Yes, I know, I already made a Java software to control independently 8 
of those VFD via modbus, and it works. They can run up to 38600baud. 
what timing do you think i can expect from a sistem like that in 
LinuxCNC? something like 10 VFD messages per second? or better?

On 18/12/2014 14:57, Todd Zuercher wrote:
> I am controling 8 VFDs on a single machine with Linuxchc through one 
> USB-RS485 converter (from Automation direct).  No real problems for me except 
> some random com errors.  It works good enough though.  I have not had to 
> restart or anything like that because of them.  They do fill up an error log 
> pretty fast when running from terminal.  It can be a little slow to respond 
> sometimes, reading and writing to 32 different registers at 9600bps plus 
> rewrites for bad com.
>
> It can be a little tricky to set up, you have to know all the modbus details 
> about your drives (every manufacturers drives are different), and configure 
> mb2hal to use them (there is nothing automagic here).
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "77dab" <77...@tiscali.it>
> To: Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 6:53:40 AM
> Subject: [Emc-users] Modbus
>
> Hi all,
> I have on my hand some mitsubishi VFD with 550w winches.
> I would like to try to move them using LinuxCNC.
> the thing is not meant to be Real time, and I've read the modbus module
> lives in User space and it's not RT.
> So, my question:
> Since it isn't RT, can I drive the rs485 thru a USB->rs485 converter,
> using a laptop?
>
> Thanks, Davide.
>
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