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To disable the U display, use GEOMETRY = XYZ in [DISPLAY] section.

Gadget047 wrote:U is assumed to be a second joint parallel to X.
You can probably remove it by specifying GEOMETRY=XYZ in the INI (I can't recall which section, but it is in the INI file config docs)

You probably don't have the correct stepen linked to axis.6.motor-pos-cmd etc in the HAL file. You are likely to need to link axis.6 pins to stepgen.3 pins.

[Edit]Yeah Andy beat me to it.

If you don't sort it yourself, post your hal file, sounds like not connected up properly

regards

ArcEye wrote:OK, keep in mind I've been trying all kinds of things. At this point the display shows movement but no motor movement.

HAL file

# Generated by stepconf at Mon Aug 20 11:49:59 2012
# If you make changes to this file, they will be
# overwritten when you run stepconf again
loadrt trivkins
loadrt [EMCMOT]EMCMOT base_period_nsec=[EMCMOT]BASE_PERIOD servo_period_nsec=[EMCMOT]SERVO_PERIOD num_joints=[TRAJ]AXES
loadrt probe_parport
loadrt hal_parport cfg="0x378 out "
loadrt stepgen step_type=0,0,0,0

addf parport.0.read base-thread
addf stepgen.make-pulses base-thread
addf parport.0.write base-thread

addf stepgen.capture-position servo-thread
addf motion-command-handler servo-thread
addf motion-controller servo-thread
addf stepgen.update-freq servo-thread
net spindle-cmd <= motion.spindle-speed-out
net coolant-mist <= iocontrol.0.coolant-mist

net probe-in => motion.probe-input

setp parport.0.pin-02-out-invert 1
net xdir => parport.0.pin-02-out
setp parport.0.pin-03-out-invert 1
net xstep => parport.0.pin-03-out
setp parport.0.pin-04-out-invert 1
net ydir => parport.0.pin-04-out
setp parport.0.pin-05-out-invert 1
net ystep => parport.0.pin-05-out
net zdir => parport.0.pin-06-out
setp parport.0.pin-07-out-invert 1
net zstep => parport.0.pin-07-out
setp parport.0.pin-08-out-invert 1
net Udir => parport.0.pin-08-out
net Ustep => parport.0.pin-09-out
net coolant-mist => parport.0.pin-14-out


net home-x <= parport.0.pin-10-in
net probe-in <= parport.0.pin-11-in-not
net home-y <= parport.0.pin-12-in
net estop-ext <= parport.0.pin-13-in
net home-z <= parport.0.pin-15-in-not


setp stepgen.0.position-scale [AXIS_0]SCALE
setp stepgen.0.steplen 1
setp stepgen.0.stepspace 1
setp stepgen.0.dirhold 38000
setp stepgen.0.dirsetup 38000
setp stepgen.0.maxaccel [AXIS_0]STEPGEN_MAXACCEL
net xpos-cmd axis.0.motor-pos-cmd => stepgen.0.position-cmd
net xpos-fb stepgen.0.position-fb => axis.0.motor-pos-fb
net xstep <= stepgen.0.step
net xdir <= stepgen.0.dir
net xenable axis.0.amp-enable-out => stepgen.0.enable
net home-x => axis.0.home-sw-in

setp stepgen.1.position-scale [AXIS_1]SCALE
setp stepgen.1.steplen 1
setp stepgen.1.stepspace 1
setp stepgen.1.dirhold 38000
setp stepgen.1.dirsetup 38000
setp stepgen.1.maxaccel [AXIS_1]STEPGEN_MAXACCEL
net ypos-cmd axis.1.motor-pos-cmd => stepgen.1.position-cmd
net ypos-fb stepgen.1.position-fb => axis.1.motor-pos-fb
net ystep <= stepgen.1.step
net ydir <= stepgen.1.dir
net yenable axis.1.amp-enable-out => stepgen.1.enable
net home-y => axis.1.home-sw-in

setp stepgen.2.position-scale [AXIS_2]SCALE
setp stepgen.2.steplen 1
setp stepgen.2.stepspace 1
setp stepgen.2.dirhold 38000
setp stepgen.2.dirsetup 38000
setp stepgen.2.maxaccel [AXIS_2]STEPGEN_MAXACCEL
net zpos-cmd axis.2.motor-pos-cmd => stepgen.2.position-cmd
net zpos-fb stepgen.2.position-fb => axis.2.motor-pos-fb
net zstep <= stepgen.2.step
net zdir <= stepgen.2.dir
net zenable axis.2.amp-enable-out => stepgen.2.enable
net home-z => axis.2.home-sw-in

#setp stepgen.6.position-scale [AXIS_3]SCALE
# setp stepgen.3.steplen 1
# setp stepgen.3.stepspace 1
# setp stepgen.3.dirhold 38000
# setp stepgen.3.dirsetup 38000
# setp stepgen.6.maxaccel [AXIS_3]STEPGEN_MAXACCEL
# net upos-cmd axis.6.motor-pos-cmd => stepgen.3.position-cmd
net Upos axis.6.motor-pos-cmd => axis.6.motor-pos-fb
# net ustep <= stepgen.3.step
# net udir <= stepgen.3.dir
net uenable axis.6.amp-enable-out => stepgen.3.enable

net estop-out <= iocontrol.0.user-enable-out
net estop-ext => iocontrol.0.emc-enable-in

net tool-number <= iocontrol.0.tool-prep-number
net tool-change-loopback iocontrol.0.tool-change => iocontrol.0.tool-changed
net tool-prepare-loopback iocontrol.0.tool-prepare => iocontrol.0.tool-prepared

Change Ustep to ustep and Udir to udir and uncomment the stepgen 3 lines.

and change stepgen.6 to stepgen.3.

and AXIS_3 to AXIS_6

John

I'm getting an error on start now as follows hal:86: Ini variable '[AXIS_6]SCALE' not found

Here's the latest on the [AXIS_6] HAL file

setp stepgen.3.position-scale [AXIS_6]SCALE
setp stepgen.3.steplen 1
setp stepgen.3.stepspace 1
setp stepgen.3.dirhold 38000
setp stepgen.3.dirsetup 38000
setp stepgen.3.maxaccel [AXIS_6]STEPGEN_MAXACCEL
# net upos-cmd axis.6.motor-pos-cmd => stepgen.3.position-cmd
net upos axis.6.motor-pos-cmd => axis.6.motor-pos-fb
net ustep <= stepgen.3.step
net udir <= stepgen.3.dir
net uenable axis.6.amp-enable-out => stepgen.3.enable