Configuring and calibrating EMC

Did you extract the contents of the zip file?

John

Mofosheee wrote:

I pasted and extracted to the configs directory "V90_emc2_configs.zip." to the EMC configs directory per Rick G. instruction. The file appears.

If you have done it right, you should see, in the "configs" directory a folder called "V90" and a file called "V90 Stepconf" (which contains the information that Stepconf needs if you want to change the configuration, so shouldn't be necessary").

Inside the folder called "V90" should be 12 files, including V90.ini and V90.hal.

I just went through the process: went to the Probotix site -> downloads -> clicked V90 emc2 files.
I selected to open it in the archive manager (defaiult) then pressed the "Extract" button, then navigated to emc2/configs and pressed "OK" (or whatever the button says)

Then when I opened EMC2 there was a configuration called "V90" , which I tried to open, and which crashed…

I think that their config was for quite an old version of EMC2.

However, I found a solution: By opening the Stepconf Wizard from the CNC menu, I could select "modify existing", then open the file called "V90.stepconf", then just click through all the screens to the end, and when it had finished I ended up with a working config.

You won't see that unless you created the configuration from the Stepconf Wizard. Just start EMC from the menu and pick your config...

John

Mofosheee wrote:

When I opened the Stepconf Wizard from the CNC menu I was not presented with the "modify existing" option that you mentioned

Because it is an older config, you actually need to make 2 changes.

In the emc2/configs/V90 folder delete the emc.nml file.
in the file emc2/configs/V90/V90.ini file, remove the line in the [EMC] section that says "NML_FILE = emc.nml" (about 6 lines from the top)

That should make the config work.

I am surprised that the machine has no limit switches or anything like that. You will have to home and touch-off by hand initially,

Mofosheee wrote:

Back tracking my configuration steps, After extracting I am seeing:
V90
V90_emc2_configs
V90_emc2_configs(2)..............................Can I send this duplicate to the trash????????
V90.stepconf
V90_emc2_configs.zip

V90 should be a directory, containing V90.ini and 11 other files.

You can (and should) delete all the files except for the V90.stepconf and the V90 directory. Those files are now finished with.