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 select Other you should input your drive timing values. On 16 Oct 2008 at 9:25, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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 sample engraving program to run. I don't have a > bit small enough to engrave yet so I left the Z axis up off the piece > and let the x and y axis run through the controller. My first project > will be to write a program to route a coper PC board. Should I leave > the steps in the config file alone (set at 200) seeingt that I am > running "other" rather than the Sherline preset in driver type. I > need it to be accurate of course as I will be milling specific lengts > on the PCB. Also is there a way to manualy control one axis with out > writting a program. Sort of a manual jog. the plus and minus jog buttons... on the manual control screen or do you mean some remote pendant way to jog? John > > > John Domville > John Thornton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : > > > 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 shortcut for your new config after you get done > > with the wizard. > > > > John > > > > On 15 Oct 2008 at 11:55, John Domville wrote: > > > > > I have been stumbling around in the dark with the learning curve > > > for my new SHERLINE mill ever since I got it. I had trouble > > > installing the software disk that came with the SHERLINE mill. ( > > > Linux/EMC Version 4.51). > > > At this point I have been able to down load the EMC2 image > > > from > > > Linuxcnc.org and after several attempts have Been successful in > > > burning a CD that will boot. > > > > > > I already had a PC that dual booted between Windows XP > > > professional > > > and Ubuntu 8.xxx. Still learning my way around the LINUX file > > > structure and OS. > > > > > > I have printed out the EMC2 manual and have that handy. > > > So this is > > > where I am now: > > > > > > Computer: DELL with 1Gb Ram and a 160 Gig hard drive running > > > both Win XP and Ubuntu. Mill: Sherline 5000 series with a external > > > 8760 controller. > > > > > > 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 on my equipment? > > > > > > Several of you were kind enough to answer my "new guy" dumb > > > questions, which without I would not be where I am now. A million > > > thanks for that. I hope someday to return the favor if I ever > > > learn this system/software/machine. > > > > > > John Domville > > > Elmira NY > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > ---- --- 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 [email protected] > > > 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 [email protected] > > 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 > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
