That makes sense, you know what voltage you send to the VFD and can measure the spindle RPM so you can certainly figure which of the known gear ratios has been selected. Of course my current issue is to get the spindle to do anything under LinuxCNC :( It runs fine in the PnCConf test...
------Original Mail------ From: "andy pugh" <bodge...@gmail.com> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 15:04:58 +0100 Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Question on "gearchange" use? On 18 September 2014 14:48, <p...@wpnet.us> wrote: > I There are plenty of inputs available if I wanted to put some sensors on the > gear shifts so LinuxCNC could tell what range it's in. I have done it without sensors on my mill: http://linuxcnc.org/dapper/emc2/emc2/index.php/italian/forum/47-hal-examples/27071-automatic-spindle-gear-detection -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want excitement? Manually upgrade your production database. When you want reliability, choose Perforce Perforce version control. Predictably reliable. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157508191&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want excitement? Manually upgrade your production database. When you want reliability, choose Perforce Perforce version control. Predictably reliable. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157508191&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
