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  1. #11
    Quote Originally Posted by m_c View Post
    Your maths seems good.
    What do you mean you only get a reading of 26?
    What are you actually commanding?
    And do you really mean 550mm?
    if I use the arrow keys on the keyboard to jog the x axis for example. I travel the whole length of the machine which is 550mm as stated in the denford manual but the dro readout in mach only say 128

    so something isn't right

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    So it's out by a factor of 4.something.

    Are you sure the microstepping is 10?
    Easy way to check, is if you mark a motor pulley/screw, then request a move of 3mm, it should rotate one full turn. If it doesn't, then you need to work out why.
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  3. #13
    run the auto configuration on the X,Y & Z axis on the settings tab bottom left above reset

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  5. #15
    Quote Originally Posted by lucan07 View Post
    run the auto configuration on the X,Y & Z axis on the settings tab bottom left above reset
    im using machstdmill ive no idea how to get it back to normal mach screen set

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    I seem to have a recollection of certain drives having the switches the wrong way around, but if that was the case, you'd be out by a far larger factor.
    Run the test like I said, and you'll know for sure if it's the microstep setting causing the numbers to be wrong or not.

    I think you should be able to swap back to the standard screen by simply selecting the standard screen, however I've never used MSM. Regardless, I prefer to calculate the steps manually, as that way I know if something isn't set how it should be, or I've got a number wrong somewhere.
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  7. #17
    If you run machloader create a copy of your setup its a good idea to have a standard screen setup to troubleshoot, and you could run autotune.

    Are you sure not mixing Motor tuning and mach default mm's and inches 26x25.4 = 660 would only be 20% out closer than 400%.
    Last edited by lucan07; 03-06-2016 at 06:00 PM.

  8. #18
    just managed to find and use the autotune which is a great feature.

    but still not right, a full x movement of the table now reads 282, so better but not right.

    some thing is very odd here

    Quote Originally Posted by lucan07 View Post
    If you run machloader create a copy of your setup its a good idea to have a standard screen setup to troubleshoot, and you could run autotune.

    Are you sure not mixing Motor tuning and mach default mm's and inches 26x25.4 = 660 would only be 20% out closer than 400%.

  9. #19
    You are using a smoothstepper so that I suspect generates pulses rather than PC, I would look closely at the smoothstepper settings if there is a multiplier or something there, some do for servo's to get up to speed. Some good videos on warp9 for setup I saw when considering the smoothstep
    Last edited by lucan07; 03-06-2016 at 08:34 PM.

  10. #20
    ok set the drivers to 32 steps and half current

    used the auto tune feature and doing a full x travel I get 550mm, soft limt isn't working for some reason so I need to look into that

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