On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 1:53 PM, Chris Radek <ch...@timeguy.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 12:16:40PM -0500, Stuart Stevenson wrote:
> > Gentlemen,
> >
> > http://www.mpm1.com:8080/machines/enshu/Screenshot.png
> >   This is set up with Pgain = 10, FF1 = 1 and scale = 8.89.
> >   I have tried Pgain = 0 - got no PID output
> >                    Pgain = 100 - got a little better
> >                    Pgain = 300 - not much better but didn't feel as good
> >
> > The accel side looks much better but as I increase P I start to see sharp
> > points and flats on the curve.
> > I think I want to reach symmetry? How to do that?
> > thanks
> > Stuart
> >
>
> It doesn't look at all right to me.  Unless the machine was very
> sluggish originally, the accel you are getting here seems really low.
>
> Could you update the ini and hal files online?  The ini still says
> OUTPUT_SCALE 1.0 - is that the one you changed to 8.89?
>
will do - should be there within 5 minutes

>
> In this screenshot the axis starts decelerating halfway through your
> 1" move, which is about when EMC thinks it's already at the endpoint.
> Something is still grossly wrong with dac/pid scaling/maxoutput or amp
> settings; you're not yet into the realm of where tweaks to tuning
> numbers will fix it.
>
> Can you put a voltmeter on the amp's velocity input and see if you're
> getting near 10v when you command a rapid?  If you have it set the way
> I suggested, and all is working right, you should see about 9 volts.
>
just got back from lunch - this is the very next thing I will do

>
> If it's 0.9 or some other number, you've got a smoking gun.  I think
> it should be working a LOT better than this.
>
>
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