Re: [Emc-users] Need help with servo tuning

2011-09-26 Thread Jon Elson
Kirk Wallace wrote: > There are others on this list much more qualified to comment, but there > might be a hint that your encoder has some noise. Here is one of my > HALscopes: > http://www.wallacecompany.com/cnc_lathe/HNC/emc2/pid_x-1b.png > > His encoder is BOUND to have a lot of positional q

Re: [Emc-users] Need help with servo tuning

2011-09-26 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Mon, 2011-09-26 at 15:50 -0700, Bruce Klawiter wrote: > I do not have a clue how to tune my servos. I have been reading everything I > can find on the subject but its like it is written in some alien language > that I'll never understand. > > What I have been doing so far is following this gu

Re: [Emc-users] Need help with servo tuning

2011-09-26 Thread Jon Elson
Bruce Klawiter wrote: > I do not have a clue how to tune my servos. I have been reading everything I > can find on the subject but its like it is written in some alien language > that I'll never understand. > > What I have been doing so far is following this guide > http://www.newport.com/servic

[Emc-users] Need help with servo tuning

2011-09-26 Thread Bruce Klawiter
I do not have a clue how to tune my servos. I have been reading everything I can find on the subject but its like it is written in some alien language that I'll never understand. What I have been doing so far is following this guide http://www.newport.com/servicesupport/Tutorials/default.aspx?i

Re: [Emc-users] tool changing question

2011-09-26 Thread Don Stanley
Hi Alan; If you had some idea of when you needed to sharpen the tool, you could schedule a tool Change with a M6 Tn. n being any number other than the current one. Remove the tool sharpen and reinstall. Use the Tool-Length-probe .ngc, in the .ngc samples, (with a touch switch) to measures the new

Re: [Emc-users] I don't understand ACCELERATION in TRAJ and AXIS

2011-09-26 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On Sep 26, 2011, at 14:55 , Bruce Klawiter wrote: > I don't understand the relationship and/or differences between > DEFAULT/MAX_ACCELERATION in the TRAJ and MAX_ACCELERATION in the AXIS section > of the ini file [AXIS_*]MAX_ACCELERATION is the specified axis' max acceleration. [TRAJ]MAX_ACC

[Emc-users] I don't understand ACCELERATION in TRAJ and AXIS

2011-09-26 Thread Bruce Klawiter
I don't understand the relationship and/or differences between DEFAULT/MAX_ACCELERATION in the TRAJ and MAX_ACCELERATION in the AXIS section of the ini file your help is greatly appreciated, Bruce All my config file can be found here: https://sites.google.com/site/bmklawt/home/emc2