Howdy LinuxCNC-ites, possible new user....

Bingo Rick! Y and Z now go in the "right" direction. Still probs with the X but may look into gantrykins if I can't get them to work using the same outputs to two different sets of pins. Off to study.....

Success! Almost abandoned LinuxCNC once again but persevered tonight and got my X playing ball. Had to set ALL axis inverted plus swap A+ & A- on one X drive but finally got it moving without horrendous noises.

Ran a couple of air cuts and all is well.

Next 3 things to make me ultra happy will be (in order)

1. Get Z touch off working. Going to follow these 2 how to's on this one: 7xcnc.com/software/probing/z-touch-plate/ and petemills.blogspot.com.au/2014/04/diy-pi...-machine-part-2.html

2. Get my X200 VFD online via ModBus. Any pointers to getting that done would be greatly appreciated.

3. Get my wireless xbox360 controllers working - I think I found how to do that.

I am also going to add some custom buttons to axis to make me more comfortable working it (a little more like Mach3) then at a later date have a go at creating a screen like the Mach3 screenset I have been using for the past year, this time in GladVCP/Glade/Python

What I am loving so far with LinuxCNC is when you pause (feedhold) it stops immediately, unlike Mach3. Also my DRO's in LinuxCNC are spot on, I tell the machine to move to X100 and the DRO show 100, unlike Mach that showed 99.942. I am sure there will be a ton more things that I will come to love....

Cheers

More success tonight. Got a custom Pyvcp panel installed, got Z touchoff working, setting X, Y & Z to zero without using the "touchoff" buttons plus a button to park my machine the end of the night.

One failure however was my attempt at modbus implementation, I have started a thread on that one.

95% happy now, modbus being the last piece of the puzzle

Cheers