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ELS is great but want to make some very simple code mods #288
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Thanks but I'm already committed to the hardware and future plans for it. I just need the changes as requested in my post. If you read my post again you'll see I do want to be able to program a fixed relationship between the spindle and stepper motor rotation. I'm already over halfway there. The motor you have there would be ideal for driving a welding turntable though. I'll look deeper into it later. |
Thats fine, I intended to do the same actuall I have a second complete ELS less th stepper motor. I didnt need to track with my spindle speed for any reason. so i went with this alternative motor and controller. Just thought I would offer my find. I wish i could help you with codes, but thats way beyond my paygrade! LOL! Im 75 years old and far from computer literate lett alone righting code. I do love the ELS on my Atlas lathe though, have had it for several years now. I had an inital issue shortly after i installed it. I had an encoder go bad and take out the first input of my launch board. but after finding a much better incoder all has been fine. |
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I don't have a real problem per say other than I'm not a good programmer. I see so many other uses for this system other than driving the lathe leadscrew, which is what my first ELS has been doing successfully for three years.
But now I'm adapting one to a Chinese mill-drill to drive the mill's X-axis from its spindle. This allows for some great potential for simple power-driven feeding or driving a rotary table or even creating gears via hobbing. James has expressed some interest in hobbing previously.
But for now I want to A: Remove the lockout feature that prevents mode changes and B: Prevents reversing and C: Inhibits power on-off whenever the spindle rotation is being read. Being able to have on-the-fly control over the mill table at all times is different than doing threading or turning on the lathe.
Also, instead of the default feed rate of .005", I'd much prefer to start with the minimum feed of .001".
These changes must be super easy to do for someone that knows code, that's not my specialty.
Thanks!
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