Ahhhh, I see. I will remain calm then :-) Many thanks John. -Tom > On May 8, 2015, at 12:18 PM, John Kasunich <[email protected]> wrote: > > The motion module will only drive the index-enable signal true when > it NEEDs to reset the counter. For example, at the beginning of a > rigid tapping operation it will reset the counter once. Then it allows > the counter to count all of the revolutions of the spindle as the tap > enters and then retracts from the workpiece. > > Likewise, if you are single-point threading on a lathe, it will set the > index-enable once per pass, at the start of the pass. > > If you aren't doing tapping or threading, it probably won't set index- > enable at all. > > On Fri, May 8, 2015, at 12:08 PM, Tom Easterday wrote: >> Question regarding spindle encoder operation in Linuxcnc… >> >> I have a simple 150ppr disk with an index on the spindle. This is fed into >> a mesa 7i85s encoder connection. When I rotate the spindle by hand I see >> the 150 count and the index pulse in the Hal Configuration Watch window. It >> is my understanding that when index-enable is set to true, the count should >> be set to zero. In fact, if I force the command ("sets >> motion.spindle-index-enable True”) it does indeed reset the count. But >> during operation this isn’t happening, I never see >> hm2_5i25.0.encoder.00.index-enable go true. Am I overlooking something in >> the config? >> >> >> # ---Encoder feedback signals/setup--- >> >> setp hm2_5i25.0.encoder.00.counter-mode 1 >> #setp hm2_5i25.0.encoder.00.filter 1 >> setp hm2_5i25.0.encoder.00.index-invert 0 >> setp hm2_5i25.0.encoder.00.index-mask 0 >> setp hm2_5i25.0.encoder.00.index-mask-invert 0 >> setp hm2_5i25.0.encoder.00.scale [SPINDLE_9]ENCODER_SCALE >> >> net spindle-revs <= hm2_5i25.0.encoder.00.position => >> motion.spindle-revs >> net spindle-vel-fb-rps <= hm2_5i25.0.encoder.00.velocity => >> motion.spindle-speed-in >> net spindle-index-enable <=> hm2_5i25.0.encoder.00.index-enable <=> >> motion.spindle-index-enable >> net spindle-index <= hm2_5i25.0.encoder.00.input-index >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> 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 > > > -- > John Kasunich > [email protected] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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
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