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11 Dec 2015 14:13 #66814 by remartinez
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Good morning to all,
I have Backlash setup in the ini file for my axis. Is there a way to decrease the speed on the backlash? My stepper motors jerk pretty hard when the backlash kicks in.

Thank you,
Raul

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11 Dec 2015 14:36 #66816 by cncbasher
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not that i am aware of ..
however , if your getting jerk , then it's proably you have the backlash set a little too far , try reducing by 2 or 4 steps ,
dont worry the stepper motors can handle it . it's more tweaking the values you have a little bit closer to ideal .

of course it's better to handle the backlash mechanicly and solve the mechanical issue long term .

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11 Dec 2015 15:30 #66824 by remartinez
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Backlash is set to .01.
Will try to work on mechanical backlash but might have to purchase antibacklash ball nuts.

Thanks
Raul

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11 Dec 2015 17:11 #66836 by cncbasher
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what ballscrews & nuts do you have, or using at present

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11 Dec 2015 18:02 #66838 by Todd Zuercher
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There are lots of places backlash can hide besides between your nut and screw. Be sure to check them all. Places like the end support bearings for the screw is a very common place for large amounts of slop. Worn and sloppy ways is another.

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11 Dec 2015 18:42 #66844 by remartinez
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Cncbasher- I have Rotton ballscrews and nuts installed on my mill.


Todd- Thanks for the hints. Ill be shore to check everything to eliminate any slop.

Thanks,
Raul

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16 Mar 2016 13:31 - 16 Mar 2016 13:32 #71713 by GaryLa
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I tried setting the backlash parms and got an error from pathpilot. I called tech support and they stated they don't support the backlash feature.

I know you can set BACKLASH= but as I remember it, you need to also increase the velocity so that backlash can be removed quickly.

This is where pathpilot complained on boot. It didn't like that I had increased the max velocity setting (according to linuxcnc docs) and refused to run.
Last edit: 16 Mar 2016 13:32 by GaryLa.

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16 Mar 2016 14:11 #71716 by PCW
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You do not need to change your velocity settings to use backlash compensation

You _do_ need to change your STEPGEN_MAXACCEL settings to 1.5 to 2X
the machines axis acceleration value:

linuxcnc.org/docs/2.6/html/config/ini_co...tml#sub:AXIS-section

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18 Mar 2016 01:38 #71836 by GaryLa
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Yes, I know. But PathPilot will not boot with that value changed.

I said "velocity" because I didn't remember the particular value's name. The point really is, that Tormach doesn't support a lot of changes to their files. I've changed one line in an INI file and had the program insist that a re-install was required.

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18 Mar 2016 09:28 #71850 by cncbasher
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pathpilot shows a " re-install" popup on ANY error in the hal or ini files , this can point you in all sorts of directions other than the correct one.
take a look at the file in gcode/../../pathpilotlog.txt
this will show the actual error , once the error is fixed the re-install popup will go .

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