home as the same switch ,, so you need to add the following ...

in your gantry.hal file

first add the parrell port pins for the limit and home switches
( pins as per your pdf ) so change as approprate if needed

net both-home-x <= parport.0.pin-10-in
net both-home-y <= parport.0.pin-12-in
net both-home-z <= parport.0.pin-13-in
net both-home-a <= parport.0.pin-15-in

then under each approprate axis add the following

net both-home-x => axis.0.home-sw-in
net both-home-x => axis.0.neg-lim-sw-in
net both-home-x => axis.0.pos-lim-sw-in

net both-home-y => axis.1.home-sw-in
net both-home-y => axis.1.neg-lim-sw-in
net both-home-y => axis.1.pos-lim-sw-in

net both-home-z => axis.2.home-sw-in
net both-home-z => axis.2.neg-lim-sw-in
net both-home-z => axis.2.pos-lim-sw-in

net both-home-a => axis.3.home-sw-in
net both-home-a => axis.3.neg-lim-sw-in
net both-home-a => axis.3.pos-lim-sw-in

also add a emergency stop on parrell port pin 11

net estop-ext <= parport.0.pin-11-in
( this is a normaly closed switch as opposed to limits and home which are usualy open )
again connect this switch to gnd
if you dont have an emergency stop switch then just use a wire link from the bob pin to gnd


then in your ini file add the line under each axis
HOME_IGNORE_LIMITS = YES

that should get you close apart from duplicating the extra x axis

Thank you so much i did what you told me and it worked like a charm.
i tried running a program and it worked.
my steppermotors were revving like crazy but it worked!
now i just have to figure out how to adjust the speed of the motors.

one more question is there any way to duplicate the x-axis instead of the y-axis? that would be awesome!