Need Help!- new guy needs help

[chrispare]

hi i am verry new to this and need some direction,
i have got emc ,and have got it working,
now on my machine i am running the hobby cnc 305oz/in steppers what do i need to do to configure emc to get it to work.
when i try to test if i just jog the stepper it will work but to go continious it locks and buzzes??

also i have a dxf file what do i need to do to get it to be able to go into emc and cut?

thank you and im sure there will be more questions as like i said im verry new to this.

thanks chris

[chester88]

Did you do a latency test?
What version of EMC are you using?
Are you using stepconf to build the configuration?
what stepper timing numbers did you use?
what acceleration and max speed did you use?
First try lowering your acceleration.

[benjamint76]

as far as your dxf file, you need to convert it into G-code somehow. There are a lot of packages out there. I could shoot you a test file, but I use Mach3 so I am sure there would be some issues. you might be able to find an EMC forum and someone there might be able to give you a test file.
maybe this link will help some?
http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl

[chrispare]

ok so i think i got it figured out played with the settings in config,
but now after saving and trying to open emc i get all kinds of errors and it will not open,but it will open with a different setup.

[chester88]

You make it pretty tough to help by not answering questions and giving vague descriptions of what you have done.
What settings did you play with? what file did you change or are you using stepconf?
what was the error message?

[chrispare]

ok i know im probly skipping something so maybe i should start over,
i have the hobby cnc kit with 305ozin steppers.

could someone walk me through the setup procrdure i should do?

i am using the stepconf

[CaptainVee]

I went trough my first configuration less than two weeks ago so I am bu no means an expert. But I did write a lot of it down on my website.

From what you say it is difficult to check what you have and have not done...
But maybe you find some help in my struggles:
http://www.puresven.com/?q=machine-r...roubleshooting

[acondit]

Originally Posted by chrispare ok i know im probly skipping something so maybe i should start over, i have the hobby cnc kit with 305ozin steppers. could someone walk me through the setup procrdure i should do? i am using the stepconf

Chris,

Did you get it working? If not, Chester asked you some questions that you didn't answer. Answering them would be very helpful to us in trying to help you. So to repeat what Chester said:

Did you do a latency test?
What version of EMC are you using?
Are you using stepconf to build the configuration?
what stepper timing numbers did you use?
what acceleration and max speed did you use?
First try lowering your acceleration.

Alan

[chrispare]

sorry yes i got it working,
i lowered the speed and accell.

thank you for the help,and next time i will try to put as much info as i know,
but i dont know what alot of the things are so i cant put them in.

oh well the learning curve is steep so time to start stepping (pun intended)


thanks chrisp