Re: Tuning EMC

For what it's worth:
I'm getting 180 ipm from the BDI install on a Rise 266 with 3 G340's
using steppermod.o with what seems to me like excellent
mouse/gui/motor response. Doesn't sound like a horsepower problem.
Still on the bench here, as well.

r

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Tim Goldstein" <timg@k...> wrote:
> This is confusing. Steppermod.o takes less resources and will put
out a
> faster pulse stream than freqmod.o. I am running on a K6 500 (may
be a
> 450) and using steppermod.o. With the same parameters as you have I
am
> moving at 120 ipm with the mouse responding just fine. Of course I
am on
> RedHat 5.2 without the resource suck of KDE.
>
> Tim
> [Denver, CO]
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > I don't use steppermod because it couldn't handle the input
output
> > resolution of 10,000 (250 cpr, 2:1 belt reduction, 5 tpi
> > leadscrew) (the computer is really sluggish even the mouse
> > moved really slow)