John,
The easy way is to use the Stepconf Wizard to generate a config for you. There
is a
Sherline Driver choice and a Sherline Outputs button that does all the hard
work for
you as you page through the wizard. Take a gander at the getting started guide.
It
tells you how to create a desktop
My Sherline mill will not run whwn I select Sherline as the driver type. I have
to use OTHER. Further along the wizard you again select the output to be
Sherline and that works.
I found the not in use selection for the limit switches and also had to enter
different axis movements to get the
Did you read the short Getting Started Guide? It's only 27 pages long and
covers
most of what you need to know to get up and running...
The first one sets the stepper drive timing only. The second one sets the I/O
of the
parallel port card and they have nothing to do with each other. When you
John,
The first thing to do is to just see EMC in operation. Select one of the Sim
configurations, Axis and TkEMC are good choices. As the name implies these
configurations use simulated I/O, so it will not do anything as far as
controlling a machine. It will just give you a feel for what it
On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 11:55 -0400, John Domville wrote:
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Per printed instructions I have booted off the CD and got to the EMC2
program (Applications CNC EMC2) The screen where I am stuck for a
selection is the Configuration Select. What do I select at this
point to proceed, based
Eric... Thanks for the info. We will check out the links and give it a try
John
-Original Message-
From: Eric H. Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 12:50 PM
To: 'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)'
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] New Guy help with EMC2
Kirk,
Thanks for the input. Will give it a try.
John
-Original Message-
From: Kirk Wallace [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 12:39 PM
To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] New Guy help with EMC2 and Sherline Mill
On Wed, 2008
