I just leave my GS2 powered on all the time... JT
On 4/25/2015 3:24 PM, Tom Easterday wrote: > I am trying to set up my Automation direct GS2 VFD to drive a lathe > configuration using modbus with 2.7-pre6. I used PNCCONF to get the base > config and I am able to control the motor from the front panel of the vfd as > expected. > > In order to control via the VFD by hand I have to power it up by doing the > following: > 1) Launch Linuxcnc > 2) Release the Estop button (physical N/C button) > 3) Click the software power button in Linuxcnc to enable the charge-pump relay > 4) Press a momentary N/O physical button that fires my contactor(s) to supply > 208V 3phase power to the VFD (as well as 120VAC to my stepper drivers). > > I then changed my Linuxcnc config to support modbus to the VFD (according to > the example links below) and now Linuxcnc won’t launch. It gives me the > error: > • failed to set register P0x0101 to 0x0064 (100): Connection timed out > • ./custom.hal:5: waitpid failed gs2_vfd spindle-vfd > • ./custom.hal:5: gs2_vfd exited without becoming ready > (output from Linuxcnc fail here: http://pastebin.ca/2981941) > > This is the same error that Mark Johnsen gets in the 2nd info link below. I > wonder if this is because the VFD has to be powered up before the gs2 > components load or if I just messed something else up in the configuration or > if I have to set up the serial port parameters somewhere? My VFD is > configured correctly (unlike his) but it isn’t powered up. > > IF the VFD has to first be powered up, is there a way to load the custom.hal > file after I have powered up the system in Axis? > > Info on getting GS2 to work: > http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.7/html/examples/gs2_example.html > http://emc-users.narkive.com/xifBQBRc/fwd-gs2-vfd-hal-component > http://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/hal/pyvcp_examples.html#_gs2_rpm_meter_a_id_gs2_rpm_meter_a > http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?VFD_Modbus (all the links related to > GS2 are bad here by the way...) > > My config files: > EMCOturn120p.hal file: http://pastebin.ca/2981971 > EMCOturn120p.ini file: http://pastebin.ca/2981974 > custom_postgui.hal: http://pastebin.ca/2981975 > custom.hal: http://pastebin.ca/2981976 > gs2_pyvcp.xml: http://pastebin.ca/2981978 > > Any ideas? > Thanks, > -Tom > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud > Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications > Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights > Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
