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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: angular axis incremental stepping

« on: July 08, 2018, 12:01:02 PM »

I have 20000 steps per revolution with a Gecko 201x drive.

That would be 55.56 steps per degree rounded.  I have entered 55.56 in Mach4 motor settings.

Should I have used 55.555555?

Thanks

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Mach4 General Discussion / angular axis incremental stepping

« on: July 08, 2018, 10:42:33 AM »

I have an A axis which is working well except when I jog 1 degree repeatedly, I get 1.01 then 2.02 then 3.03
The addition of hundreds is not always consistent.  I expected that a jog of 1 degree would always show a DRO of 1 more degree.
It also happens when I use a Gcode move to 1, 2, and 3 degrees.

Is this a step per unit issue or something else from the plugin etc?

I have a Pokeys57E and a CNC4PC C62 BOB.

Thanks

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: new plugin Pokeys

« on: June 24, 2018, 03:33:47 PM »

Just cooy to plugins directory!

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Mach4 General Discussion / new plugin Pokeys

« on: June 23, 2018, 07:41:20 AM »

How does one upgrade to a new plugin for Pokeys in Mach4?

Thanks

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PoKeys / Re: PoKeys homing limit switch issues

« on: June 22, 2018, 06:33:20 PM »

I am  having the same problem  No backing off after it hits the limit during homing.

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PoKeys / Re: Pokeys57E and one motor

« on: June 22, 2018, 06:31:47 PM »

Got is working great except for homing with Arturo's help at CNC4PC.

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PoKeys / homing

« on: June 22, 2018, 06:31:02 PM »

I have Pokeys57e and CNC4PC C62 board working very nicely to control a single stepper motor. The limit switches work well but the homing routine will not work.  The motor turns and when the table hits the limit it just stops and limit is lit in Diagnostics.  I have tried all the tricks described in the documentation but nothing makes a difference.  I have the newest version of the plugin which is supposed to have a more sophisticated set of options for homing.  I have run the Pokeys software outside of Mach and from inside Mach with the same results.

Thanks for any ideas!

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PoKeys / Pokeys57E and one motor

« on: June 06, 2018, 07:02:17 PM »

I am using Pokeys57e and measuring very nicely from 4 analogue pressure sensors in Mach4
Now I would like to add a single stepper motor but it needs to be a rotatory axis.
I also have available CNC4PC C62 board and the BOB to interface the Pokeys57e to the C62.

It seemed that the Pokeys57e could control a motor but I cannot get it to work.  I am using
Mach4, a Gecko drive.  I tried to setup using the Configuration in Mach4 for Pokeys
but every time I try to turn motor control, the GUI crashes.

Should I just connect the 57e up to the C62 etc?

Thanks

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Lua Stats

« on: April 30, 2018, 06:12:33 PM »

I will just program what I need for stats but would like to add graphing for Lua...

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Mach4 General Discussion / Lua Stats

« on: April 30, 2018, 04:00:26 PM »

Does anyone know how to include Lua Stats and or Lua Graph into Mach4?

Thanks