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I don’t understand. Do you not see the diagram on https://github.com/synthetos/TinyG/wiki/TinyG-Start ??
That is the same page where the diagram was before.
The image is hosted at Flickr, like the previous version, and Flickr says the privacy is set to “everyone”. Please let me know if it isn’t visible.
Tom
Just to make myself clear, I am no expert. I am setting up my own TinyG for the first time. When I can’t find something in the wiki, then I try to figure it out on my own and then add that info to the wiki. I figure my experience as a new user will only happen once, so I’m trying to document the path for the next new guy.
(What is confusing me now is the codes I am typing into Coolterm. I don’t quite get the GRBL setup commands. That’s how new I am.)
Cheers,
Tom
I did try the ShapeOko wiki, but it was not helpful. It gives a link to “a pre-compiled hex file with default Shapeoko Values“. But I didn’t build a ShapeOko. What are the logical steps to configure the TinyG for any random 4 axis mill?
As an example, the ShapeOko wiki gives these calculations, but doesn’t explain how to calculate the settings based on the given parameters. So far, I’m stumped. How do I get 43.74 steps/mm?
200 step/rev stepper motors
8x microstepping on the X and Y axis
2x microstepping on the Z axis
MXL belting (.08” pitch)
18 tooth MXL pulleys on the X and Y axis
8mm threaded rod (1.25mm pitch) on the Z axis.Grbl 0.8a
‘$’ to dump current settings
$0 = 43.74 (steps/mm x)
$1 = 43.74 (steps/mm y)
$2 = 320.00 (steps/mm z)
$3 = 30 (microseconds step pulse)
$4 = 500.00 (mm/min default feed rate)
$5 = 500.00 (mm/min default seek rate)
$6 = 0.10 (mm/arc segment)
$7 = 28 (step port invert mask. binary = 00011100)
$8 = 25.00 (acceleration in mm/sec^2)
$9 = 0.05 (cornering junction deviation in mm)The TinyG wiki is four pages away from the home page.
You have a wiki link on your main page that does not lead to the wiki, it leads to a deprecated wiki, which most people would not want. The old wiki seems to have a link to the new wiki, but instead it leads to GitHub, which is a revision control system, not a wiki. If you look all over, you will find a link to the new wiki. But that’s four pages away from the home page where you started.
The wiki link on your home page should lead to a page that has:
-Current TinyG wiki
-Current gShield wiki
-Historical wikis (deprecated)Straight forward. Simple.
OR, to put it another way, the direct link in this message should be more accessible. Right now, you can only read this wiki message if you already found the new wiki. That makes no sense.
