I could see a single home switch being advantageous combined with home to index.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Viesturs Lācis" <viesturs.la...@gmail.com> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Friday, January 9, 2015 11:45:06 AM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Dual servo motor gantry 2015-01-09 17:57 GMT+02:00 Eric H. Johnson <ejohn...@camalytics.com>: > Hi all, > > > > I am looking to do an upgrade on a large XY table where the gantry is driven > by to oppositely mounted servo motors. Both sets of encoders run back to the > existing controller. Can I just give a generous deadband to the slave axis, > or is there a better way to address this configuration so the motors don't > fight each other. I believe it uses a single home switch which can then be > fed to both axes for purposes of homing. Anyone done this? Anything else to > look out for? > Correct me, if I am wrong, but AFAIK adding deadband will added also in the positioning precision by definition, I seriously doubt that it is acceptable. Any reason not to add another homeswitch, so that each of those joints has one and treat it as a normal gantry machine? Viesturs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming! The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming! The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
