On Sunday 16 December 2012 17:08:31 Gene Heskett did opine: > On Sunday 16 December 2012 16:31:23 andy pugh did opine: > > On 16 December 2012 20:40, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Next? > > > > Try one of the demo configs. > > Believe it or not "nist-lathe" runs, as in doesn't take the first off > ramp. But won't run, or home because it thinks all the limit switches > are all closed. > > I've posted both the .ini and the .hal files, what else can leave a > wrench in the gears? > > Cheers, Gene
I believe I found it! An ls -lu confirmed that both linuxcnc.vars, and position.txt (which was an empty file) were being touched by the run attempts. So, based on the hunch that one or both were trashed by the initial "crashed the whole machine on exit" event, I nuked both files, and it now will at least open the gui, and quits clean on exit. And both files were regenerated, with content. So now I'll need to remember that in the event of such a problem again, those 2 files are 99% expendable. Now, hopefully, I can go back to figuring out how to deal with a motor controller whose input sensitivity curve is a Cast Iron Bitch. It takes at least a 20% duty cycle out of the pwmgen to even make its felt friction less in the forward direction, a huge do nothing threshold, and a very quickly rising gain in a nearly exponentially rising curve above that. That is a replacement board I bought last spring, and the so called calibration procedure failed to make the translation from Chinese to Chinglish... I got it from LMS, so I think I will call Mr. Woods tomorrow & see if he has a better method. Thanks guys. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! When a person goes on a diet, the first thing he loses is his temper. I was taught to respect my elders, but its getting harder and harder to find any... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
