Re: [Emc-users] Rapid Override

2008-04-09 Thread Anders Wallin
This is SF feature request #1536176 submitted in Aug 2006 http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detailaid=1536176group_id=6744atid=356744 As far as I can tell this is a useful feature and it should be possible to implement. I think right now all moves are queued up as canon-command

Re: [Emc-users] Newbie Help Needed - Losing Steps

2008-04-09 Thread rehenry
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Andrew Ayre [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Newbie Help Needed - Losing Steps Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:08:58 -0700 Update - I switched to 1/4 stepping mode. Movement is smoother

Re: [Emc-users] Newbie Help Needed - Losing Steps

2008-04-09 Thread Andrew Ayre
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Andrew Ayre [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Newbie Help Needed - Losing Steps Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:08:58 -0700 Update - I switched to 1/4

Re: [Emc-users] Newbie Help Needed - Losing Steps

2008-04-09 Thread Emory Smith
Andrew, What did you do to switch to 1/4 step mode. Was it within EMC or something on your controller? Is there a FAQ? I'd like to try that. Thanks, Emory On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 8:08 PM, Andrew Ayre [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Kasunich wrote: Andrew Ayre wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [Emc-users] Newbie Help Needed - Losing Steps

2008-04-09 Thread Andrew Ayre
Emory, I changed the jumpers on my HobbyCNC board. I then recalculated the number of steps to move one unit (one inch or one millimeter) then adjusted the INPUT_SCALE value in the EMC2 ini file to that amount. Basically going from full stepping to 1/4 stepping will quadruple the value for

[Emc-users] Newbie wants to find wizard

2008-04-09 Thread aaron Moore
Hi EMC I am finally the proud owner of three Nema 34 stepper motors, stepper drivers and a power supply all wired up with power lights ablaze, ready to go. However EMC does not seem to be communicating with them. I get some weeere sounds but no movement. I see in the documentation there is a

Re: [Emc-users] Newbie wants to find wizard

2008-04-09 Thread Jim Coleman
you might want to try turning the feed override down to like 1%, with my little play i have with stepper motors, that's what they do when you try to run them too fast. I dont know where to find stepconf, you might try running it from command line? ive never used it. On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 5:56