On Sun, 1 Jul 2012, Zhikun Ba wrote:
> Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2012 02:18:41 +0800
> From: Zhikun Ba <bazhi...@gmail.com>
> Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)"
> <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
> To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Emc-users] what are 'step time' 'step space' 'direction hold'
> 'direction setup' mean?
>
> I am Dylan. I am just a beginner of LinuxCNC. I have question, what
> are 'step
> time' 'step space' 'direction hold' 'direction setup' mean? I do not
> understand. could you help me ?
> I have read the Integrator Manual, but I still don't understand the meaning
> .
There is more information on the stepgen component that uses these
parameters in the stepgen manual.
If you type
man stepgen
in a terminal window, the stepgen manual page will be displayed
Basically these are timimg parameters that should be set to exceed the minimum
specs of your step drives interface timing. If you do not know your drives
specifications you can use very conservative values that will work with most
drives, for example:
10 usec steplen
10 usec stepspace
200 usec dirsetup
200 usec dirhold
will work on almost any drive, but may limit performance on high speed
drives/step+dir servos
Peter Wallace
Mesa Electronics
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