MDF Rose Engine Lathe 2.0
Control System for Multiple Stepper Motors
HTML Map
Used to return to the prior screen.

Used to refresh the values shown in the gray boxes.
Preferences Screen

Touch the buttons on the screen image to the right to see the details for the that screen.
Purpose: Additional options are managed on this preferences screen.

Screen Brightness slider may be used to change the brightness of the screen.


Keep Steppers Enabled

This is used to set the stepper motors to be continuously Disabled or Enabled.

  • If you are using DM542T stepper motor drivers, this needs to be Enabled for any operations where repeated movement relies on the current position being correct. One example is indexing. If this is not set for indexing, the movement will be off with each individual index.

  • If you are using the DRV8825 stepper motor drivers, it can be set either way.

B&E
This button will show the BE icon in the other page toolbars. Clicking on the icon will toggle visibility of the icon on and off.

Currently under development. Only the Begin and End text boxes are active. They show the distance or degrees an axis or the spindle has moved from the start of the last operation on another screen. This can be used to verify the specified movement matches the actual movement.

An example is below:


EEProm
This button shows the values stored in EEPROM on both the Nextion and Teensy. It is used to verify the settings match. Mismatches can occur when updating the software.

An example is below:


Load Ini
This button will load motor settings from an ini file. Restarting the program may be necessary for the settings to be active.