Rotary Axis questions.

[xbartx]

When looking at the manual I see details on setting up for linear axis, what do I do about Overall Turns ratio values and Software Travel Limits for a rotary axis.
My stepper motor to Rotary tool turret is 30:1
-Brad

[cncsnw]

The turns ratio should be the number of stepper motor revolutions for one degree of table rotation. Usually this will be a number significantly less than 1.0

If your reduction is 30:1, then one revolution of the servo motor is 1/30 of a table revolution, or 12 degrees. So your turns ratio would be 1/12 motor turn per degree, or 0.083333.

A typical rotary table is mechanically capable of unlimited rotation, and so should have no software travel limits. In that case you would leave both limits equal to zero.

If it is a tilt table with clear limits; or if it carries a wired component and so had travel limited by the wiring harness, then you should enter travel limits, in degrees plus and/or minus from Home.

[xbartx]

The turns ratio should be the number of stepper motor revolutions for one degree of table rotation. Usually this will be a number significantly less than 1.0

If your reduction is 30:1, then one revolution of the servo motor is 1/30 of a table revolution, or 12 degrees. So your turns ratio would be 1/12 motor turn per degree, or 0.083333.

A typical rotary table is mechanically capable of unlimited rotation, and so should have no software travel limits. In that case you would leave both limits equal to zero.

If it is a tilt table with clear limits; or if it carries a wired component and so had travel limited by the wiring harness, then you should enter travel limits, in degrees plus and/or minus from Home.

Thanks for the info!
No limits, it is a tool turret. At some time I will have to figure out how to set it up properly, for now just trying to get it running.

[cncsnw]

For a tool turret, I typically set it up so that one unit of measure is one tool, rather than one degree.

In that case your turns ratio would be motor revs per tool position; your jog and rapid rates would be tools/minute; etc..

You can certainly use degrees as well; it just makes the tool-change macro a little less intuitive.