Chris taught me to tune emc2 axes with motion provided by gcode. Set your following error sloppy enough to let your machine run untuned, but tight enough that if it runs away emc will stop it. Run axis (or your gui of choice), run halcmd (for interactively setting pid gains), run halscope (for getting a detailed look at pid and joint behavior), and finally run this program:
g91 ; incremental motion o10 while [1] g0 x1 ; go an inch right g4 p1 ; pause for a sec g0 x-1 ; go an inch left g4 p1 ; pause for a sec o10 endwhile m2 ----- Reply message ----- From: "andy pugh" <bodge...@gmail.com> Date: Tue, Oct 11, 2011 04:43 Subject: [Emc-users] all those who thirst knowledge. To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> On 11 October 2011 07:15, Frank Tkalcevic <fr...@franksworkshop.com.au> wrote: > I opened the first pdf and it has an article on pid tuning. It suggests > applying a square wave command and tuning from that. How hard is it to > generate a square wave in emc? Will this require hal trickery or can it be > done with GCode? It depends on where you want to generate the square wave, but you could use either siggen (or just a 50% pwmgen) or a G-code loop driving an analogue output. -- atp "Torque wrenches are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-oct _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-oct _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users