Hi again, I did as ian suggested and placed info for 6 axes in the ini file. Initially because emc loaded I thought that everything was alright. However when I try to use the C axis (either manually or in a program) emc reprts a Joint 5 following error and stops. I am using the latest version of emc 2.4.0. Also see config file below I changed GEOMETRY to just CXYZ but still got the error.
Thanks Alan [EMC] MACHINE = rose DEBUG = 0 [DISPLAY] DISPLAY = axis EDITOR = gedit POSITION_OFFSET = RELATIVE POSITION_FEEDBACK = ACTUAL MAX_FEED_OVERRIDE = 2.0 INTRO_GRAPHIC = emc2.gif INTRO_TIME = 5 PROGRAM_PREFIX = /home/alan/emc2/nc_files INCREMENTS = 5mm 1mm .5mm .1mm .05mm .01mm .005mm GEOMETRY = CXYZAB [FILTER] PROGRAM_EXTENSION = .png,.gif,.jpg Greyscale Depth Image PROGRAM_EXTENSION = .py Python Script png = image-to-gcode gif = image-to-gcode jpg = image-to-gcode py = python [TASK] TASK = milltask CYCLE_TIME = 0.010 [RS274NGC] PARAMETER_FILE = emc.var [EMCMOT] EMCMOT = motmod COMM_TIMEOUT = 1.0 COMM_WAIT = 0.010 BASE_PERIOD = 100000 SERVO_PERIOD = 1000000 [HAL] HALUI = halui HALFILE = rose.hal HALFILE = custom.hal POSTGUI_HALFILE = custom_postgui.hal [HALUI] # add halui MDI commands here (max 64) [TRAJ] AXES = 6 COORDINATES = X Y Z C MAX_ANGULAR_VELOCITY = 60.00 DEFAULT_ANGULAR_VELOCITY = 6.00 LINEAR_UNITS = mm ANGULAR_UNITS = degree CYCLE_TIME = 0.010 DEFAULT_VELOCITY = 10.00 MAX_LINEAR_VELOCITY = 50.00 [EMCIO] EMCIO = io CYCLE_TIME = 0.100 TOOL_TABLE = tool.tbl [AXIS_0] TYPE = LINEAR HOME = 0.0 MAX_VELOCITY = 50.0 MAX_ACCELERATION = 10.0 STEPGEN_MAXACCEL = 37.5 SCALE = 80.0 FERROR = 1 MIN_FERROR = .25 MIN_LIMIT = -100.0 MAX_LIMIT = 250.0 HOME_OFFSET = 0.0 [AXIS_1] TYPE = LINEAR HOME = 0.0 MAX_VELOCITY = 50.0 MAX_ACCELERATION = 10.0 STEPGEN_MAXACCEL = 37.5 SCALE = 20.0 FERROR = 1 MIN_FERROR = .25 MIN_LIMIT = -0.001 MAX_LIMIT = 8.0 HOME_OFFSET = 0.0 [AXIS_2] TYPE = LINEAR HOME = 0.0 MAX_VELOCITY = 50.0 MAX_ACCELERATION = 10.0 STEPGEN_MAXACCEL = 37.5 SCALE = 80.0 FERROR = 1 MIN_FERROR = .25 MIN_LIMIT = -100.0 MAX_LIMIT = 400.0 HOME_OFFSET = 0.0 [AXIS_5] TYPE = ANGULAR HOME = 0.0 MAX_VELOCITY = 60.0 MAX_ACCELERATION = 300.0 STEPGEN_MAXACCEL = 375.0 SCALE = 17.7777777778 FERROR = 1 MIN_FERROR = .25 MIN_LIMIT = -9999.0 MAX_LIMIT = 9999.0 HOME_OFFSET = 0.0 # the following axes dont matter [AXIS_3] TYPE = ANGULAR HOME = 0.0 MAX_VELOCITY = 60.0 MAX_ACCELERATION = 300.0 STEPGEN_MAXACCEL = 375.0 SCALE = 17.7777777778 FERROR = 1 MIN_FERROR = .25 MIN_LIMIT = -9999.0 MAX_LIMIT = 9999.0 HOME_OFFSET = 0.0 [AXIS_4] TYPE = ANGULAR HOME = 0.0 MAX_VELOCITY = 60.0 MAX_ACCELERATION = 300.0 STEPGEN_MAXACCEL = 375.0 SCALE = 17.7777777778 FERROR = 1 MIN_FERROR = .25 MIN_LIMIT = -9999.0 MAX_LIMIT = 9999.0 HOME_OFFSET = 0.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
