http://www.renishaw.nl/nl/resolute-absolute-optische-encoder-protocollen-voor-seriele-communicatie--11018

I don't know if it would be worthwhile or not, but apparently Fanuc 
licenses their encoder protocols to various companies like Renishaw   
... as mentioned in the link above.

Dave


http://www.renishaw.com/en/resolute-absolute-optical-encoder-fanuc-serial-protocol--11042
 


On 5/5/2011 11:02 PM, Jon Elson wrote:
> Well, I have the first cut at the Fanuc absolute encoder test unit
> working.  I pretty much verified what I got off the oscilloscope, but in
> better detail.  I am guessing there may be other commands that can be
> sent to the encoder to get other data and functions.  But, anyway, what
> this particular unit provides is :
> A 15-bit angular position count and a 14-bit revolution count that are
> reset the first time the index position is passed.
> This can be read as a contiguous 29-bit signed binary number.
> A 15-bit unsigned angular position that is relative to where the encoder
> was when power was turned on.
> This does not reset when it passes index.
> These counts both have a bunch of LSB zeros to accommodate encoders with
> higher resolution.
> There seems to be an encoder model ID at the beginning and a 4-bit
> checksum at the end.
> I didn't find any sign of commutation info in the data stream I am
> getting now, so it would be hard to make a servo drive move the motor to
> the index position during the homing operation.  But, I have seen the
> traditional Fanuc C1-C2-C4-C8 commutation signals on the encoder's PCB
> test points, so there probably is a different command that will make it
> send this info.
>
> Jon
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