Y axis has two joints and they move in opposite directions

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18 Jun 2019 15:06 #137190 by norbertfarquharsh
I have tried to solve this problem and looked at the ,hal and .ini file and tried different things and cannot figure why in the Y axis the joints move in opposite directions.
I will also say that I cannot get homing to work properly with the HOME_IGNORE_LIMITS set to NO as they are supposed to be.
I have edited the files greatly to get the gantry operation set up so I suspect I have errors but I cannot spot them and would appreciate any help.
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18 Jun 2019 15:15 #137192 by pl7i92
Hi
it is best practise to give one of the Steppers a wire SWITCH
Switch from
A+ A- B+ B- to
A- A+ B- B+

only on one

YOU Can invert the DIR output pin of the one that is nearest cable
depending on what controller you got
setp parport.0.pin-03-out-invert 1
net ydir => parport.0.pin-03-out

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20 Jun 2019 12:31 #137370 by andypugh
As well as swapping wires or inverting the dir pin you can try setting [JOINT_2]SCALE = -6400

But only do one of these three things or they will cancel out.

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20 Jun 2019 12:36 #137373 by pl7i92
best advise is always to
swapping wires
as it does not interfear any software calculation

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20 Jun 2019 14:53 #137388 by AgentWD40

best advise is always to
swapping wires
as it does not interfear any software calculation


I'm curious, where would this cause problems with the software?

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20 Jun 2019 18:51 - 20 Jun 2019 19:05 #137407 by andypugh

I'm curious, where would this cause problems with the software?


Well, when I suggested a negative scale I couldn't decide whether the homing directions needed to be switched too.
In the end I decided not. But the fact that I had to think about it hints at the problem.
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21 Jun 2019 14:09 #137488 by norbertfarquharsh
I thank you for all your comments. I am attaching my .ini and .hal files after I worked on them yesterday

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File Name: testbed_20...6-21.ini
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File Name: testbed_20...6-21.hal
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File Name: testbed_20...6-21.ini
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Yesterday was the first I had been able to work on this.
This is a machine that had worked until I recently found out about 2.8 and downloaded it and installed it. So I was puzzled why the wiring would have gone bad. I figured I had made mistakes when I did the hand edits on the files after generating them with stepconf.

So yesterday I tried different arrangements of the inversion of the y0 and y1 joints and with both not inverted they both go in the same direction. Now all I have to do is to get the Y axis so that it goes in the right direction when it tries home.
Thanks again.
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21 Jun 2019 14:23 #137490 by bevins

I thank you for all your comments. I am attaching my .ini and .hal files after I worked on them yesterday

File Attachment:

File Name: testbed_20...6-21.ini
File Size:3 KB

File Attachment:

File Name: testbed_20...6-21.hal
File Size:5 KB

File Attachment:

File Name: testbed_20...6-21.ini
File Size:3 KB
Yesterday was the first I had been able to work on this.
This is a machine that had worked until I recently found out about 2.8 and downloaded it and installed it. So I was puzzled why the wiring would have gone bad. I figured I had made mistakes when I did the hand edits on the files after generating them with stepconf.

So yesterday I tried different arrangements of the inversion of the y0 and y1 joints and with both not inverted they both go in the same direction. Now all I have to do is to get the Y axis so that it goes in the right direction when it tries home.
Thanks again.


Change the sign of home_search_vel. I think thats the correct one.

Homing Docs

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22 Jun 2019 14:41 #137591 by norbertfarquharsh
Thank you very much for that. I had printed out the homing part of the linuxcnc documentation but had not looked through it yet but I tried the change you suggested
and all is well.

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