I have built a backlash dongle that fits between the controller output (e,d,s,+), and external stepper drivers. It is using a Seeedarduino XAIO. I can set the backlash for x,y,z in steps. At this point I am having to use a gcode D4 dwell command to add the milliseconds delay to the end of each line using a search and replace editor. The BL is added at the end of the line of code that changes direction. Because the BL steps are within 10 to 50 this is not a significant delay, but it has to be accounted for.
Question: Is there an extension that can add these dwell changes to generate the gcode automatically?
Use Custom GCode to define your own device and you can add whatever gcode you want wherever you want it.
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Is this setting in Custom gCode dwell recursive or one time at startup?
Recommend you read through the docs I linked to. You can customize basically ALL gcode that is output. For example, you can define exactly what a cut move looks like, adding whatever extra gcode you want.
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The backlash dongle works perfectly. I can change the backlash of the x and y on the fly. Because the Back lash is added only when the steppers are at top dead center. This is a bonus in the design. I am going to post the hardware and software in the near future. Thanks for your assistance.
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