bbb_parport config for 6 axes

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09 Jun 2016 06:10 #75710 by chimchichclick
I have a project with board bbb_parport (CNC Machine Control Capes of BeagleBoneBlack)
Link: blog.machinekit.io/p/hardware-capes.html#bbb-parport . According to the design of this board that: it can run with 6 axes, but on the software on linuxcnc i just see control with 4 axis X Y Z A
I tested this board with 4 axes XYZA and it run ok
How can I do to run it with 6axes? please help me

Sorry, my English is bad.

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09 Jun 2016 13:33 #75722 by andypugh

How can I do to run it with 6axes? please help me


You will need to hand-edit the HAL and INI files to create copies of the axis 0,1,2,3 entries for axes 5 and 6.

Also you will need to change COORDINATES and NUM_JOINTS / NUM_AXES to suit

I think this is true of Machinekit, but be aware that Machinekit and LinuxCNC are no longer the same thing.

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