Re: [Emc-users] Pico on Pluto

2008-06-07 Thread Jeff Epler
When you set pluto-servo.pwm.#.pwmdir TRUE, the output should be what you call sign-magnitude: value after scale+offsetPWM Dir 0.0 0%FALSE 0.5 50%FALSE 1.0100%* FALSE

Re: [Emc-users] wiki request

2008-06-07 Thread Chris Radek
On Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 03:57:49PM -0700, Dave Engvall wrote: OK, more dumb questions. Would a short ball screw do what you want? It certainly would be more precise than acme rod; or do I miss the intent? I'm not sure I could get the ball of an indicator lever to ride in the track on a

Re: [Emc-users] wiki request

2008-06-07 Thread Andre' Blanchard
At 09:23 AM 6/7/2008, you wrote: On Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 03:57:49PM -0700, Dave Engvall wrote: OK, more dumb questions. Would a short ball screw do what you want? It certainly would be more precise than acme rod; or do I miss the intent? I'm not sure I could get the ball of an indicator

Re: [Emc-users] wiki request

2008-06-07 Thread Dave Engvall
On Jun 7, 2008, at 7:23 AM, Chris Radek wrote: On Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 03:57:49PM -0700, Dave Engvall wrote: OK, more dumb questions. Would a short ball screw do what you want? It certainly would be more precise than acme rod; or do I miss the intent? I'm not sure I could get the ball of

[Emc-users] Mazak codewheel

2008-06-07 Thread Dave Engvall
Hi, Does anyone happen to remember where the front panel codewheel to jog code resides? TIA Dave - Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open

Re: [Emc-users] Mazak codewheel

2008-06-07 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
Dave Engvall wrote: Hi, Does anyone happen to remember where the front panel codewheel to jog code resides? Uh - what? :) Jogging (with a wheel) used to be done by halui or something, but it's in the RT motion controller now. If you're asking about HAL files to set it up, that should

Re: [Emc-users] Pico on Pluto

2008-06-07 Thread Jon Elson
Kirk Wallace wrote: I haven't looked at the control signals with a scope. One inductor was much hotter than the other. I assumed because it was because I was driving the motor mostly one direction. I was planning on using 110 Volts for the motor supply. Hmm, synchronous antiphase would

Re: [Emc-users] PWM Amp Basics

2008-06-07 Thread Jon Elson
Kirk Wallace wrote: Sometimes the the spindle context keeps me from seeing things as they should be. More thinking aloud. An encoder still acts the same whether it's on a linear axis or spindle. So if the spindle moves, the distance is counted, and sometimes, it's a very long move. The delta

Re: [Emc-users] Pico on Pluto

2008-06-07 Thread Jon Elson
Jeff Epler wrote: When you set pluto-servo.pwm.#.pwmdir TRUE, the output should be what you call sign-magnitude: value after scale+offsetPWM Dir 0.0 0%FALSE 0.5 50%FALSE 1.0

Re: [Emc-users] wiki request

2008-06-07 Thread Jon Elson
Andre' Blanchard wrote: What is the delay (in degrees of rotation) between reading the spindle encoder and positioning the Z axis? That delay would be in opposite directions going and coming out. Unless there is mechanical backlash between the spindle itself and the spindle encoder, this

Re: [Emc-users] Putting Encoder on AC servomotor???

2008-06-07 Thread paul_c
On Thursday 05 June 2008, Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: We've discussed various methods of handling larger data types, which this would require. I don't recall ever seeing any discusssion about the usage of data types.. The good news is that once we have that, we can use doubles anywhere.

Re: [Emc-users] wiki request

2008-06-07 Thread Dave Engvall
On Jun 7, 2008, at 11:30 AM, Jon Elson wrote: Andre' Blanchard wrote: What is the delay (in degrees of rotation) between reading the spindle encoder and positioning the Z axis? That delay would be in opposite directions going and coming out. Unless there is mechanical backlash between

Re: [Emc-users] Pico on Pluto

2008-06-07 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Sat, 2008-06-07 at 13:06 -0500, Jon Elson wrote: ...snip would put the PWM duty cycle at 50%, the worst case. What is your DC supply voltage? Jon 53 VDC unregulated with 500 uF of filter caps. So far the motor has had no load. If you need more information let me know. If you want, I

Re: [Emc-users] PWM Amp Basics

2008-06-07 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Sat, 2008-06-07 at 13:18 -0500, Jon Elson wrote: ... snip thread. The only discontinuity is that you WANT to break the continuity of the linear axis to the spindle, or you'd have to rewind the spindle for each threading pass. Jon Shoot, that is simpler than I thought, and makes sense

Re: [Emc-users] Pico on Pluto

2008-06-07 Thread Jeff Epler
Jon, What *should* the driving signals look like at the input of your amplifiers? I assume from your response that I'm making some kind of rookie mistake here, compounded by the fact that I still don't understand what the mistake is. Jeff

Re: [Emc-users] Pico on Pluto

2008-06-07 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Sat, 2008-06-07 at 13:24 -0500, Jon Elson wrote: Jeff Epler wrote: When you set pluto-servo.pwm.#.pwmdir TRUE, the output should be what you call sign-magnitude: value after scale+offsetPWM Dir 0.0 0%FALSE 0.5

Re: [Emc-users] Pico on Pluto

2008-06-07 Thread sam sokolik
don't feel bad :) http://www.electronicsam.com/images/KandT/servostart/ampmess.JPG sam - Original Message - From: Kirk Wallace [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2008 5:13 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Pico on

Re: [Emc-users] wiki request

2008-06-07 Thread Chris Radek
On Sat, Jun 07, 2008 at 10:06:25AM -0500, Andre' Blanchard wrote: What is the delay (in degrees of rotation) between reading the spindle encoder and positioning the Z axis? That delay would be in opposite directions going and coming out. That was exactly my thinking too. But as others have