RE: Steppers and the .INI file

["Tim Goldstein" <tgoldste-at-mlh-services.com>]

With freqmod I have had to use different P values also. In my case it was on
the Z axis and this axis also had a different step per inch setting than X
and Y.

Tim
[Denver, CO]

>
> Are you referring to the FF0-FF2 values?  If so there are all 0.00.  It
> looks Iike  have found the problem.  I was reading through the
> INI file and
> realized the z axis had a P= 150 but the x and y had a P=1000.
> I've lowered
> the P value and it was pretty good. Lowering them all to 100 its even
> better.  I haven't notice much change in feed rates though.  It's
> just a lot
> smother.  Does this sound right? It seemed I bumped it way up to
> get rid of
> following errors when I was running EMC without any motors.  I
> still had the
> x axis wigout and lose a few steps during a G1. I wanted to try bumping it
> lower but it was way too cold last night to continue on. Is it normal or
> advisable to have different P values on each axis?  I was just going top
> bump the x a little till I can cut my entire test file with out
> any errors.
>
>
> John Ross
> (Lindon UT)