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Third party software and hardware support forums. => Galil => Topic started by: freecr on February 02, 2012, 01:46:56 PM
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Hello all,
I have what should be easy questions for somebody. I want to... in the near enough future add a horizontal rotary table as the 4th axis but it will only get used very, very infrequently. I have a table that still needs converting so I really don't know yet for sure what kind of amp or motor yet. When I do have it ready I don't intend to leave it "hooked up". All I have is the one bed mill with one computer (Win 7) and one Galil. Should/Can I set up just one "profile" to include the 4th axis or should I set up two Mach 3 profiles, one with 3 axis's and one with 4 axis's? If its set up for 4 axis and the 4th axis isn't there (unplugged), does Mach3 and Galil still work like a normal 3 axis or does it error out? If I do need to set up a second "profile" how do I do it? To be more specific, I have a DMC-4040 motion controller with built in amplifiers. I need to tell the Galil what axis's are brushed or brushless, Amp Gain, Peak Torque, continuous Torque, etc. etc. etc. If I do it through Galil Tools I think it sets the board itself one way and only one way. Is there a way to set these parameters differently through the Mach3/Galil plug-in for each "profile"? I would strongly favor not having to leave the rotary table connected or having to reset the parameters each time I change back and forth even though it would be very infrequent.
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You can disable the 4th axis in the Galil Plugin axis mapping config. That is all that should be required. With this, even if you sent A axis commands to Mach, it would do nothing on the Galil.
Steve
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Thanks Steve,
I was really hoping that was the answer. I'll set up two Mach3 "profiles" then, and open the correct one as needed.