Re: [Emc-users] SJ200 VFD and Modbus

2012-02-03 Thread Michael Haberler
Am 03.02.2012 um 04:50 schrieb Kirk Wallace: I am able to modpoll the proper registers now, but I have a problem with Do you mean 'modpoll the proper registers' to mean 'read several holding registers in one operation'? If so: I had that problem with the Toshiba VFS-11. See the note in my

Re: [Emc-users] Emc-users Digest, Vol 70, Issue 11

2012-02-03 Thread Ted Hyde
On 2/3/2012 3:19 AM, emc-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: Beware - of these gotcha's No jog in feedhold! - So don't break an insert or get a swarf ball around a tool!!! Taper thread pitches are measured along the hypotenuse ??? ... Unfortunately any changes to EMC

Re: [Emc-users] US Digital encoders?

2012-02-03 Thread Ed Nisley
On Thu, 2012-02-02 at 22:21 -0500, gene heskett wrote: what can he use for an exciting signal? It seems I'm missing something obvious. I thought the idea was to move the motor back forth while comparing the commanded (presumably, the actual) position with the encoder's (also, presumably, the

Re: [Emc-users] Emc-users Digest, Vol 70, Issue 11

2012-02-03 Thread Stuart Stevenson
I am replying to Ted's message but my comments are agreeing with Ted and against whomever made the comments Ted responded to. On 2/3/2012 3:19 AM, emc-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: Beware - of these gotcha's No jog in feedhold! - So don't break an insert or get a swarf

Re: [Emc-users] SJ200 VFD and Modbus

2012-02-03 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Fri, 2012-02-03 at 11:36 +0100, Michael Haberler wrote: Am 03.02.2012 um 04:50 schrieb Kirk Wallace: I am able to modpoll the proper registers now, but I have a problem with Do you mean 'modpoll the proper registers' to mean 'read several holding registers in one operation'? If so:

Re: [Emc-users] SJ200 VFD and Modbus

2012-02-03 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Fri, 2012-02-03 at 19:13 +1100, Frank Tkalcevic wrote: I've taken the existing gs2_vfd.c from src/hal/user_comps and made an sj200_vfd.c I don't like writing code that isn't modular and reusable, so I started to write the module so it could be configured by a table of values. I only got

Re: [Emc-users] US Digital encoders?

2012-02-03 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Thu, 2 Feb 2012, Viesturs L?cis wrote: Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 22:50:52 +0200 From: [UTF-8] Viesturs L?cis viesturs.la...@gmail.com Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re:

Re: [Emc-users] US Digital encoders?

2012-02-03 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/2/3 Peter C. Wallace p...@mesanet.com: Is it possible that you have some binding or tracking issues? The 7I39L has a current limit of 15A/phase If you exceed ths current, you will suddenly have a drastic change in your tuning as you will lose the inherent damping of a voltage mode drive.

[Emc-users] Classic ladder questions and comments

2012-02-03 Thread sam sokolik
All this talk of lowering the servo thread had me thinking back to when I was setting up the KT. I wanted to try to lower the servo thread for testing. I could not go much slower the the 1ms default or I would get real time delays. After some consultation on irc - it was decided that the

Re: [Emc-users] SJ200 VFD and Modbus

2012-02-03 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Thu, 2012-02-02 at 19:50 -0800, Kirk Wallace wrote: I'm trying to get my SJ200 VFD connected with Modbus. In preparation for this I ported a MVX9000 which I had on the shelf. It turned out to be a slam dunk, almost. http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/EMC2/mvx9000/ I've noticed on

Re: [Emc-users] SJ200 VFD and Modbus

2012-02-03 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Fri, 2012-02-03 at 11:38 -0800, Kirk Wallace wrote: On Thu, 2012-02-02 at 19:50 -0800, Kirk Wallace wrote: I'm trying to get my SJ200 VFD connected with Modbus. In preparation for this I ported a MVX9000 which I had on the shelf. It turned out to be a slam dunk, almost.

Re: [Emc-users] SJ200 VFD and Modbus

2012-02-03 Thread Karl Cunningham
On 02/03/2012 12:20 PM, Kirk Wallace wrote: I have some more thoughts on VFD components. My plan for my SJ200 component was to have a bare-bones version that let one operate speed, direction and maybe a fault signal, then a more complete version with more features, but still only those

Re: [Emc-users] SJ200 VFD and Modbus

2012-02-03 Thread Frank Tkalcevic
I haven't considered a generic VFD or Modbus device driver, because not only do the device functions vary widely, but so do implementations of the Modbus standard. Yes, I found that too. I built my code based on the GS2 module and Michael's code. Early on, I avoided using the GS2

Re: [Emc-users] SJ200 VFD and Modbus

2012-02-03 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Fri, 2012-02-03 at 14:58 -0800, Karl Cunningham wrote: On 02/03/2012 12:20 PM, Kirk Wallace wrote: I have some more thoughts on VFD components. My plan for my SJ200 component was to have a bare-bones version that let one operate speed, direction and maybe a fault signal, then a more

Re: [Emc-users] SJ200 VFD and Modbus

2012-02-03 Thread Michael Haberler
Am 04.02.2012 um 00:30 schrieb Frank Tkalcevic: I haven't considered a generic VFD or Modbus device driver, because not only do the device functions vary widely, but so do implementations of the Modbus standard. Yes, I found that too. Amen. I had that grandiose plan too, despite advice

Re: [Emc-users] Emc-users Digest, Vol 70, Issue 11

2012-02-03 Thread gene heskett
On Friday, February 03, 2012 10:03:07 PM Ted Hyde did opine: On 2/3/2012 3:19 AM, emc-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: Beware - of these gotcha's No jog in feedhold! - So don't break an insert or get a swarf ball around a tool!!! Taper thread pitches are measured

Re: [Emc-users] US Digital encoders?

2012-02-03 Thread gene heskett
On Friday, February 03, 2012 10:33:35 PM Ed Nisley did opine: On Thu, 2012-02-02 at 22:21 -0500, gene heskett wrote: what can he use for an exciting signal? It seems I'm missing something obvious. I thought the idea was to move the motor back forth while comparing the commanded

[Emc-users] More pcb-gcode questions

2012-02-03 Thread gene heskett
Greetings; Since I made the top side of a board look pretty good, but got stymied by linuxcnc's refusal to do a move to tool change from .1 to Z6.0 when it had 8.5 of room, I figured I would play with pcb-gcode see if I could do the text for the terminal labels as text rather than outlined,

Re: [Emc-users] More pcb-gcode questions

2012-02-03 Thread andy pugh
On 4 February 2012 09:25, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: Since I made the top side of a board look pretty good, but got stymied by linuxcnc's refusal to do a move to tool change from .1 to Z6.0 when it had 8.5 of room I have got myself into that sort of tangle by touching-off into the