On Sunday 06 April 2014 03:38:15 Bill Brettle did opine: > Thankyou both > > First, the LOW on pin 1 was 0v sorry to muddy the waters. > > Second, I corrected the "-out-invert" problem now I get this Error > message "Debug file information: > Can not find -sec MOT -var MOT -num 1 > Can not find -sec IO -var IO -num 1 > Can not find -sec LINUXCNC -var NML_FILE -num 1 > Can not find -sec EMC -var NML_FILE -num 1 > BillsMill.hal:24: setp requires 2 arguments, 1 given
Humm, do you as the linuxcnc user, have write perms in the linuxcnc/config/BillsMill directory tree? I don't recall ever seeing an error like that. Yes, setp needs a pin or parameter argument first, then a value to set it at. Can be true/false or a floating point value depending on the pin or parameter you are setting. Some pins only exist as parameters as has been pointed out. > 6953 > PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND" > > What does all this mean? > > Third, I have included the line net > "Xhome parport.0.pin-10-in=> axis.0.home-sw-in axis.0.neg-lim-sw-in > axis.0.pos-lim-sw-in" > > Is this OK? If all switches are NO and wired in parallel so they close when touched, or all switches are NC and wired in series so the chain opens when touched, it should just work. You will need a voltage feed to set the logic when they operate of course. With a current limit, say a 4.7k resistor. > Stepper configuration article says this: > "### Shared home switches all on one parallel port pin? > ### that's ok, hook the same signal to all the axes, but be sure to > ### set HOME_IS_SHARED and HOME_SEQUENCE in the ini file. See the > ### user manual!" > > Is this necessary ? if so, where and what do I enter in my .ini? Yes, generally speaking. That way the home search sequence is done in the order specified. Just like the manual says. > Hope I'm making sense > > Regards Bill > > PS Gene, Hows the back going, any news on the op.? B Gah, a top poster. I'm fat, dumb and unhappy till next Tuesday afternoon when I have an appointment with a neurosurgeon to discuss it. > > On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 11:51 PM, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> wrote: > > On Saturday 05 April 2014 09:28:28 Bill Brettle did opine: > > > Hi again everyone > > > > > > Pin No. 01 on my BOB is enable, and unless it is on HIGH the motion > > > > > > commands are blocked, I've discovered that the input from the > > > computer on this pin is 5v (ie HIGH) but the BOB inverts this so > > > that the output is about 2v (ie Low) so what I now want to do is to > > > invert the output from the computer. > > > > First off, if its only going down to 2 volts, you have a hardware > > problem. A fairly serious, something is trying to pull it up, and may > > have already blown that gate on your BOB. Maker and model of the > > BOB? > > > > Second off "setp parport.0.pin-#-out-invert" in your .hal file will do > > the inversion. > > > > > There are some example on how to do this in an LCNC > > > document titled Stepper Configuration. (with part of that document > > > Attached) When I put that into my HAL file I get an error message as > > > shown on the top line of that attachment. > > > > > > I have the opposite problem with my spindle which turns on when I > > > start the program and turns off at an M3 Code. > > > > Apply that same setp to the parport pin that enables the spindle. > > IOW your setp parport.0.pin-9-invert TRUE becomes > > setp parport.0.pin-9-out-invert TRUE > > > > Same syntax for its pin 1 > > > > > Until I get this sorted out I can't sort out the other problems. > > > > > > I have included my .HAL and .INI files. As an ex Architect, ex > > > Pastor, and ex Taxi Driver, I'm pretty much out of my depth, so > > > could someone please check these to make sure that I'm not making a > > > complete mash of them. > > > > > > Regards Bill > > > > You also have 4 stepgens configured in your .hal file, but only 3 in > > your .ini file. That likely will cause errors when you get that far. > > > > And, are you sure that the stepgen config is correct? > > > > > On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 7:46 PM, andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On 2 April 2014 05:51, Bill Brettle <billbret...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > 1. how is Xenable triggered, it doesn't appear to be going high > > > > > > > > Xenable isn't a HAL pin, so I assume that it is a signal that is > > > > created in your HAL file. > > > > You probably want to connect it to axis.0.amp-enable-out. > > > > http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/html/man/man9/motion.9.html > > > > > > > > > My setup is a 3 axis, 2 wire connection. The 2 wires require B & > > > > > C (or A > > > > > > > > & > > > > > > > > > D) phases and provides the other phases as inversions of the > > > > > phases provided. > > > > > > > > Does that work? I thought that the step sequence required each > > > > phase to be completely off some of the time. > > > > We normally call that A/B/Z where A&B have a 90 degree relationship > > looking something like 2 square waves, out of time by half the period > > of the wave at each logic level. Z is only active during the once per > > revolution index pulse. > > > > > > There are 4 patterns, and you have 4 codes, so it should be > > > > possible to make it work. > > > > Looking at (for example) pattern 8 > > > > http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/html/hal/rtcomps.html#sec:Stepgen > > > > Does show the phases you describe, I can't decide if that will > > > > drive a unipolar motor, or if is is designed as a differential > > > > drive to a driver. > > > > > > > > > The attached BillsMill.hal shows how I have configured the pins > > > > > ie by > > > > > > > > just > > > > > > > > > omitting configurations for A & D, I don't know how this will > > > > > work. > > > > > > > > You may need to choose pattern 6 or 8 (the actual phase excitation > > > > will be the same with either in your situation). These are the > > > > patterns that output the full 4 combinations on just two pins. > > > > > > > > > 3. I have developed my Gcode files with CNCSimulatorPro but I > > > > > found out that LCNC cannot read these even though I have saved > > > > > them as .ngc. > > > > > > > > What do they look like? How does LinuxCNC fail to read them? > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > atp > > > > If you can't fix it, you don't own it. > > > > http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > ---- -------- _______________________________________________ > > > > Emc-users mailing list > > > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > Cheers, Gene > > -- > > > > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. 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