no problem.. that's what I thought it was originally, I just got all kinds of confused when the result numbers made no sense because I was thinking in units per minute and not units per second. thanks again
On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 11:17 PM, Marius Liebenberg <[email protected]>wrote: > Sorry for getting your name wrong And not answering the question in > total. The STEPGEN_MAX setting is to tell the software step generator > what its upper limit is for both velocity and acceleration. You should > have these settings set at about 25% higher than what you expect your > machine to go at. > On 2014-01-06 07:11, Marius Liebenberg wrote: > > Joshia > > As far as I know the settings in the INI file is in IN/SEC or MM/SEC. > > Just check for yourself in the Manual to be sure. > > > > On 2014-01-06 07:01, Josiah Morgan wrote: > >> can anyone explain what this is? > >> I have a stepper that should be able to operate at 1000 in/min but > linuxcnc > >> won't let me enter a value higher than 31.25 for the STEPGEN_MAX_VEL. > even > >> with STEPGEN_MAX_VEL at 31.25, it will still let me drive the axis much > >> faster than that, so I have to wonder what this value even does and how > I > >> can determine what this value needs to be. > >> > >> TYPE = LINEAR > >> MAX_VELOCITY = 1000.0 > >> MAX_ACCELERATION = 500.0 > >> # Set Stepgen max 20% higher than the axis > >> STEPGEN_MAX_VEL = 31.25 ??!!?? > >> STEPGEN_MAX_ACC = 300 ??!!?? > >> > >> thanks again for all the help. > >> > > -- > > Regards /Groete > > Marius D. Liebenberg > +27 82 698 3251 > +27 12 743 6064 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT > organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance > affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your > Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics > Pro! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- Josiah Morgan, P.E. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
