Using Stepper motor - NEMA-17 size - 200 steps/rev, 12V 350mA from Adafruit. and using a command as "g1 f400 x50" the motor will spin when it is accelerating and decelerating but only whine during the move.
What am I doing wrong?
Motor Settings
[1ma] m1 map to axis 0 [0=X,1=Y,2=Z...]
[1sa] m1 step angle 1.800 deg
[1tr] m1 travel per revolution 0.0492 in
[1mi] m1 microsteps 8 [1,2,4,8]
[1po] m1 polarity 0 [0=normal,1=reverse]
[1pm] m1 power management 0 [0=remain powered,1=power down when idle]
[1mp] m1 motor power level 1.000 [0.000=minimum, 1.000=maximum]
Try this again in millimeters (G21). 400 Inches per minute is pretty fast! Or try a move at F15 if you stay in inches mode. Also, check your X axis settings. $x. It sounds like you have the maximum velocity and maximum feedrate settings too high for your motor. The motor will spin during acceleration, then stall, then spin again during deceleration.
Thank you for the assistant. Using F15 worked to get the motor running. New to g code and just following the example in the Connecting Tinyg page.
But to answer the questions I am using FV 0.97 on a TinyG V8 board. With a 24v/5a wago ps. I had played with the pots and with the feed but not down to 15.
WhiteElder
I suggest caution when reading wiki and the Forum - most folks speak in mm mode, but it is often not obvious.
For example, I missed the fact you were calling for F400 IPM, rather than mm/min.
And, if you are running a screw machine, good to mention it.
A typical (Shapeoko) machine moves 35.xx mm/rev, compared to your machine.
Also, FV 0.97 does not say much either, better to report the FW build, eg build 435.10. FV are sort of major moves; we are still in the territory where the minor moves (builds) are important..
But you are moving - have fun!
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