John Kasunich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ... > This can be good or bad - changing a debounce delay on the fly is fine, > but you don't want to be randomly disconnecting, connecting, or > adjusting HAL things unless you know what you are changing. But used > carefully, it can really speed up the initial configuration and tuning > of a machine. > > Once you've found the proper value, add the line into your HAL file so > it will take effect the next time you start EMC. > > Regards, > > John Kasunich
John & Stephen, Thank you guys, that did it. I was sooo close. Very tired because I have been on an accelerated schedule (read:10 hour days)to retrofit my mill for the last 4 weeks. My old Bandit controller finally gave up its last puff of magic smoke, and I said: "Enough!" - right in the middle of a customer job. It is up and running again as of today, and I am hoping to get the hang of the tool offset table and G54 offsets well enough not to crash the part. John, I will follow your diagnostic protocol from now on. Thanks for that. Emc2 really rocks, it's like buying a new Ferrari and trying to figure out what all the dials, switches, and knobs are for. Very neat. I am looking forward to using it. Here is my debounced limit switch file for the X limits. # # Connect motion controller I/Os # loadrt debounce cfg="6" addf debounce.0 servo-thread 1 setp debounce.0.delay 10 # Connect limit/home switch outputs to motion controller. newsig Xminlim bit newsig Xmaxlim bit newsig Xhome bit linkpp m5i20.0.in-00 debounce.0.0.in linksp Xminlim <= debounce.0.0.out linksp Xminlim => axis.0.neg-lim-sw-in linkpp m5i20.0.in-01 debounce.0.1.in linksp Xmaxlim <= debounce.0.1.out linksp Xmaxlim => axis.0.pos-lim-sw-in linksp Xhome <= m5i20.0.in-02 linksp Xhome => axis.0.home-sw-in Thanks again guys, Tom ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The future of the web can't happen without you. Join us at MIX09 to help pave the way to the Next Web now. Learn more and register at http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;208669438;13503038;i?http://2009.visitmix.com/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
