I’m using FluidNC and have separate A and Y axis drivers. With “Use A-Axis for grbl” toggled in settings I can run 4 axis operations just fine, but would it be possible to display the A axis controls in the control panel? The only way to have them show now is to toggle rotary mode, which disables the Y axis controls for users swapping the y axis driver over to the rotary driver.
Thank you!
Nothing? Oh well. Still the greatest option out there. Thank you for all of your hard work!
@jomac Keep in mind, Josh, that this is a user forum. It may take more than a couple of days for someone with your setup to reply.
That said, I do have a question. Why did you toggle “use A axis for grbl” in gSender? Is this a requirement of Fluid? I know nothing about Fluid, but I did just read, “FluidNC configuration, however, is very different from Grbl.” So, that is why I am thinking you needed to toggle that switch in gSender.
FWIW, I am running the SLB on a Long Mill Mk1, with the Sienci Vortex rotary equipment. I do not set that toggle, and I do not select rotary in gSender. I have both A and Y capabilities and I can see the A controls in the gSender control panel.
Finally, I don’t know if you will find anything helpful, but if you search this forum for FluidNC, you will find discussions about using FluidNC, gSender and a rotary axis.
Thank you gwilki. Without “use A axis for grbl” toggled, the Rotary “Jog -” and “Jog A+” buttons above the toggle in the settings menu jogged the Y axis. I’m also using the LM Mk1 with the Vortex rotary axis. It looks like the only difference is that I’m running FLuidNC. That could be the problem.
@jomac I think that it’s fair to say that Fluid enters into the issue. With the LM Mk1 and the original longboard, Sienci provided a switch to toggle the Y output to the A motor. It meant that A and Y could not be active at the same time. When I replaced the long board with the SLB, and replaced the Vortex stepper with a closed loop version, the switch was no longer necessary. The SLB runs grbl Hal which can support 4 axes. The SLB has a separate motor driver for the A axis motor. So, now I can have all 4 axes active and gSender shows all 4 axes on the main page.
I’m sorry, but I can’t help you with a Fluid setup. I gather that none of the discussions on the forum were helpful??
As touched upon, this is a community forum and there is no expected timeline on responses, especially over the weekend.
We can make this toggle show the A axis controlers/DRO - I think that was originally intended.
Thank you all for setting me straight. I wasn’t trying to offend. It won’t happen again. I meant what I said. This is a great project. I truly appreciate you helping make CNC more open sourced and available to people like me.
In the meantime it looks like I’ll be learning to use grblHAL.
Take care!
1.6.1 should enable the A DRO and jogging controls on grbl devices if this option is toggled on.