So after pulling more hair out, I finally beat pncconf into giving me a usable basic configuration where all three axis home. Nevertheless, I am left with a couple of questions regarding the scale, the proper motor settings, etc. that I think need answers before I can feel comfortable enough to proceed towards my goal of running qtplasmac.
First, it really took quite a while for me to understand that pncconf was ignoring manual edits I was making to the .ini files (and I presume the .hal files as well), overwriting whatever values I changed manually upon re-running the wiziard. That is particularly annoying - especially when the variables entries in said files do not match exactly with what is in the "wizard". Secondly, what the heck is pncconf doing to my motor setup and how is it doing it? The motor calculator calculator, with some prodding, does produce a scale value that seems appropriate - at least as near as I can tell using the "test" feature. However, when jogging the machine around, it appears to only be running at half speed. On top of that the movement is also off in the live code compared to what the "test" tool is demonstrating. What good is the test feature really?
Anyway, in an effort to understand how all this goes together, I created a new profile from scratch using only the pncconf wizard and was able to get the thing homing. However, just jogging the exis around using the Axis interface, it is throwing follow errors - and as previously mentioned is running incredibly slow (half speed?) compared to how it runs using the test tool.
I'm not sure if I should just go for it and change the interface to qtplasmac and hope for the best or dig in a little more and ensure that I have a good baseline configuration from which to build on. I would appreciate your input.
