Igor Chudov wrote: > Got my Troyke CNC rotary table moving today. eBay item 120587743949, > > > Anyway, I wanted to use it as a 4th axis. Does anyone have a sample > config for a 4th axis? > > Well, you just follow the way the XY and Z are connected up in the hal files ppmc_motion.hal and ppmc_servo.hal, and add a similar section for [AXIS_3] except that it is type = angular in the .ini file. > How do you practically home a rotary table if it has no home switch? > Just add one? > If you need a repeatable home position, you could rig a switch to a bump on the table, or you could just make it home to wherever it is right now. If you set HOME_SEARCH_VEL = 0.0, then home is set immediately to the current position.
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