On Tue, 24 Sep 2013, Peter C. Wallace wrote:
> Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 11:52:52 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Peter C. Wallace <p...@mesanet.com>
> Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)"
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> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] MESA 8i20 - how to get more juice from it?
>
> On Tue, 24 Sep 2013, propcoder wrote:
>
>> Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 21:48:42 +0300
>> From: propcoder <marius.alks...@gmail.com>
>> Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)"
>> <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
>> To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
>> Subject: [Emc-users] MESA 8i20 - how to get more juice from it?
>>
>> I am trying to set up 8i20 for axis 2 (the most powerful motor) of puma type
>> robot.
>>
>> The problem is that it barely raises its arm from horizontal position. While
>> it should do this at reasonable speed and acceleration. PID saturates at its
>> maximum and this is not enough.
>>
>> It seems that changing current settings from 8 to 20 Amps does not make
>> sense. Am I doing something wrong here? See attached screen-shot.
>>
>
>
> What are the motor specifications?
And in any case, I would set the NVMAXCURRENT value in the 8I20 to the peak
motor current. This should be doable with either WPD or setsserial
> Peter Wallace
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