Re: BDI with DRO/Encoder Board

Hello Dave,

I also have had a rough time getting
the encoders working with emc.

I'm at the same point your at. My Z axis isn't
working either. X and Y are fine.
I'm pretty sure the DRO board is ok.
I know the encoders are fine, so that
seems to point at the software as being
the problem.

Post your results from Deskncrt.
I'd like to know how it worked.

Regards,
Allen F

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., kryskowski.david@a... wrote:

>
> My continuing saga:
> Well I had a few hours before the machinist arrived to debug. I
> found that I had not damaged the DRO board after all. It was
sitting
> in the ISA slot incorrectly. When I corrected the problem the Y
axis
> came on again. I had some 74LS138's so I swapped out those to see
if
> Z would come on. It did not. So I swapped the two encoder chips
and
> X and Y still worked and Z did not. Then I ran the Z motor on the
X
> axis and it worked. It is looking more and more like a software
> problem. I have a copy deskncrt (I guess one could call it emc
lite
> for DOS) so I will see if the Z axis works with this today.
>