Rotary Axis ("A") driven by Stepper Motor with no encoder

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22 Jan 2023 18:23 #262667 by mloser
I'm working on the tool changer for a 3 axis milling machine.  It has a 10 tool rotary carousel run by a 200 pulse/rev. stepper motor and a90:1 gear reducer.  It works fine when I connect  step, dir and enable signals from a microcontroller.  I set it up as an "A" axis in pncconf with a 7i76 board doing the stepgen.  I played with all the settings in the hal file and the ini file, but I get strange behavior when trying to jog the "A" axis from the axis screen. The 1st time I hit the "+" jog button it starts moving very slowly.  I can barely see it move.  Each additional time I hit the "+" button it goes a little faster and if I continue to press it, it eventually goes so fast that the motor can't keep up with the steps.  Is there an example of someone setting up a rotary table on the A, B or C axis with a stepper motor drive?  I am not understanding how the jog works with a rotary/angular position axis. 

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23 Jan 2023 11:31 #262737 by spumco
Post your config files (INI file plus all hal files) and I'll take a look.

I suspect you've accidentally connected your angular jog velocity command to the jog inputs.

Keep in mind that I (and others) have seen odd behavior with rotary axes in the past.  If the rotary axis is calculated in degrees, but is moved (jog or gcode) in 'inches per minute' then they are really, really slow.

Usually this has to do with the multitude of sources of a jog command: halui, direct hal, the GUI screen can be talking to LCNC via python, or even a halcmd from a terminal.  Any of these could be commanding a jog speed that's inappropriate for what you want.

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23 Jan 2023 11:43 #262738 by CNC_ANDI
did you set default. min, max angular speed in the ini file?

whats your scale, velocity and acclereation?

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24 Jan 2023 01:52 #262784 by mloser
Thanks,  I attached the hal and ini files.

 
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24 Jan 2023 02:08 #262788 by mloser
Here is what's on the ini file:

[AXIS_A]
MAX_VELOCITY = 30.0
MAX_ACCELERATION = 90.0
MIN_LIMIT = -9999.0
MAX_LIMIT = 9999.0

[JOINT_3]
TYPE = ANGULAR
HOME = 0.0
FERROR = 1000.0
MIN_FERROR = 1000.0
MAX_VELOCITY = 30.0
MAX_ACCELERATION = 30.0
# The values below should be 25% larger than MAX_VELOCITY and MAX_ACCELERATION
# If using BACKLASH compensation STEPGEN_MAXACCEL should be 100% larger.
STEPGEN_MAXVEL = 40
STEPGEN_MAXACCEL = 40.0
P = 1.0
I = 0.0
D = 0.0
FF0 = 1.0
FF1 = 0.0
FF2 = 0.0
BIAS = 0.0
DEADBAND = 0.0
MAX_OUTPUT = 3000.0
# these are in nanoseconds
DIRSETUP   = 5000
DIRHOLD    = 5000
STEPLEN    = 5000
STEPSPACE  = 5000
STEP_SCALE = 100.0
MIN_LIMIT = -9999.0
MAX_LIMIT = 9999.0
HOME_OFFSET = 0.0

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24 Jan 2023 04:44 #262795 by spumco
In your Axis display, do you have two jog sliders shown?  i.e. one for linear jog speed, and another for angular/rotary?

From the Axis manual page, section 3.9
On machines with a rotary axis, a second jog speed slider is shown. This slider sets the jog rate for the rotary axes (A, B and C).

Or just one?
 
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24 Jan 2023 05:00 #262797 by tommylight
Editing machine files with random values is never a good idea.
FERROR = 1000.0
MIN_FERROR = 1000.0
should be
FERROR = 10
MIN_FERROR = 1
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MAX_ACCELERATION = 30.0
should be 90, same as for Axis A
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STEPGEN_MAXACCEL = 40.0
For 30 above is OK, for 90 it should be 120
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P = 1.0
should be 1000, and never edited for stepper systems with no feedback to LinuxCNC
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MAX_OUTPUT = 3000.0
should be 0
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24 Jan 2023 05:35 #262799 by spumco
Tommy - is that why his jog speed is going up with each press of the "+" GUI button?

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24 Jan 2023 14:49 #262817 by tommylight
Probably due to PID P value as the error keeps accumulating, but not sure, i never tested that.

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27 Jan 2023 19:02 #263018 by mloser
I do have 2 jog sliders.
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