I'm using servos, not steppers. I have real position feedback. Neil
On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sunday 06 June 2010, Neil Baylis wrote: > >Many printers & plotters do not use limit switches. Instead, they move the > >print head slowly towards the end stop until the motor stalls, and then > > back off from that point a certain distance and that's the home position > > or soft limit. > > > >What, roughly, do I need to do with EMC to get this behavior? > > > That generally does work well at all. The reason is that when it jams, it > jams at the steppers max torque, and it takes a random number of steps in > the other direction, and even some hand help at times, to break it loose > again. > > >Neil > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >---- ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate > >GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the > >lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: > >http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo > >_______________________________________________ > >Emc-users mailing list > >[email protected] > >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > > -- > Cheers, Gene > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > Old soldiers never die. Young ones do. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate > GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the > lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- http://www.pixpopuli.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
