On 27 Oct 2008 at 12:35, BRIAN GLACKIN wrote: <snip> > Time and a z axis sleep issue with my Hobbycnc board kept me from > doing much cutting. Since Kim's posts on the Hobbycnc issues and > workarounds, I now have a modified board that does not lose steps on > G0's (particularly the Z). <snip> > > The Driver Microstepping is what your drive requires not what you > > want it to be because of latency issues. Get the short Getting > > Started Guide from this page > > > > http://www.linuxcnc.org/content/view/5/5/lang,en/ > > > > With this resetting of my INI files, I redid my latency tests and > found that I have a max jitter of 38500ns. According to that manual > It recommended limiting to half and full step - therefore my reaosning > to go full step for now. > > I will consult the stepconf manual for the correct number to enter for > full step.
For full stepping you would enter a 1 in Driver Microstepping but you also have to configure your Hobbycnc drive for 1/1 stepping. I could not find a manual on line for the Hobbycnc but did see that it is configurable for full, half, quarter, 1/8, and 1/16 somehow... John ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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