On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 02:59:39PM -0500, Jeff Epler wrote:
> [TRAJ]AXES should probably be set to 8.  Here's the explanation from the
> documentation:
>     One more than the number of the highest joint number in the system.
>     For an XYZ machine, the joints are numbered 0, 1 and 2; in this case
>     AXES should be 3. For an XYUV machine using ``trivial kinematics'',
>     the V joint is numbered 8 and therefore AXES should be 9. For a
>     machine with nontrivial kinematics (e.g., scarakins) this will
>     generally be the number of controlled joints. 
>         
> http://linuxcnc.org/docs/devel/html/config/ini_config/index.html#hue432

Just as I was posting this, another developer noticed that the
documentation was incorrect.  The corrected text reads:
    the V joint is numbered 7 and therefore AXES should be 8.

I think the rest of what I said in my message is correct.

Jeff

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