I rung out my encoder wiring from the breakout boards to the encoders, found some errors and corrected them. Now my X axis counts but my Z axis doesn't. I wired my X and Z to Axis 0 and 1, should it be wired to axis 0 and 2? Or should the configuration (hal and/or ini) be changed to use axis 1 as the Z axis?
I'm encouraged that I finaly got one of the encoders counting! My lathe has 1.2HP servo axis motors capable of 240IPM so I plan to be real careful getting my drive, tach feedback, encoder feedback, and command signal polarities right. Most of what I've read in the EMC users manuals I downloaded is about configuring EMC for mills, where can I find configuration information for lathes? Specificaly I'm looking for info on which axis on the Mesa to use with Z (per my question above) and which for my spindle encoder. My hardware is Mesa 5i20, 7i33, and 7i37 boards. Has anyone here used Mesa boards on a lathe yet? I have taken some vacation time from work, I'm off thru 6/12 and hope to get the control part of this lathe running. I'm new to EMC and Linux and hope I can get some help getting this thing going. You guys have been great and I appreciate the answers so far. Thanks! Roger Neal [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
