Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Thanks - was: Things to check? is now: RUNNING~!

On Thursday 18 September 2003 11:09 am, Tim Goldstein spake:

> Forget the terms as they are confusing and misleading. With a G210 you
> have a pulse multiplier. You can set it at 1X meaning for every pulse it
> gets from the computer it moves the motor 1 microstep or another way it
> takes 2000 computer steps to turn the motors 1 revolution. At the other
> end of the scale you have the 10X setting. With this one pulse from the
> computer causes the motor to move 10 microsteps yeilding 200 computer
> steps per motor revolution. So in 10X step multiplying mode you have
> 1/10 the resolution as you have in 1X mode. But, it also requires the
> computer to put out 10 times the number of steps in 1X mode as in 10X
> mode to achive the same movement. Now back to the terms. 10u step is 1 x
> mode (one pulse in gives you 1 mocrostep) and full step is 10X mode (one
> pulse in moves the motor 10 microsteps).

I think I'm finally starting to understand this part...
Is it me, or does this seem to be exactly backward of how one
would intuitively look at the markings "Full", "Half", "5u", & "10u"?

So, using "10u" would give me one step per one pulse from the computer?
200 pulses from the computer, giving me one revolution?

And using "Full" would give me 10 steps for every pulse from the computer?
So 20 pulses would give me one revolution?

Weyland