On Sat, 2008-02-09 at 18:51 -0800, f m wrote: > Rob, > > Let me clarify a bit. The application is for a coil > winder on a non round form. The form will be directly > attached to the motor shaft. I need to velocity > modulate the speed of the A axis as it goes around > corners in order to help maintain constant tension. > The test setup I'm using is a stepper motor with a > piece of tape on it to indicate position. There is no > actual machine yet, I wanted to make sure this motion > is possible before building anything. The only > physical limiting factor at present is the motor > inertia itself. > > The problem is not that the hardware is loosing steps, > but that EMC is causing following errors.
For my own education, I am used to stepper systems not having feedback which would be required for EMC2 to fault on following errors. How are these errors being indicated? -- Kirk Wallace (California, USA http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ Hardinge HNC lathe, Bridgeport mill conversion, doing XY now, Zubal lathe conversion pending) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
