thanks peter and just to confirm
is there any possibility of using the 7i77 for this? I am just a bit cagey to connect up if it is not optically isolated as I have a 30 years old fanuc vfd I am connecting to and I really don't want to blow it up lol regards Andrew On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 12:05 PM Peter C. Wallace <p...@mesanet.com> wrote: > On Fri, 6 Nov 2020, andrew beck wrote: > > > Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2020 11:47:58 +1300 > > From: andrew beck <andrewbeck0...@gmail.com> > > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] how to control lathe spindle with a mesa 7i77 > card > > > > just another question for peter > > > > can you just confirm how the 7i77 and 7i77 spindle controls differ > please. > > and if I connect up a spinx1 board do I need flash a pin file into the > 6i25 > > or should it just work with the stock 6i52x7i77 config regards > > > > andrew > > You would need firmware that has a PWMgen on the second 6I25 connector > (5i25_7i77_7i78.bit is one possibility) > > > > > On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 8:56 AM andrew beck <andrewbeck0...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> hey peter just a quick question on this spinx1 card > >> > >> this looks just what I need just want to confirm a few things > >> > >> my fanuc drive takes a 0-10v signal. 10v comes out from drive and it > has > >> a wiper and 0v just like a POT. I know I can use a 7i76 easily to run > it. > >> > >> just checking that the spindx1 is the same idea. I saw reference in the > >> manual to a 5-18v input voltage from drive. since my input voltage is > 10v > >> am I good to go? > >> > >> the price is right on that little card and it looks perfect. I might > use > >> a spare 7i76 now with the 7i77 and replace it once make my next order of > >> mesa cards > >> regards > >> > >> Andrew > >> > >> On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 4:42 AM Peter C. Wallace <p...@mesanet.com> > wrote: > >> > >>> On Mon, 2 Nov 2020, andrew beck wrote: > >>> > >>>> Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2020 22:31:32 +1300 > >>>> From: andrew beck <andrewbeck0...@gmail.com> > >>>> Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > >>>> <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > >>>> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" < > >>> emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > >>>> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] how to control lathe spindle with a mesa 7i77 > >>> card > >>>> > >>>> Thanks Jon. > >>>> > >>>> I am controlling a 1988 fanuc velocity spindle drive. And no Idea > about > >>>> isolation. Not keen to try it lol. Really I just want a isolated > 0-10v > >>>> virtual pot like the Mesa 7i76 has. Otherwise I might daisy chain in > a > >>>> 7i76 just for the spindle io. but that is such a waste lol. > >>> > >>> > >>> If you have a spare parallel expansion slot, you could use a SPINx1 > >>> > >>> Peter Wallace > >>> Mesa Electronics > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Emc-users mailing list > >>> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > >>> > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > Peter Wallace > Mesa Electronics > > (\__/) > (='.'=) This is Bunny. Copy and paste bunny into your > (")_(") signature to help him gain world domination. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
