Glenn
I have a second encoder mounted to the x axis. I am going to write a 
component that will zero the two encoders once it is homed and then I 
will compare the two to see what is happening.

On 2013/05/05 04:19 AM, Glenn Edwards wrote:
> I had somewhat the same problem with a closed-loop stepper motor system,
> but it was not LCNC. I used a programmable digital counter to count
> up-and-down pulses coming from the controller and from the encoders.  Turns
> out the controller was issuing extra pulses, but again the controller was
> not LCNC (they will remain unnamed).  Before the counter, I had arguments
> with the controller engineers who kept pointing at 'lost' steps as the
> problem, i.e. accusing the motor as not up to the task.  The counter
> was irrefutable and the controller engineers solved the problem within
>   day.  A programmable counter is not expensive and easy to use and might
> see things Halscope cannot.  FYI.
>
>
> On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 4:18 PM, Gregg Eshelman <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> --- On Sat, 5/4/13, Marius Liebenberg <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> From: Marius Liebenberg <[email protected]>
>>> I run 2.5.2 on that machine. As I mentioned before, I did
>>> change the
>>> motor/encoder but the problem stays. I thought it might be a
>>> damaged
>>> encode because it only effects the feedback in one
>>> direction.
>>> Is halscope the only way to see what the cause could be? It
>>> might be
>>> difficult to see because the error is +/- 1% of the total
>>> travel and in one direction only.
>> What about the wire connection at the controller? Could even be something
>> as mundane as a bad solder joint on the connector or terminal block.
>>
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