Re: [Emc-users] EDM machining --> EDM generator signals

2017-01-02 Thread Nicklas Karlsson
On Tue, 3 Jan 2017 09:40:39 +0700 TJoseph Powderly wrote: > Nicklas, hello > > > On 01/03/17 04:17, Nicklas Karlsson wrote: > > I made local change to the hostmot2 stepper drivers to both send and > > receive absolute position encoder style. Behaviour could be changed with > > configuration p

Re: [Emc-users] EDM machining --> EDM generator signals

2017-01-02 Thread Nicklas Karlsson
> Nicklas hello > everybody is a novice in EDM, its just full of surprises ;-) > > 'interpolated position mode' ...doesthis mean position loop in hardware? No but it could as well be. It is position loop locally inside servo driver. It is ran twice each switching period, once for each switching

Re: [Emc-users] read analog input 7I76

2017-01-02 Thread Jan Bos
Hello Peter, It works and I can read the value now. How can I scale this correctly? I have a 0-5V input and need my GladeVcp bar to show Maximum at 5V input but at 5V input it does not show maximum. I looked at the 'scale' command but all examples and descriptions I could find are for outputs and

Re: [Emc-users] EDM machining --> EDM generator signals

2017-01-02 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Nicklas, hello On 01/03/17 04:17, Nicklas Karlsson wrote: > I made local change to the hostmot2 stepper drivers to both send and receive > absolute position encoder style. Behaviour could be changed with > configuration parameter. do i think correctly ? the stepper gets position commands, not s

Re: [Emc-users] EDM machining --> EDM generator signals

2017-01-02 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Nicklas hello everybody is a novice in EDM, its just full of surprises ;-) 'interpolated position mode' ...doesthis mean position loop in hardware? regards Tomp tjtr33 On 01/03/17 01:34, Nicklas Karlsson wrote: > Me is novice on EDM but it seems you know what you are doing. I got digital > outp

Re: [Emc-users] EDM machining --> EDM generator signals

2017-01-02 Thread Nicklas Karlsson
I made local change to the hostmot2 stepper drivers to both send and receive absolute position encoder style. Behaviour could be changed with configuration parameter. The change is simple but I am still thinking about protocol because with interpolated position mode there is a need to set param

Re: [Emc-users] Inverting the PWM signal to mesa 7i78

2017-01-02 Thread andy pugh
On 2 January 2017 at 20:04, Cecil Thomas wrote: > I don't know why this is the case unless the 5i25 > didn't exist when the docs were written This is exactly it. Initially there was just the 5i20 and the docs seem to have been started on the assumption that is all there would ever be, and then ha

Re: [Emc-users] Inverting the PWM signal to mesa 7i78

2017-01-02 Thread Cecil Thomas
Andy, Thanks for the info. One of the things I noticed very early on as I was trying to work all this out by myself is that the 5i25 card is never mentioned in the documentation. I see all kinds of examples etc. for 5i20 and other cards but 5i25 seems to be the red headed step child of documen

Re: [Emc-users] EDM machining --> EDM generator signals

2017-01-02 Thread Sarah Armstrong
Nicklas , any changes needed , i'd like to know should we put a repro together , might make life easier Sarah On 2 January 2017 at 18:34, Nicklas Karlsson wrote: > Me is novice on EDM but it seems you know what you are doing. I got > digital outputs connected on machine this weekend and will

Re: [Emc-users] EDM machining --> EDM generator signals

2017-01-02 Thread Nicklas Karlsson
Me is novice on EDM but it seems you know what you are doing. I got digital outputs connected on machine this weekend and will probably be able to test this weekend. I have made my own servo drivers with interpolated position mode, response is fast even though I have not yet perfected control l

Re: [Emc-users] EDM machining --> EDM generator signals

2017-01-02 Thread Sarah Armstrong
Thanks Thomas , for the video , very interesting and informative too , i learned some more lol look forward to getting all this together Sarah On 2 January 2017 at 16:53, TJoseph Powderly wrote: > Hello > video of early iteration of edm panel in use > https://videobin.org/+fe8/jab.html > i thin

Re: [Emc-users] EDM machining --> EDM generator signals

2017-01-02 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Hello video of early iteration of edm panel in use https://videobin.org/+fe8/jab.html i think an example of reading the db file needs to be done soon but a working model is better than just thinkin' thanks tomp tjtr33 --

Re: [Emc-users] question on emi filters

2017-01-02 Thread Nicklas Karlsson
> Its radiated noise from the motor supplies. Directly related to the > switching, which is at nominally 17 Kilohertz, but the harmonics reach > to well above 100 Megahertz. Never seen anything ring that way, 10 to 30 > cycles to get down to 50% of the peak. I think you need a common mode filte

Re: [Emc-users] Inverting the PWM signal to mesa 7i78

2017-01-02 Thread andy pugh
On 2 January 2017 at 15:47, andy pugh wrote: > There is a slightly better set of docs here: > http://linuxcnc.org/docs/devel/html/drivers/hostmot2.html > But it is very much out-of date. One way in which is is out of date is in insisting that only step-dir mode is supported by the driver, whereas

Re: [Emc-users] Inverting the PWM signal to mesa 7i78

2017-01-02 Thread andy pugh
On 2 January 2017 at 15:35, Cecil Thomas wrote: > My experience has been that there is a presumption of comprehension > in the documentation of hm2 that does not necessarily exist in the user (me). There is a slightly better set of docs here: http://linuxcnc.org/docs/devel/html/drivers/hostmot2

[Emc-users] Inverting the PWM signal to mesa 7i78

2017-01-02 Thread Cecil Thomas
Gregg, I am using a common treadmill controller called an MC-60. I chose it after months of research and deliberation --NOT. Actually it and the motor were in the treadmill that I was given to get it out of a friends house. It is not four quadrant, just a simple scr drive, but it works just fin

[Emc-users] Inverting the PWM signal to mesa 7i78

2017-01-02 Thread Cecil Thomas
Thanks Gene and Andy. I believe Andy's answer is specific enough for me to implement and I will try it as soon as I get to the shop. I am pretty slow on the software side of hal and hm2. It is taking me a while to get my mind around the syntax. My experience has been that there is a presumpt

Re: [Emc-users] Inverting the PWM signal to mesa 7i78

2017-01-02 Thread andy pugh
On 2 January 2017 at 04:39, Cecil Thomas wrote: > How and where do I 'invert the pwm' The PWM signal appears to be on GPIO number 8 from the 5i25. So insert this line in your HAL file somewhere: setp hm2_5i25.0.gpio.008.invert_output 1 (the docs are here, but could certainly be clearer, it's to

Re: [Emc-users] wctho...@chartertn.net

2017-01-02 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 02 January 2017 00:56:48 Gregg Eshelman wrote: > What controller are you using? I need one able to handle a 110 volt > DC, 1.5HP treadmill motor. My 9x20 CNC conversion is on hold due to a > lack of motor controller. The best controller you can put in there is a Pico Systems pwm-servo.