Dave
I disconnected the 7i77 from the drive completely. It should stand still 
with no input but it oscillates and the adjustments made no impact at all.

On 2014-03-04 23:43, Dave Cole wrote:
> Try disconnecting the 7i77 entirely from the drive and hook a constant
> voltage source to the drives input - I oftentimes use a 1.5 volt battery
> ( an isolated voltage source ).
>
> Disconnect the load from the motor so the shaft can turn freely.
>
> There should be some instructions for tuning the drive like this as a
> velocity mode drive.
>
> Run the motor in one direction, then reverse the battery to run it in
> the other direction.
>
> See if you can tweak the drive so that it runs smoothly, and at a
> constant speed.
>
> If the drive is not stable using the battery, it will never be stable
> hooked up to the 7i77.
>
> Dave
>
> On 3/4/2014 3:35 PM, Marius Liebenberg wrote:
>> Hi Peter
>> That is what I did but it seems that no matter how I turn the variable
>> resistors (multi turn pots) they oscillation remains as strong. There
>> are some instruction on tuning the drive when using a tacho but nothing
>> for the encode option. I even tried to remove the feedback to the drive
>> and go through LCNC for the PID loop. I still cant get rid of the
>> oscillating feedback
>> The customer has a set of drives that was supplied by Mesa and I
>> wondered how you would go about connecting the setup if I had to remove
>> the drives and replace them with the Mesa drives. I dont know if these
>> Minibravos are such great drives as I have never encountered them before.
>>
>>
>> On 2014-03-04 21:50, Peter C. Wallace wrote:
>>> On Tue, 4 Mar 2014, Marius Liebenberg wrote:
>>>
>>>> Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 21:38:42 +0200
>>>> From: Marius Liebenberg <[email protected]>
>>>> Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)"
>>>>        <[email protected]>
>>>> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <[email protected]>
>>>> Subject: [Emc-users] Servo system oscillating feedback
>>>>
>>>> I installed a Mesa 5i25 with 7i77 to drive a Minibravo 60 Brushed DC
>>>> motor drive. It drives a Brushed DC motor (ESA 3M 8019) from Motor Power
>>>> Company. There is a encoder fitted to the motor. Also an ESA 3Mxx? There
>>>> is a 10:1 planetary gearbox fitted to the shaft.
>>>>
>>>> The Minibravo's are designed to work with a tacho and has a tunable PID
>>>> interface when using the tacho. These drives are fitted with an encoder
>>>> interface board that turns the pulses into an analog voltage that is
>>>> supposed to be representative of the rpm of the motor. When the encoder
>>>> option is used it seems that the PID is not in circuit.
>>>>
>>>> The problem is that I get a constant severe oscillation when the motor
>>>> is in rest as well as when it is driven. When I scope it with Halscope,
>>>> I see the constant ripple on the feedback count as well. If I remove the
>>>> analog input signal to the drive, I still get the oscillation.
>>>>
>>>> Has anyone have any experience with this kind of setup. Your assistance
>>>> will be appreciated :)
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>>
>>>> Regards /Groete
>>>>
>>>> Marius D. Liebenberg
>>>> +27 82 698 3251
>>>> +27 12 743 6064
>>>>
>>> I would expect that there is a PI velocity control loop in the drive that
>>> takes the simulated tachometer signal as the velocity feedback.
>>>
>>> If the driver/motor oscillates without any feedback from LinuxCNC you will
>>> need to lower the drives P/I gains until it is stable before proceeding.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Peter Wallace
>>> Mesa Electronics
>>>
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Regards /Groete

Marius D. Liebenberg
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