On Wed, 2007-10-10 at 12:06 -0500, Jon Elson wrote: > Kirk Wallace wrote: > > On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 21:52 -0500, Jon Elson wrote: > > ... snip
... snip > > count against the index. If index doesn't appear when the count predicts > > it, a warning could be issued. > > > > You could pretty easily make up such a program that would > command the motor to run at a slow rate but open-loop, and put > the encoder counter into index-enable mode, so it counts up and > resets on every index pulse. The program would check the > highest number it sees every cycle, maybe reporting a histogram > of the highest count registered every turn. With no belt or > coupling, you could run this test for a half hour or so. > > I've never actually written a stand-alone HAL program, but it > should be doable. > > Jon I meant to have the process running in the background, all the time so that if you are making a part, it can detect the fault before it is finished. -- Kirk Wallace (Hardinge HNC lathe, California, USA http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
