Hello Nick,
If i am correct this is some form of "hunting" mode which is being done by 
the feedback loop in the PRU. I have seen the same behavior on our 
machines, but I have no clue what this actually does internally in 
machinekit.

Op woensdag 10 mei 2017 11:14:45 UTC+2 schreef Nick Collier:
>
> I am running Machinekit on a BBB. 
>
> When tasting the physical step and direction output pins with an 
> oscilloscope, I noticed that there are various rectangle/pulse type waves 
> on the direction pins when the respective axis are not moving. Is this 
> normal?
>
> As soon I make the axis move, the direction pin goes to either high or low 
> depending on the direction.
>
> When the axis are moving, everything looks fine. But I would expect no 
> signal when there is no movement. The step outputs produce no signal when 
> there is no movement, so I guess the signal from the direction outputs are 
> not going to do any harm. 
>
>

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