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General Mach Discussion / A axis isn't working
« on: October 08, 2013, 11:45:57 AM »
I have added a 4th axis to my machine. Am having no luck getting Mach3 to recognize the A-axis as rotational (or angular) instead of linear. I have searched the forums and thought I found the answer several times but no joy. I have enabled the a-axis, set the a-axis as angular in the config screen, checked the 'x-axis as the axis of rotation' and 'A rotations enabled' in the Rotations dialog in the ToolPath dialog. Nonetheless, the added a-axis just turns and turns up to 360 when the g-code line commands A to 360. I have tried many different numbers in the motor tuning and haven't felt totally comfortable with any of them.
My board is a Xylotex board at 1/8 and a Xylotex 2.5A 269 stepper.
I have screen pics for verification if you need them.
Could someone help with what I am missing or doing wrong.
Thanks for your help.
My board is a Xylotex board at 1/8 and a Xylotex 2.5A 269 stepper.
I have screen pics for verification if you need them.
Could someone help with what I am missing or doing wrong.
Thanks for your help.