Hi Dave, yes mesa 5i25 and 7i77,
I really cant understand why its so difficult.... :( I am willing to do
everything that needs to be done on my side including trying and trying files
over and over....
> Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2014 01:15:01 -0500
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Emc-developers] Tree VMC tool changer help
>
> On 3/8/2014 11:46 PM, Kirk Wallace wrote:
> > On 03/08/2014 07:41 PM, Stuart Stevenson wrote:
> >> I am not clear just where you are in your project. You mentioned two weeks
> >> but is that two weeks from now or two weeks from when you start?
> >>
> >>
> > After looking at the manuals, my first guess is that the changer control
> > is built into the main controller so LinuxCNC will need to do low level
> > control. Also it looks like the carousel uses a servo motor and high
> > count encoder like a regular axis. I have used a Limit2 (3?) component
> > to good effect on my carousel but I haven't completed that project, so I
> > can't put that feather in my cap yet. The spindle orientation hasn't
> > become obvious yet. I'm tending to think two weeks to get the changer
> > working would be optimistic. If it were my machine, I might get the draw
> > bar to operate first, then if time runs out, parts could still be made
> > with manual loading.
> >
> > This looks like a capable machine as is, is the controller completely dead?
>
> If there is a servo in there I can't see that being done without someone
> onsite unless someone has a LOT of time to try and work through it
> remotely (warning -painful!). The limit3 works fine for machine motion.
> I have limit3s running a high speed bottle packaging machine and it
> has been running for a couple of years with no problems. CL is
> great for state machines since it is relatively easy to debug live.
> But that means that the changer will require Hal and CL and that is
> going to get complex. Someone needs to camp out there for some time to
> build the software and debug the changer one step at a time. Either
> that, or ship the machine to the person/company doing the software if
> there is a bunch of other work to do also - as in changeout the controls
> and rewire the machine.
> What hardware are you using to control the machine? Mesa boards?
>
> Dave
>
>
>
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