Bryce, I would (and did) avoid using Gantrykins. It is rife with bugs (like ignoring MAX_VELOCITY, or try jogging with keyboard keys in Manual Tab/World Mode and over 488ipm - gives immediate fault but in Joint Mode/Manual Tab, can jog at any speed) and/or gotchas (World Mode only supports continuous jogging not incremental, and I guarantee you will screw up and jog in Joint Mode). We spent a long time trying to get Gantrykins to behave including modifying Axis to switch to World Mode automatically, but ultimately gave up and are very happy with our trivkins configuration. See documentation here: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?GantryPlasmaMachine
I reported a number of bugs on the mailing list back in Dec/Jan/Feb related to Gantrykins and World/Joint mode and was ultimately convinced to just use trivkins. If I were you I'd save myself the frustration. Wait, I was you and I didn't! Go ahead and experience the frustration and then switch ;-) Or as we say, Learn from the mistakes of other's by repeating them yourself! BTW, good name. 10 years ago I named my son Bryce :-) Tom On May 29, 2012, at 2:45 PM, Bryce Johnson wrote: > That is true, but then I will lose the ability to square off my gantry when > I do homing. I suppose what I could open an linuxcnc with one ini in joint > mode. Close that down and open my slaved one up and home it again in place. > > On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 1:11 PM, andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 28 May 2012 20:34, Bryce Johnson <sie...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I am using gantrykins with XYZX. I am trying to set up my limits for for >>> speed on my Z axis of 180ipm. In joint mode, jogging around, it seems >> to >>> obey this. When I switch to world it doesn't listen to that limit >> anymore >> >> Playing with the gantry sim it seems that your observations are >> correct. The axis MAX_VELOCITY INI file options are ignored in World >> Mode. >> >> This does seem a little unexpected. However, I have been playing >> around with the Gantry sim and it does appear that only the [TRAJ] >> limit is considered when in World mode, with no means to limit the >> joint velocities. >> >> I think that your intention to simply link the axes together has >> merit. It is simple to connect the output of one stepgen to two sets >> of parport pins. >> >> -- >> atp >> If you can't fix it, you don't own it. >> http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Live Security Virtual Conference >> Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and >> threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions >> will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware >> threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
