Re: following error

[Ray <rehenry-at-up.net>]

On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, Garrett wrote:
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>When I fire up emc, and
> try to "home" the axis, and jog it, I get a follow
> error, and the machine goes into E-stop.  I assume
> this is because my PID parameters are way out of wack.
>  
> 
> Is there some line in the code that I can comment out
> that will prevent this error (and subsequent E-Stop)? 
> So that I can tune the loop properly?

Search the release notes in the doc directory and you should find a
description of two variables FERROR and MIN_FERROR that will allow you to
change the distance traveled before this error causes an e-stop.

There is also a partial description of some tuning procedures in the
handbook.

http://www.linuxcnc.org/handbook/part2/tuning/pidtune.html

Ray