Andy, Maybe it is just me but I find things in the documentation that are really confusing. At these times I think I would, if I could, make it more clear in the documentation. But, I also realize that sometimes what seems clear to me is not always clear to others :-).
for example from the spindle comp documentation: "*The following pins are created depending the ’gears=’ parameter.* One of each pin is created for each gear. If no gears are specified then one gear will be created. For instance if you have gears=1 on your command line, you will have two scale pins: *spindle.**N* *.scale.0spindle.**N**.scale.1"* So if I have 1 gear then: the first sentence says "one pin is created for each gear". but then later it says 2 pins are created? Now, If I have one gear then I would think of it as a one speed transmission and you cannot select anything. If I have a 3 speed transmission I would think of it as having 3 gears even though high speed may not be using any actual "gears" in the transmission. So am I overthinking this? Does this documentation make sense to everyone else as currently written? Another part of the documentation that I struggled with is the description of the pins for the iocontrol.N tool changer pins. There are references to the original io control even with timing diagrams and a description of some of the issues found but then for io_v2 there is not a timing diagram. I only got this to work for me by trial and error because it didn't work the way I expected by reading the documentation. By the way, I did successfully make a turret comp with a state machine that finds the home position if it is not known the first time a tool is selected. I just got it working yesterday Anyway I don't want this to sound like a complaint because I really like linuxcnc and greatly appreciate the countless hours many have spent, like Andy for example, making it what it is today. I am hoping that I can help make linuxcnc even better and maybe documentation is one area where I could make a small contribution. John Figie On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 9:10 AM andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, 20 Nov 2022 at 16:05, John Figie <zephyr9...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > The gearbox has switch contacts to > > indicate which gear it is in. I see there is a component called "spindle" > > which includes provisions for gearboxes. > > The "spindle" component (and the similar "gearbox", "gearshift" and > "gearchange") component handle the task of converting > spindle.0.speed-out-xxx into a motor speed to send to the VFD. > > So the answer to your question is that you use both. > > To avoid pin name collisions I think that you would have to use > "names=spindlecomp gears=3" when you load the component. > > We might have to change the name of the HAL component, at the moment > both the component and the motion comp create spindle.0.at-speed, and > probably other clashes too. > > -- > 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 > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
