2011/4/29 Kev James <[email protected]>: > Thanks Kirk - I really appreciate the help. > > I've put my .hal file here: http://pastebin.com/Zx7x0h6F > > <http://pastebin.com/Zx7x0h6F>According to the line numbering in pastebin, I > commented out lines 27, 28 and 35, and added the line you suggested in at > line 36/37 (the gap). That didn't change anything, I also tried changing > line 28 from xenable to zenable and 35 from xenable to yenable, but no dice > there either.
Well, it would have been nice to share the file, which contains Your changes to see them, instead of sharing the original one. I think that this is pretty simple: 1) Take line 48 net xenable axis.0.amp-enable-out => stepgen.0.enable 2) Add parport pins as outputs, so that it looks like this: net xenable axis.0.amp-enable-out => stepgen.0.enable parport.0.pin-04-out parport.0.pin-05-out parport.0.pin-17-out I think it should work. If I understand correctly, each parport pin is connected to a separate drive. It would be better to connect them to each enable pin of corresponding axis: net xenable axis.0.amp-enable-out => stepgen.0.enable parport.0.pin-04-out net yenable axis.1.amp-enable-out => stepgen.1.enable parport.0.pin-05-out Put correct pin with correct enable signal. > Two things occur to me: > 1) Is there a section of the manual on this manual tweaking that I should > have read? I'm quite happy to RTFM if I should have done.. EMC2 manuals are available here: http://www.linuxcnc.org/content/view/5/5/lang,english/ > 2) When I load the modified profile into stepconf, it tells me that it's > been modified outside of stepconf, and that any changes will be overwritten > if I save. Does this mean that (a) it doesn't use the modified settings > during stepconf or (b) it will use the modifications during stepconf but not > save them? I would say that it is case A - stepconf ignores and overwrites all the changes. Viesturs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
