> I would much prefer to edit a well thought out and documented config file > than use pretty much any Grunt n' Click interface. > People who come from Win and OSX are not used to that, so it seems crude to > them at first, but they soon learn to wield the powerful text editor with > the best of them. At least in my somewhat limited experience with several > Mach3 to LCNC converts. > > Cheers, > Kurt >
>From the Xylotex.ini file. Like this? Comments totally don't match the actual parameter settings. Well thought out documented text config files are a dream and not reality. [AXIS_0] # # Step timing is 40 us steplen + 40 us stepspace # That gives 80 us step period = 12.5 KHz step freq # # Bah, even software stepping can handle that, hm2 doesnt buy you much with # such slow steppers. # # Scale is 200 steps/rev * 5 revs/inch = 1000 steps/inch # # This gives a maxvel of 12.5/1 = 12.5 ips # # these are in nanoseconds DIRSETUP = 1000 DIRHOLD = 20000 STEPLEN = 500 STEPSPACE = 4000 I prefer a well thought out dialog with confirmation parameters and testing on out of range parameters any day of the week. The StepConfig program that comes with MachineKit on the Beagle doesn't even recognize the beagle and is set for 1 or two parallel ports. The problem is often skilled people in one area are very inept in others. That's across all disciplines so this is a generalization of course. Skilled people often forget what they didn't know. Unskilled people don't know what they don't know. And then there are the few expert visionaries who recognize what it's like to not know anything and can create systems that are easy to set up and use and later be exploited for the incredible power lying latent behind the curtain. The MachineKit Install for the Beagle does not fall into that category for the various reasons that have surfaced in this discussion thread. I have my Y axis running. Now I have to put together two more of the HP_UHU servo driver kits, draw and create patterns and castings for the X axis. Handle limit switch installs etc. For now the motor drive has been removed from the Y axis so the mill is workable with the DRO to mill the next bits and pieces. Hopefully that won't be another 8 years. For now the stuff is all back in a box. Thanks for everyone's help. John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
