/** * */ package org.reprap.gui.steppertest; import org.reprap.Preferences; import org.reprap.comms.snap.SNAPAddress; import org.reprap.comms.Communicator; import org.reprap.comms.snap.SNAPCommunicator; import org.reprap.devices.GenericStepperMotor; import java.io.*; /** * @author eD Sells * * Send the axis back and forth to check repeatability. * Delay in between incorporated to allow for driver chip cooling. * To be used in conjunction with calipers. * */ public class AxisRepeatabilityTest { /** * @param args */ public static void main(String[] args) { // Test parameters int motorId = 2; int motorSpeed = 200; int axisRepeatabilityRuns = 20; int axisRepeatabilityStepsPerStroke = 400; int axisRepeatabilityDelay = 3000; final int localNodeNumber = 0; final int baudRate = 19200; int address; try { address = Preferences.loadGlobalInt("Axis" + motorId + "Address"); }catch(Exception ex) { System.err.println("Argh 1!"); return; } SNAPAddress myAddress = new SNAPAddress(localNodeNumber); Communicator communicator; try { communicator = new SNAPCommunicator(Preferences.loadGlobalString("Port"), baudRate, myAddress); }catch(Exception ex) { System.err.println("Argh 2!"); return; } GenericStepperMotor motor; try { motor = new GenericStepperMotor(communicator, new SNAPAddress(address), Preferences.getGlobalPreferences(), motorId); }catch(Exception ex) { System.err.println("Argh 3!"); return; } // Console Reader BufferedReader console = new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader(System.in)); // //Find home // try // { // motor.homeReset(motorSpeed); // }catch(Exception ex) // { // System.err.println("Argh 4!"); // return; // } System.out.println("Motor: " + motorId); System.out.println("Motor speed: " + motorSpeed); System.out.println("Runs: " + axisRepeatabilityRuns); System.out.println("Steps per stroke: " + axisRepeatabilityStepsPerStroke); System.out.println("Pause between strokes (s): " + (axisRepeatabilityDelay/1000)); System.out.println("\nReset your calipers, and then push return to start..."); try { String trigger = console.readLine();} catch(Exception ex) { System.err.println("Argh 5!"); return; } for (int i = 1; i <= axisRepeatabilityRuns; i++) { try { motor.seekBlocking(motorSpeed, axisRepeatabilityStepsPerStroke); }catch(Exception ex) { System.err.println("Argh 6!"); return; } try { Thread.sleep(axisRepeatabilityDelay); } catch (InterruptedException e) { System.out.println(e); } try { motor.seekBlocking(motorSpeed, 0); }catch(Exception ex) { System.err.println("Argh 7!"); return; } try { Thread.sleep(axisRepeatabilityDelay); } catch (InterruptedException e) { } System.out.println("Run complete: " + i); } System.out.println("All Done"); communicator.close(); } }