[Emc-users] Two motors, one axis
I know this has been covered before, but I cannot find it... How do you connect two pins to the same signal to be able to, for instance, use two stepper motors on the same axis? Thanks, Len -- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Two motors, one axis
You can use either net: net signalname pin-writer pin-reader1 pind-reader2 or net again: net signalname pin-writer pin-reader1 net signalname pin-reader2 or linksp: net signalname pin-writer pin-reader1 linksp signalname pin-reader2 or linkps: net signalname pin-writer pin-reader1 linkps pin-reader2 signalname or only linksp: newsig signalname type linksp signalname pin-writer linksp signalname pin-reader1 linksp signalname pin-reader2 .. and probably a couple other ways too ;) Regards, Alex - Original Message - From: Len Shelton l...@probotix.com To: 'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)' emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 8:32 PM Subject: [Emc-users] Two motors, one axis I know this has been covered before, but I cannot find it... How do you connect two pins to the same signal to be able to, for instance, use two stepper motors on the same axis? Thanks, Len -- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.3/1878 - Release Date: 06.01.2009 07:56 -- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Two motors, one axis
key word is gantrykins http://axis.unpy.net/01162326817 and on from there Dave Caroline (archivist) -- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Two motors, one axis
On Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 12:32:08PM -0600, Len Shelton wrote: I know this has been covered before, but I cannot find it... How do you connect two pins to the same signal to be able to, for instance, use two stepper motors on the same axis? You can do this in one or more 'net' commands: On one line: net Xstep stepgen.0.out = parport.0.pin-02-out parport.0.pin-08-out On multiple lines (just one of many variations): net Xstep stepgen.0.out = parport.0.pin-02-out net Xstep = parport.0.pin-08-out For a given signal (Xstep in this example) you can have only one source (a hal OUT pin, stepgen.0.out in this example), and as many readers as you like (a hal IN pin, parport.0.pin-##-out in this example). (For so-called IO pins like index-enable, the rule is a little different and I won't try to summarise it for fear I'll get it wrong) Jeff -- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
