Manual motor movement
Posté : jeu. août 23, 2018 11:25 am
Hi,
I have just recently been made aware of this software. In the past I have cut foam cores with a 'bow' cutter.
They come out reasonably well, however, a cnc hot wire cutter will do a better job. Hence my interest in this software.
I want to use a USB serial connection and have been testing the software with a Arduino Pro mini and the 'USBSerial.dll'.
Using my digital analyser the motor signals appear correct when performing a cut. However the manual movement of the motors
does not seem to work correctly if I understand correctly how the manual motor selection should work.
I assume by not selecting (ticking) the 'Dependence' box I can move all four motors independently?
If I select 'X1' and move 1mm I observe the following serial motor commands of hex 0x40. Which means Y1 direction but without clock.
This is confirmed with my analyser.
Selecting 'X2' gives hex 0x04. Therefore Y1 clocks and direction low.
Selecting 'Y1' gives hex 0x10 and 'Y2' gives hex 0x01.
Please advise.
Marty
I have just recently been made aware of this software. In the past I have cut foam cores with a 'bow' cutter.
They come out reasonably well, however, a cnc hot wire cutter will do a better job. Hence my interest in this software.
I want to use a USB serial connection and have been testing the software with a Arduino Pro mini and the 'USBSerial.dll'.
Using my digital analyser the motor signals appear correct when performing a cut. However the manual movement of the motors
does not seem to work correctly if I understand correctly how the manual motor selection should work.
I assume by not selecting (ticking) the 'Dependence' box I can move all four motors independently?
If I select 'X1' and move 1mm I observe the following serial motor commands of hex 0x40. Which means Y1 direction but without clock.
This is confirmed with my analyser.
Selecting 'X2' gives hex 0x04. Therefore Y1 clocks and direction low.
Selecting 'Y1' gives hex 0x10 and 'Y2' gives hex 0x01.
Please advise.
Marty