Hello Everyone,
Over the last few nights Ive experienced a coupled of odd events with
EMC 2.1.7 normally runs flawlessly. Running AXIS Ive homed all axes
to zero and then commenced running my Gcode. Last night the Y axis home
position appeared to jump by 0.400 (as seen on the DRO), axis st
Hi Andy
I don't remember the details of your machine but if it's servo with
encoders you might look at the location of the index pulse with respect
to the angular position where the home switch closes or opens. In the
old days we called this stuff a grid and if the switch closure was right
close
Andy Ibbotson wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> Over the last few nights I’ve experienced a coupled of “odd” events with
> EMC 2.1.7 – normally runs flawlessly. Running AXIS I’ve homed all axes
> to zero and then commenced running my Gcode. Last night the Y axis home
> position appeared to jump by
Ray Henry wrote:
> Hi Andy
>
> I don't remember the details of your machine but if it's servo with
> encoders you might look at the location of the index pulse with respect
> to the angular position where the home switch closes or opens. In the
> old days we called this stuff a grid and if the sw
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Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Change of Home Position
Hi Andy
I don't remember the details of your machine but if it's servo with
encoders you might look at the location of the index pulse with r
ent points though, Hmm more head scratching.
>
> Regards
> Andy
>
>
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Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Change of Home Position
Hi Andy
Thanks for the update on your machine and your history with emc. Sorry
that I pointed you in a wrong direction for possible home errors.
It would be really difficult for a g-code file to chang
ard
disk?
Hmmm
Regards
Andy
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Sent: 10 September 2007 21:30
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Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Change of Home Position
Hi Andy
Thanks for the update on your machine a
Andy Ibbotson wrote:
> Ray,
> Looks like it maybe associated with the PC. My opto isolator card logic
> chips on the PC side are powered from one of the PC PSU output
> connectors. I've had a DVM attached to this supply and it appears to
> "grey" out every now and again effectively removing steps
