Re: [Emc-users] how to control lathe spindle with a mesa 7i77 card

2020-11-05 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Fri, 6 Nov 2020, andrew beck wrote: Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2020 12:23:10 +1300 From: andrew beck Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" Subject: Re: [Emc-users] how to control lathe spindle with a mesa 7i77 card thank

Re: [Emc-users] how to control lathe spindle with a mesa 7i77 card

2020-11-05 Thread andrew beck
> >> Andrew > >> > >> On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 4:42 AM Peter C. Wallace > wrote: > >> > >>> On Mon, 2 Nov 2020, andrew beck wrote: > >>> > >>>> Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2020 22:31:32 +1300 > >>>> From: andrew beck

Re: [Emc-users] how to control lathe spindle with a mesa 7i77 card

2020-11-05 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Fri, 6 Nov 2020, andrew beck wrote: Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2020 11:47:58 +1300 From: andrew beck Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" Subject: Re: [Emc-users] how to control lathe spindle with a mesa 7i77 card just anothe

Re: [Emc-users] how to control lathe spindle with a mesa 7i77 card

2020-11-05 Thread andrew beck
drew beck >> > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" >> > >> > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" < >> emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> >> > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] how to control lathe spindle with a mesa 7i77 >

Re: [Emc-users] how to control lathe spindle with a mesa 7i77 card

2020-11-05 Thread andrew beck
hanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] how to control lathe spindle with a mesa 7i77 > card > > > > Thanks Jon. > > > > I am controlling a 1988 fanuc velocity spindle drive. And no Idea about > > isolation. Not keen to try it lo

Re: [Emc-users] how to control lathe spindle with a mesa 7i77 card

2020-11-02 Thread Jon Elson
On 11/02/2020 03:31 AM, andrew beck wrote: Thanks Jon. I am controlling a 1988 fanuc velocity spindle drive. And no Idea about isolation. Not keen to try it lol. Really I just want a isolated 0-10v virtual pot like the Mesa 7i76 has. Otherwise I might daisy chain in a 7i76 just for the spind

Re: [Emc-users] how to control lathe spindle with a mesa 7i77 card

2020-11-02 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Mon, 2 Nov 2020, andrew beck wrote: Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2020 22:31:32 +1300 From: andrew beck Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" Subject: Re: [Emc-users] how to control lathe spindle with a mesa 7i77 card Thanks Jon.

Re: [Emc-users] how to control lathe spindle with a mesa 7i77 card

2020-11-02 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 02 November 2020 04:31:32 andrew beck wrote: > Thanks Jon. > > I am controlling a 1988 fanuc velocity spindle drive. And no Idea > about isolation. Not keen to try it lol. Really I just want a > isolated 0-10v virtual pot like the Mesa 7i76 has. Otherwise I might > daisy chain in a 7

Re: [Emc-users] how to control lathe spindle with a mesa 7i77 card

2020-11-02 Thread andy pugh
On Mon, 2 Nov 2020 at 09:33, andrew beck wrote: > I am controlling a 1988 fanuc velocity spindle drive. And no Idea about > isolation. Not keen to try it lol. Give Mesa a phone call? -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mecha

Re: [Emc-users] how to control lathe spindle with a mesa 7i77 card

2020-11-02 Thread andrew beck
Thanks Jon. I am controlling a 1988 fanuc velocity spindle drive. And no Idea about isolation. Not keen to try it lol. Really I just want a isolated 0-10v virtual pot like the Mesa 7i76 has. Otherwise I might daisy chain in a 7i76 just for the spindle io. but that is such a waste lol. On Mon,

Re: [Emc-users] how to control lathe spindle with a mesa 7i77 card

2020-11-01 Thread Jon Elson
On 11/01/2020 12:46 PM, Ed wrote: On 11/1/20 10:30 AM, andy pugh wrote: On Sun, 1 Nov 2020 at 04:43, andrew beck wrote: On a 7i76 the 0_10v is isolated from the Mesa card I think. Is a 7i77 similar? I just a bit cagy about connecting up electrically to the VFD inputs. As I don't want to

Re: [Emc-users] how to control lathe spindle with a mesa 7i77 card

2020-11-01 Thread andy pugh
On Sun, 1 Nov 2020 at 19:12, Ed wrote: > Where would a Mesa SpinX1 or a Pico Spindle DAC fit in here? The Spin1X is (as I understand it) basically the PWM-to-Analog stage from a Mesa card as a standalone board. (The 7i76 spindle out does _not_ use PWM, that's a smart-serial digital signal. --

Re: [Emc-users] how to control lathe spindle with a mesa 7i77 card

2020-11-01 Thread Ed
On 11/1/20 10:30 AM, andy pugh wrote: On Sun, 1 Nov 2020 at 04:43, andrew beck wrote: On a 7i76 the 0_10v is isolated from the Mesa card I think. Is a 7i77 similar? I just a bit cagy about connecting up electrically to the VFD inputs. As I don't want to blow anything. I don't know. PCW wou

Re: [Emc-users] how to control lathe spindle with a mesa 7i77 card

2020-11-01 Thread andy pugh
On Sun, 1 Nov 2020 at 04:43, andrew beck wrote: > On a 7i76 the 0_10v is isolated from the Mesa card I think. Is a 7i77 > similar? I just a bit cagy about connecting up electrically to the VFD > inputs. As I don't want to blow anything. I don't know. PCW would know. > I'm still struggling to

Re: [Emc-users] how to control lathe spindle with a mesa 7i77 card

2020-10-31 Thread andrew beck
Andy just to confirm. On a 7i76 the 0_10v is isolated from the Mesa card I think. Is a 7i77 similar? I just a bit cagy about connecting up electrically to the VFD inputs. As I don't want to blow anything. I'm still struggling to understand how this would work. On Fri, Oct 30, 2020, 12:49 AM a

Re: [Emc-users] how to control lathe spindle with a mesa 7i77 card

2020-10-29 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 29 October 2020 06:20:22 andrew beck wrote: > hey everyone > > I have a fanuc velocity amp which I have hacked and found the 0-10v > speed reference input on it. the amp takes in 0-10v and Rev/FWD > inputs. this is ideal to control with a Pot and two switches and how > I am currently

Re: [Emc-users] how to control lathe spindle with a mesa 7i77 card

2020-10-29 Thread andy pugh
On Thu, 29 Oct 2020 at 10:23, andrew beck wrote: > I think the 7i77 is a bit different though and just wondering how to best > control the VFD The 7i77 is +/- 10V so you would want to use an "abs" module to make sure that the 7i77 analogout doesn't see the negative spindle speed commands Then se

[Emc-users] how to control lathe spindle with a mesa 7i77 card

2020-10-29 Thread andrew beck
hey everyone I have a fanuc velocity amp which I have hacked and found the 0-10v speed reference input on it. the amp takes in 0-10v and Rev/FWD inputs. this is ideal to control with a Pot and two switches and how I am currently controlling it. On my cnc mill i used a 7i76 card and the virtual