I have read and printed the 1.3.9.3 notes, don't really understand them. All I know is that The default steps set up in the config wizard are all 200. (For every AXIS) When I tell one of axis to move 1 inch (1.000) the actual tool movement is less than half. (around .480) That's why I arbitrarily Plugged in twice the value to see what happened, (400) and when I cut 1 inch again it came out around(.960) But I am told that is not the way to do it. I need to find someone with the same 5000 series mill running the same Sherline controller and see what his settings are. The motors I have are 1/8 degree.
John -----Original Message----- From: Alex Joni [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 2:20 PM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Calibration of Sherline Mill under CNC OUTPUT_SCALE is only used on servo systems, and even there it's not mandatory. INPUT_SCALE will be dropped in favour of SCALE on stepper systems, stepconf already only puts SCALE in a generated ini file. More details here: http://www.linuxcnc.org/docview/2.2/html//config_ini_config.html Especially 1.3.9.3 Stepper-related items Regards, Alex ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kirk Wallace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 8:56 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Calibration of Sherline Mill under CNC > On Thu, 2008-10-16 at 13:27 -0400, John Domville wrote: >> Thanks for the information. Where do I check the output scale? >> Somewhere >> in the config file? >> >> John > > Yes, in the config_name.ini file in > the /home/user_name/emc2/configs/config_name/ directory. > Each AXIS section in the file will have a OUTPUT_SCALE. Usually it is > used to change the direction the axis moves (or rather, joint) by making > it +1 or -1. Stepconf most likely set it for you, but it wouldn't hurt > to go through the .ini file to get an idea of how it works. > > Kirk > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
