Ah ha! It homes beautifully now. Thanks, Frank
> -----Original Message----- > From: Alex Joni [mailto:alex.j...@robcon.ro] > Sent: Tuesday, 17 November 2009 10:05 AM > To: EMC developers > Subject: Re: [Emc-developers] klunk on homing to index - NO! > > Did you connect index-enable to the pid component too? > Without that the behaviour should be unchanged (might be good > to test that too). > > Regards, > Alex > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Frank Tkalcevic" <fr...@franksworkshop.com.au> > Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 12:33 AM > To: "'EMC developers'" <emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: Re: [Emc-developers] klunk on homing to index - NO! > > > I just tried the fix on my lathe, and it looks worse. I always got > > the klunk the first time I homed, but it would be OK if I did > > subsequent homes. > > > > I use a home switch and an index pulse. It moves to the > home switch, > > then reverses slowly to find the index pulse. It sets the > X value to > > be the current radius (80.54mm), then moves to 70. Scope > picture here > > http://filebin.ca/hugkmx. It klunks after it finds the index pulse. > > > > My config... > > > > # X axis > > [AXIS_0] > > TYPE = LINEAR > > MAX_VELOCITY = 15 > > MAX_ACCELERATION = 40 > > BACKLASH = 0.000 > > INPUT_SCALE = 2048 > > OUTPUT_SCALE = 1.000 > > OUTPUT_OFFSET = 0.0 > > MIN_LIMIT = -53 > > MAX_LIMIT = 81 > > FERROR = .06 > > HOME = 70 > > HOME_SEQUENCE = 0 > > HOME_OFFSET = 80.54 > > HOME_SEARCH_VEL = 2.0 > > HOME_LATCH_VEL = -0.1 > > HOME_USE_INDEX = YES > > HOME_IGNORE_LIMITS = NO > > MAX_OUTPUT = 1.0 > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Jon Elson [mailto:el...@pico-systems.com] > >> Sent: Tuesday, 17 November 2009 5:53 AM > >> To: EMC developers > >> Subject: [Emc-developers] klunk on homing to index - YES! > >> > >> Thanks to Chris Radek for fixing that klunk when homing to > index. It > >> appears to work, although you have to shut down EMC and move the > >> machine from the home position or you wouldn't hear the > klunk anyway. > >> But, a quick test shows that it is fixed! > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Jon > >> > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal > Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, > integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, > core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal > Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers