>> it powers on in the same phase as it powered off, it might pull in to a >> spot +-4 full steps from where it was powered off. > > No, not 'MIGHT'... it WILL. Been there, tried that... Not even servo > drives like that. > > The best solution is to use drives which limit the idle current if > that is necessary. Gecko's can do that. > On the other hand... a 'warm' stepper shows proper use. Don't humanize > steppers 8). > Rainer > > Both RTA(Pavia) and Compumotor S-6 packaged stepper drives have provision to reduce motor current after only a few seconds of inactivity. The degree of reduction (Holding torque) is settable to various values %.
Not so much information to your question, but a hardware solution to the need. Cal Grandy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
