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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: xaco on April 06, 2010, 08:32:49 PM

Title: fourth axis problem
Post by: xaco on April 06, 2010, 08:32:49 PM

hi everyone,i have a problem with my fourth axis.....when i write in MDI to rotate it  90 degrees,  it makes 90degrees in mach but in practice it makes  a move of  ..like 98 degrees.......        where can i set that in mach3,so taht 360 will make it do exactly  the full circle.. ?       thanks               Miroslav

Title: Re: fourth axis problem
Post by: RICH on April 06, 2010, 09:39:50 PM

You need to set your steps per unit correctly in motor tuning for the A axis. For indexing the units  would be in steps per degree.
RICH