Re: [Emc-users] Master-Slave stepper set up

2008-05-07 Thread Jon Elson
Kirk Wallace wrote: > I wonder. If you don't know the state of the two end carriages, and they > might be in a binding condition, it might be necessary to sync the > carriages before any substantial move. Could a laser be used to get the > carriages synced enough to for a move to a proper sync? >

Re: [Emc-users] Master-Slave stepper set up

2008-05-07 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Wed, 2008-05-07 at 10:57 -0500, Jon Elson wrote: > Mark Wendt (Contractor) wrote: > > > > Thanks for the info. I was doing a little reading on the > > wiki and in the user doc over the weekend, and missed seeing anything > > on that. Is there any documentation that I may have gloss

Re: [Emc-users] Master-Slave stepper set up

2008-05-07 Thread Jon Elson
Mark Wendt (Contractor) wrote: > > Thanks for the info. I was doing a little reading on the > wiki and in the user doc over the weekend, and missed seeing anything > on that. Is there any documentation that I may have glossed over? It likely is NOT documented at the present. I think

Re: [Emc-users] Master-Slave stepper set up

2008-05-07 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
At 09:45 PM 5/6/2008, you wrote: >Mark Wendt (Contractor) wrote: > > I've in the process of building a two axis machine - using the X and > > Z axis, and I have a three axis stepper/driver combo already set up > > and basically ready to go. I was wondering if there is some way to > > configure EMC

Re: [Emc-users] Master-Slave stepper set up

2008-05-06 Thread Jon Elson
Mark Wendt (Contractor) wrote: > I've in the process of building a two axis machine - using the X and > Z axis, and I have a three axis stepper/driver combo already set up > and basically ready to go. I was wondering if there is some way to > configure EMC so that I could slave the Y axis to th