- Wed Oct 26, 2011 1:40 pm
#363
Ok, I'm running into what now seen to be quirks, The first issue was with the Z-Axis motor, It will stall out after one revolution in the continuous jog mode because it seems to be running too fast, the other Axis do fine. It also makes a hissing noise that the other motors do not.
I was also running into trouble with the kickstartercnc XML file and specifically the Steps Per unit setting, every time I would set the machine to move one unit (inches on my setup) it would move four, I tried creating a 1" rectangle with a depression in the middle and every time it would move the machine in a 4" area.
As an aside I did all this with no router mounted for testing purposes mainly because I broke the Router mount almost immediately.
I used the kickstartercnc XML and I also created a new one from scratch using the guide here, both did the same 4" move for 1 unit.
I ran the Mach3 driver test and it seems to work, every time I try to start the timer I get an error saying missing vectors, but If I just let it run it stays in the excellent range and it finishes on it's own.
So in the settings tab of Mach3 there was a Set Steps button that moved the machine and had me measure, It reset the Steps per inch as follows X 1000 Y 1000 Z 2400 now the machine moves the correct distances at a much slower speed, the hissing is still there but when moving under Computer control has yet to stall out, is there a reason my computer or controller would be doing the math for Steps per Inch wrong?
TL
I was also running into trouble with the kickstartercnc XML file and specifically the Steps Per unit setting, every time I would set the machine to move one unit (inches on my setup) it would move four, I tried creating a 1" rectangle with a depression in the middle and every time it would move the machine in a 4" area.
As an aside I did all this with no router mounted for testing purposes mainly because I broke the Router mount almost immediately.
I used the kickstartercnc XML and I also created a new one from scratch using the guide here, both did the same 4" move for 1 unit.
I ran the Mach3 driver test and it seems to work, every time I try to start the timer I get an error saying missing vectors, but If I just let it run it stays in the excellent range and it finishes on it's own.
So in the settings tab of Mach3 there was a Set Steps button that moved the machine and had me measure, It reset the Steps per inch as follows X 1000 Y 1000 Z 2400 now the machine moves the correct distances at a much slower speed, the hissing is still there but when moving under Computer control has yet to stall out, is there a reason my computer or controller would be doing the math for Steps per Inch wrong?
TL