On Fri, 2011-05-13 at 13:12 -0500, Jon Elson wrote: > Robert Harpham wrote: > > > > > > > > as for homing fanuc do a grid shift, and do it as they move as well to > > check for position > > > As far as I can tell, the grid shift is entirely in the control, and has > nothing to do with the encoder. We are not interested in Fanuc > controls, just re-using their great motors and encoders, particularly > with EMC2. > > Jon
Is replacing the encoder with a more EMC2 friendly encoder an option? I have a couple motors with proprietary encoders on them that I plan on replacing with quadrature and Hall encoders or magnetic encoders such as the AEAT-6010 if it's fast enough. Removing the old encoders was easy enough and provides the mounting features for the new encoders. I haven't gone beyond a rough plan so far, so this may not work. On the other hand, if the price on Fanuc motors has gone up, it may be cheaper to use generic motors with EMC2 instead and use the Fanuc motors on Fanuc systems. -- Kirk Wallace http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html California, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Achieve unprecedented app performance and reliability What every C/C++ and Fortran developer should know. Learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help boost performance applications - inlcuding clusters. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
