On Thursday 09 April 2020 20:28:55 Joe H wrote: > Should I be able to jog the axes with the drive not enabled through > LinuxCNC with a 7i33? I have not had any success in being able to > control movement, speed, or distance either in continuous or in step > increments. It moves in the correct direction, but only stops when it > exceeds following error. I tried countless PID settings. > I thought that I could cheat, and enable the servo drives using the > original control. I did not wire what looks to be 5V drive enable on > the 7i33. Is this causing my trouble?
It shouldn't as the enables generally default to on. > How can I determine what enables the servo drives on the old control? > I have located a relay that switches when I enter a run or position > command on the old control. > I have schematics, but I'm not good interpreting them. > > On Sun, Apr 5, 2020 at 9:31 PM Joe H <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thank you, Andy, Peter. > > I will try this and spend more time and effort in PID tuning per > > John Thornton's tutorial. > > > > On Sun, Apr 5, 2020 at 9:18 PM andy pugh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Mon, 6 Apr 2020 at 01:18, Joe H <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > How can I scale the motor input/output and keep the encoders > >> > scaled properly in a set up like this? > >> > >> Completely ignore the motors and gearing. Configure with the actual > >> ballscrew pitch and all geared 1:1 > >> > >> -- > >> atp > >> "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is > >> designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils > >> and lunatics." > >> — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Emc-users mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
