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    Default Issues with Slave axis while running in CNC mode Kstep

    Hi All,

    I'm building a setup which requires 2 stepper motors turning the same shaft in order to move a joint in a robotic arm. They are on opposite ends of the shaft so they need to turn opposite of each other. I got the setup working using kmotion using channel 0 and 1. Both had the same parameters but channel 1 was slaved to channel 0 and gain was set to -1.

    This worked well when I tested it with step response but didn't work when I tried to get it working with Kmotion. I used the same file I tested everything with as the init file and started it up. Channel 0 mapped to the x axis and channel 1 mapped to the y axis instead of channel 1 being a slave to channel 0. When I tried to move the joint one motor moved and the other stayed still.

    Is there a way to use one axis as a slave to another in a CNC application or is there another way to solve this problem?

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    Default Re: Issues with Slave axis while running in CNC mode Kstep

    Hi henradrie,

    With such a configuration you only have a single GCode Axis X from KMotionCNC's point of view. So only configure the X axis to the Master Axis with:

    DefineCoordSystem(0,-1,-1,-1);

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    TK http://dynomotion.com


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