Ok - I had an issue with the encoder scale - setting it to a fraction seems to have helped.
It seems like I'm having lots of noise, though. Halscope on hm2_5i25.encoder.00.input-a gives me a nice smooth signal, but reading a spindle setting under about 500rpm gives me a reading of approx 500rpm or more. Pushing it through a limit2 seems to have smoothed the faster velocities. Above, say, 800 rpm, the system tracks quite well; up to the max of 2250rpm. I can easily tell if the machine is in low or high gear, but only when running at a requested speed of above 800 rpm. I'm going to put the 6n138 on a small bit of pc board to reduce the long leads, and see if that reduces the noise somewhat. I am confused, though, that Halscope gives me a perfect signal, but the encoder output is haywire. I guess I'm used to old-school scopes, either digital or analog screens and with real probes and stuff... On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 10:38 PM, Peter C. Wallace <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 30 Dec 2014, John Alexander Stewart wrote: > > > Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 21:45:14 -0500 > > From: John Alexander Stewart <[email protected]> > > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > <[email protected]> > > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <[email protected] > > > > Subject: [Emc-users] Possibly dumb question - 7i76 encoder for spindle > speed > > feedback > > > > Hi all; > > > > I'm back working on my mill with spindle tachometer, to utilize Andy > Pugh's > > automatic spindle speed selector example code. > > > > I have, from the spindle sensor, input going to a 6N138 optoisolator's > > input. Ground and voltage source tied to machine. It sources enough > current > > to drive the input quite well. (originally sent to the input of an Amtel > > processor in the LED spindle speed display) > > > > Output of 6N138, with +5v, ground, to the 7i76 ENCA+ and surrounding > > connectors on the 7i76. > > > > Looking with Halscope gives me a pretty good signal on > > hm2_5i25.0.encoder.00.input-a. Running at 1,000 rpm gives me 14 "square" > > teeth, running at 500 rpm gives me 7, and running at 300rpm gives me 4. > > (not that the counts mean much, except that the reading tracks spindle > > speed linearly) > > > > The 7i76 jumper is set for TTL input. ONLY the ENCA+ input pin has > anything > > connected, the IDX, ENCB+/- and ENCA- are all left floating. > > > > The issue I have is that the velocity never seems to do much other than > > just futz around between 6 and 40, no matter what the spindle speed. > > > > Here's my ini code: > > > > setp hm2_5i25.0.encoder.00.counter-mode 1 > > setp hm2_5i25.0.encoder.00.filter 1 > > setp hm2_5i25.0.encoder.00.index-invert 0 > > setp hm2_5i25.0.encoder.00.index-mask 0 > > setp hm2_5i25.0.encoder.00.index-mask-invert 0 > > setp hm2_5i25.0.encoder.00.latch-enable 0 > > setp hm2_5i25.0.encoder.00.scale -16 > > setp hm2_5i25.0.encoder.00.vel-timeout 1.0 > > > > Should I tie the other encoder lines high/low or to somewhere? > (especially > > the index pulse) > > > > Anybody with some advice? > > > > Thank you - John A. Stewart. > > If the inputs are jumpered for TTL levels you must leave the -inputs > unconnected. The + inputs have 2K pullups to 5V so will be in a high state > if > left open. I forget the 7I76 encoder polarity but you may need to ground > the > ENCB+ input to get the count direction correct (ENCB is the direction > input in > count = COUNT/DIR mode ) > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Dive into the World of Parallel Programming! The Go Parallel Website, > > sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is > your > > hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought > > leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take > a > > look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > Peter Wallace > Mesa Electronics > > (\__/) > (='.'=) This is Bunny. 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