May I ask a beginner question or two?
I have a KX1, but with a G540. It is all "kind of" working, but maybe
I have a conceptual misunderstanding or two. Can someone help please?
It has been all connected together now for a day or so.
0) Metric machine, so all of the following is metric.
1) X and Y axis. limit/home switches working, but x and y axis is set to:
Home Location -3.0
Table Travel 0.0 to 250.0 (110mm for Y)
Home Switch Location 0.0
Home Search Velocity 1.0
Home Latch direction SAME
Homed, table is to right, and close to vertical column.
Q: Would it be better to have Home Location 0.0 and table travel -5 to 245?
2) Z axis - is "zero" top of travel?
Home Location -10.0
Table travel -200.0 to 0.0
Home Switch Location 0.0
Home search velocity 1.0
Q: Is it right to have these negative values here?
3) I'm thinking that travel when homing in EMC2 is not correct,
distance wise. I'm thinking that it is not moving as much as the
readout on the screens say; I have 4mm pitch leadscrews, 1.8 degree
steppers, directly coupled:
Motor steps 200.0
Driver Microstepping 2.0
Pulley teeth 1.0 to 1.0
Leadscrew 4.0 mm/rev
Maximum Vel 8.3 mm/s (machine says "Rapid moving, 1000mm/min;
feeding speed max 500mm/min)
Maximum accel 50.0 mm/s2
Looking forward to learning to use this machine in earnest, and thanks
in advance for anyone who can pull the cotton wool out of my brain for
me. ;-)
JohnS
Ottawa, Canada.
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