Set current to zero?

tenaja

I guess the only question left is how you cancel an M84 (Stop Idle Hold), without issuing a move command? Or to put it another way, how do you Resume Idle Hold?

tenaja

@Veti said in Set current to zero?:

@tenaja said in Set current to zero?:

I did that, from the command line (top of DWC web page), and it did not work.

whats the exact G92 command you issued?

G92 Y0

fcwilt

@tenaja said in Set current to zero?:

I guess the only question left is how you cancel an M84 (Stop Idle Hold), without issuing a move command? Or to put it another way, how do you Resume Idle Hold?

What is the letter assigned to this axis and what G92 command did you issue?

Issuing a G1 command for that axis should turn the driver back on - is there some reason you cannot do that?

Frederick

Veti

I just tested it and the axis became homed

tenaja

@Veti
Thanks, as I pointed out in Post #8, it does work if you put it in the gcode. But you have to do it in sequence, with the M913 first.

And, the motor does not have power, even though you issued an M913 Y100. ("Set motor percentage of normal current", to 100%)

Veti

@tenaja

try a small movement G0 Y0.1 followed by G0 Y0

tenaja

@Veti said in Set current to zero?:

@tenaja

try a small movement G0 Y0.1 followed by G0 Y0

As expected, that will do it. It seems odd there's a way to power-down a motor, but not a "safe" way to power it back up. ("Safe" = no-motion).

I would like to know how to restore it safely, for trivial/future reasons, but for my current application, my needs are met.

I really appreciate all of the help provided.

dc42

@tenaja said in Set current to zero?:

M913 Y100 does not turn power back on... It's still freewheeling after that....but the commands do work. (M913 then G92)

Any movement command will turn it back on. RRF 3.3 (for which we will soon release a beta) also supports M17 to turn on motor current.

oozeBot

@dc42 said in Set current to zero?:

Any movement command will turn it back on. RRF 3.3 (for which we will soon release a beta) also supports M17 to turn on motor current.

I'm very interested in testing this as I believe it will really help when releasing the stepper brake on our z-axis.. currently, we have to slightly move the z-axis to energize the steppers to keep the gantry from dropping.

tenaja

@dc42 said in Set current to zero?:

@tenaja said in Set current to zero?:

M913 Y100 does not turn power back on... It's still freewheeling after that....but the commands do work. (M913 then G92)

Any movement command will turn it back on. RRF 3.3 (for which we will soon release a beta) also supports M17 to turn on motor current.

Thanks...

Will a "relative" move of zero, like G1 Y0 do it? Or is physical motion the only way to get power back on?

Phaedrux

If you work out your step resolution you could have a move of exactly a single motor step.

dc42

@oozeBot said in Set current to zero?:

@dc42 said in Set current to zero?:

Any movement command will turn it back on. RRF 3.3 (for which we will soon release a beta) also supports M17 to turn on motor current.

I'm very interested in testing this as I believe it will really help when releasing the stepper brake on our z-axis.. currently, we have to slightly move the z-axis to energize the steppers to keep the gantry from dropping.

I expect to provide an unofficial 3.3beta tomorrow.