Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 7i33 encoder inputs and up/down counter mode

2009-08-01 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Peter C. Wallace wrote: > Note: Thats all you should have to do, the so called up/down mode of the > encoder counter _is_ what EMC calls step&dir for outputs. When a HM2 > encoder counter is in up/down mode, Encoder input A is "Step" and > encoder input B is "Dir". > > If this encoder counter m

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 7i33 encoder inputs and up/down counter mode

2009-08-01 Thread Gerhard Pircher
Original-Nachricht > Datum: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 06:29:26 -0700 (PDT) > Von: "Peter C. Wallace" > An: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > Betreff: Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 7i33 encoder inputs and up/down counter mode > On Fri, 31 Jul 2009, Gerhard

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 7i33 encoder inputs and up/down counter mode

2009-08-01 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Fri, 31 Jul 2009, Gerhard Pircher wrote: Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:52:30 +0200 From: Gerhard Pircher Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Emc-users] Mesa 7i33 encoder inputs and up/down counter mode Hi, I'm usin

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 7i33 encoder inputs and up/down counter mode

2009-07-31 Thread Gerhard Pircher
Original-Nachricht > Datum: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:00:56 -0600 > Von: Sebastian Kuzminsky > An: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > Betreff: Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 7i33 encoder inputs and up/down counter mode > Gerhard Pircher wrote: > >> If

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 7i33 encoder inputs and up/down counter mode

2009-07-31 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: > Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > >> Gerhard Pircher wrote: >> >> If your spindle is not reversible you could connect the step line to either Up or Down, and run it that way. >>> Well, it is reversible. Maybe I should build a simple step/dir to

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 7i33 encoder inputs and up/down counter mode

2009-07-31 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
John Kasunich wrote: >Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: > > >>Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: >> >> >>>It might be simple to use the Dir line from your spindle as the selector >>>to a demux, and send the Step signal to either Up or Down on the hm2 >>>encoder input. >>> >>> >>> >>That's a good i

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 7i33 encoder inputs and up/down counter mode

2009-07-31 Thread Gerhard Pircher
Original-Nachricht > Datum: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:15:09 -0400 > Von: Stephen Wille Padnos > An: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > Betreff: Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 7i33 encoder inputs and up/down counter mode > Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: &g

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 7i33 encoder inputs and up/down counter mode

2009-07-31 Thread John Kasunich
Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: > Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > >> It might be simple to use the Dir line from your spindle as the selector >> to a demux, and send the Step signal to either Up or Down on the hm2 >> encoder input. >> >> > That's a good idea, with a couple of caveats: > > 1) There i

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 7i33 encoder inputs and up/down counter mode

2009-07-31 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: >Gerhard Pircher wrote: > > >>>If your spindle is not reversible you could connect the step line to >>>either Up or Down, and run it that way. >>> >>> >>Well, it is reversible. Maybe I should build a simple step/dir to >>quadrature converter. That shouldn't be t

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 7i33 encoder inputs and up/down counter mode

2009-07-31 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Gerhard Pircher wrote: >> If your spindle is not reversible you could connect the step line to >> either Up or Down, and run it that way. > Well, it is reversible. Maybe I should build a simple step/dir to > quadrature converter. That shouldn't be too hard. > > Thanks for enlightening me! It mig

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 7i33 encoder inputs and up/down counter mode

2009-07-31 Thread Gerhard Pircher
Original-Nachricht > Datum: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:11:38 -0600 > Von: Sebastian Kuzminsky > An: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > Betreff: Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 7i33 encoder inputs and up/down counter mode > Gerhard Pircher wrote: > > I'm u

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 7i33 encoder inputs and up/down counter mode

2009-07-31 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Gerhard Pircher wrote: > I'm using the Mesa 7i33 card to interface three RS-422 linear encoders to > EMC2. Now I would like to use the fourth input for the spindle speed > sensor, which delivers a 12V pulse and direction signal. But I wonder which > input of the 7i33 card should be connected to the

[Emc-users] Mesa 7i33 encoder inputs and up/down counter mode

2009-07-31 Thread Gerhard Pircher
Hi, I'm using the Mesa 7i33 card to interface three RS-422 linear encoders to EMC2. Now I would like to use the fourth input for the spindle speed sensor, which delivers a 12V pulse and direction signal. But I wonder which input of the 7i33 card should be connected to the pulse resp. direction sig