>
> Humm, seems to me that pin should be available full time if its that
> usefull. Or it could or ought to be a new output code for the mode pin?
> Something we could decode with bitslice?


Well, I hope that pin stays forever on LCNC at least as a debugging tool.

I've been reading the 2.9 homing section and as Phil says if I understand
correctly, the new parameter HOME_INDEX_NO_ENCODER_RESET should do what I
did on 2.8 pre. Is that right?

El lun, 5 abr 2021 a las 15:52, Gene Heskett (<[email protected]>)
escribió:

> On Monday 05 April 2021 13:46:01 Leonardo Marsaglia wrote:
>
> > > I assume that motions mode signal is doing the switching? Thats a
> > > great idea Leonardo. Any body with encoders on all axises should be
> > > doing it.
> >
> > Hello Gene. I hope you're doing great!
> >
> You too Leonardo.
>
> > I'm using the joint.*N*.home-state pin intended for debugging. Turns
> > out, it's a pretty useful pin for this purpose. Otherwise It would
> > have been trickier to fool the homing sequence to do this.
>
> Humm, seems to me that pin should be available full time if its that
> usefull. Or it could or ought to be a new output code for the mode pin?
> Something we could decode with bitslice?
>
> > I really need to close the loop and use the servos in analog mode
> > someday, but since this retrofitting was intended to be done at
> > lightning speed on quarantine I didn't want to mount the encoders and
> > do all the extra job. The machine works excellent like this, and my
> > only concern was the homing sequence which turned out really well.
> >
> > Here is a little video of the test I did with the motor on the "bench"
> > before the conversion https://youtu.be/9s-UC-5ZIrU
> > <https://youtu.be/9s-UC-5ZIrU>
>
> Interesting. :)
>
> And I won't snip as the whole story is here.
>
> > Notice that the absolute value of the encoder at the final zero
> > position is always the same after three attempts (this was always the
> > case in any attempt). I was simulating the home switch triggering by
> > hand. Off course this is without load, so I reduced homing speed at
> > the machine just in case to improve the repeatability.
> >
> >
> >
> > El dom, 4 abr 2021 a las 19:08, Gene Heskett (<[email protected]>)
> >
> > escribió:
> > > On Sunday 04 April 2021 15:28:50 Leonardo Marsaglia wrote:
> > > > I jump in into this to say I'm using something similar on the
> > > > lathe.
> > > >
> > > > I have servo motors and I'm using them in open loop mode (like
> > > > steppers). Nevertheless I could use their index pulses to home
> > > > accurately enough (slowing the speed down to gain accuracy) with
> > > > the normal homing sequence.
> > > >
> > > > Basically I made a component that senses in what stage of the
> > > > homing sequence the machine is and then it bypasses the home
> > > > switch or the index pulse as needed. Both are used as home switch
> > > > input but the index is the one used in the final stage of the
> > > > homing process.
> > > >
> > > > So to sume up, the machine moves until it finds the real limit
> > > > switch, once it's triggered the machine backs up until the switch
> > > > is open again. Then it approaches to the home switch again but
> > > > this time it's bypassed and the index pulse is the one that's
> > > > affecting the homing sequence.
> > > >
> > > > It's working flawlessly from what I could test with a dial
> > > > indicator.
> > > >
> > > > Leonardo Marsaglia
> > >
> > > I assume that motions mode signal is doing the switching? Thats a
> > > great idea Leonardo. Any body with encoders on all axises should be
> > > doing it.
> > >
> > > > El dom., 4 abr. 2021 15:36, Jon Elson <[email protected]>
> > >
> > > escribió:
> > > > > On 04/03/2021 11:39 PM, Sam Sokolik wrote:
> > > > > > Initially I would just try 'and-ing' the 2 in hal or classic
> > > > > > ladder and
> > > > >
> > > > > run
> > > > >
> > > > > > strait to the home input.  (Not using the home to index)
> > > > >
> > > > > If the prox sensor is of very short duration in linear
> > > > > motion, then the AND will just pop on for a moment, and
> > > > > likely go past it on the initial home search.  That will
> > > > > likely confuse the homing sequence. But, you can try it.
> > > > >
> > > > > Jon
> > > > >
> > > > >
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