RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] emc with camtronics more help please

Now that you mention it, I had the same problem with the Camtronics 5AMP
drivers on a 24 volt switching power supply, solved the problem with a
15000ufd capacitor and a 5ohm 20watt resistor. Now all is smooth as silk.

John Guenther
Sterling, Virginia

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Graham Hollis [mailto:ghollis@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 12:31 PM
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> Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] emc with camtronics more help please
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>
> Ben
>
> I have the same setup as you, EMC with Camtronincs 5A drivers using
> steppermod. Its been a while since I set it up but recall a
> similar problem
> to what you describe. I believe it was related to my power supply setup
> (switching) being inadequate to drive the motors at speed. How does your
> system perform when you do a high speed G00 traverse of the whole
> axis? Once
> I got that working, single steps were no problem.
>
> Graham
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "bgroover1" <bgroover@w...>
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> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 4:48 AM
> Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] emc with camtronics more help please
>
>
> > Sorry to keep asking question but emc is killing me. I'm using
> > stepermod and I can't seem to get emc to move the same amount every
> > move. Computer is a p150 pro. I get it set up. I know my x axis
> > needs 4000 steps to go an inch. I run emc. I move .001 it
> > moves .001. I do it x times it works x times. I do it once more and
> > it may not move or it moves .003 It may move .1 three time in a row
> > with no error and on the forth time drops anywhere between .001
> > and .01
> >
> > I've tried tuning the ini file but it doesn't seem to help. Can
> > anyone tell me what variable in which section I should be looking
> > at. I've tuned emc.ini serveral times with all the docs I can find.
> >
> > Should I use feqmod instead? Will it work with the camtroncs 5amp
> > controllers?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for even more help.
> >
> > ben
> >
> >
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