Don't forget the sacrificial chicken. This is Unix, after all... ;-) Mark
On 06/13/2010 09:24 PM, Todd Freeman wrote: > Andy, I will slaughter a cow in your honor tomorrow. Thank you very much! > > On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Andy Pugh<a...@andypugh.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: >> On 13 June 2010 21:48, Todd Freeman<compusl...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> The problem is, I have no clue how to >>> configure EMC to work with this homegrown driver. I built the driver >>> circuit exactly as shown, using two NTE2018's. Since this driver >>> doesn't actually contain a stepper motor driver chip, but rather a >>> gaggle of Darlingtons, it will not respond to the normally simple >>> direction and 'go' pins, >> >> Indeed not, but there is a very straightforward way round that, as the >> EMC steppgen function has a number of different configurations, >> several of which are 4-wire pattern generators. Look at the >> documentation at >> http://www.linuxcnc.org/docview/html//man/man9/stepgen.9.html >> (Especially stepgen types 5, 6, and 9) >> >> You will have to manually edit the HAL file to use those types, but >> the rest of a stepconf wizard created config should work (of course, >> you will also have to assign the p-port pins) >> >> -- >> atp ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
