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Galil / Mach3 with a DMC-2162 (Aero)
« on: February 07, 2011, 06:35:35 PM »
Hello all, I was having some issues with my DMC-2162 playing nice with Mach3. I have gotten through a few of the problems, with help from "battwell" and "smurph", thanks again guys.
OK, now it seems that the DMC and Mach3 are talking to each other. I have set-up my A-axis (rotary axis), and it works sweet!! I moved on to the X-axis and here is where I ran into a problem.
I enabled the X-axis and noticed the DRO's were reading reverse. I went to config>ports and pins>motor output, and enabled "Dir LowAtive" for the X-axis, which switched the direction of the DRO's. I went to Motor Tuning and set my velocity and acceleration. I ran the motor and I could tell I needed to adjust my PID's a little. Plus I noticed that the flange that bolts the servo motor to the machine was out of index. I had to take the motor apart to index it correctly. I got it back together and went straight to "Motor Tuning", and the axis ran away. I went back to config>ports and pins>motor output to check that the "Dir LowAtive" was still enabled, and it was. Now either with the "Dir LowAtive" enabled or not the DRO's always read backwards.
I tried to see if it was just an X-axis thing, but I tried to reverse my A-axis and the DRO's don't change.
Should I try reinstalling Mach3? I reloaded the Galil plugin with no effect.
Any help would be GREEEEEAAAT!!!!
Aero
OK, now it seems that the DMC and Mach3 are talking to each other. I have set-up my A-axis (rotary axis), and it works sweet!! I moved on to the X-axis and here is where I ran into a problem.
I enabled the X-axis and noticed the DRO's were reading reverse. I went to config>ports and pins>motor output, and enabled "Dir LowAtive" for the X-axis, which switched the direction of the DRO's. I went to Motor Tuning and set my velocity and acceleration. I ran the motor and I could tell I needed to adjust my PID's a little. Plus I noticed that the flange that bolts the servo motor to the machine was out of index. I had to take the motor apart to index it correctly. I got it back together and went straight to "Motor Tuning", and the axis ran away. I went back to config>ports and pins>motor output to check that the "Dir LowAtive" was still enabled, and it was. Now either with the "Dir LowAtive" enabled or not the DRO's always read backwards.
I tried to see if it was just an X-axis thing, but I tried to reverse my A-axis and the DRO's don't change.
Should I try reinstalling Mach3? I reloaded the Galil plugin with no effect.
Any help would be GREEEEEAAAT!!!!
Aero