Netmos 9865 pci parallel port help

chadrat6458 wrote:

Getting an Unexpected Realtime Delay message in axis. No motor movement.

That message is information only. It's a concern, but won't stop the machine running.

Have you taken Axis out of e-stop and turned it on? (top left pair of buttons, or F1 then F2)

If the motors turn freely when Axis in on, and there is no movement in Axis then this may well be the amp-enable signals (though the wiring diagram shows the amp-enables of the drives unconnected. The stepconf axis test does not toggle the amp-enable signals, but the final configuration produced does (but of course, this can only have any effect if the enables are wired up)

The wiring diagram suggests that the amp-enables are 5V for on (or disconnected for on), ie apply 0V to ENA- to turn off the drive.

chadrat6458 wrote:

X and Y seem a little choppy. Any ideas on how to smooth them out?

You could try lower acceleration numbers.

Make the timings longer and also the base thread.
That will smooth the drives.
Regards,
Tom

tommylight wrote:

Make the timings longer and also the base thread.
That will smooth the drives.

I don't think this is true.

It actually is for chinese drives. Cheap drives use slow optocouplers that tend to be very picky for timing and also very slow to react.
The drive power set low can do that same choppy movement, but that can be checked by lowering the machine velocity.
Regards,
Tom

I am sorry Andy, i just read my post again and it says "drives", i meant motors.