I had a little different but LESS subtle issue with stepconf... My issue was that as I tried to tweak my settings to get each of the setting correct so that each axis will move the appropriate distances, about half the time the stepper would not move.. Yes would not move... No the motor was not stalling, just simply NO movement... If I were to exit, run Axis, I then could test the axis, and it moved.... I then would note how far it moved.. Go BACK into stepconf to tweak, then back to Axis to test.. VERY VERY inconvenient but I got it..
Robert I. Shell Senior Programmer Analyst - Channels and Integration Affinion Group, Global Information Systems Columbus Ohio Application Development Center Work: (614) 652-5257 > Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 11:08:49 +0200 > From: r...@myvoice.nl > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Bug in stepconf? > > Peter, > >> this is mainly to the EMC developers. > I am not an EMC developer. I am a challenging user, just like most of us :-) > >> Seriously: After all my efforts I am inclined to exclude all other causes >> of the misbehaviour than stepconf. Is it really true that nobody ever >> reported problems with the "test axis" function of stepconf? Maybe it has >> been fixed in 2.3? I have the impression that it must be a minor bug when >> counting the pulses because there is a connection with the microstep feature. >> > Yes, I reported on this list that the step rates that were being used by > the "test axis" function in stepconf is different from the step rate > being used by Axis. I am not sure if this has been picked up. I did not > look at the exact pulse width and pauses between the pulses. I could do > this next week since I do have a logic analyzer that can be hooked up to > my PC. > You should however be aware that stepconf does indeed (as far as I know) > not acknowledge any manual changed in the HAL files. >> I am aware that expositions now have caught all the attention of the gang. >> But when NAMES and EMC expo are over, please someone would have a look at >> this? >> > I almost showed up in Names (Namur) in Belgium. It took me some time to > realize this was a TLA and not the name of the city >> Thank you for the learning > Wow, with your wife almost throwing out all your stuff that's very nice > to write ;-) > I will also start learning again. Somehow my stepper motors stall > already at low speeds whereas I think they should be able to run faster > - improper timing could be an explanation for this. > > Regards, > > Rob > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users _________________________________________________________________ Quick access to your favorite MSN content and Windows Live with Internet Explorer 8. http://ie8.msn.com/microsoft/internet-explorer-8/en-us/ie8.aspx?ocid=B037MSN55C0701A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
