On Saturday 19 December 2020 16:40:14 Jon Elson wrote: > Has anyone interfaced a Simodrive 611 servo system? I did > find the manual online, but there is a LOT of info, and it > is not really easy to follow. > > I see it has several analog inputs, so I'm thinking that the > traditional scheme, CNC control sends analog velocity > command to drive, drive receives encoder signals and > provides quadrature info to CNC control is possible. > > To change configuration of the drive, you need a program > from Siemens to run on a PC. Does anyone know if this > program is freely available, or you have to pay for it? > > Thanks for any info, > > Jon
I did a look-see with giggle and a few hits down from the first, says its being phased out, meaning since its now a decade old, support will vanish shortly. So I'd not put it in any new upgrades or conversions. Not to mention its pricey, waaaay pricey. You make the stuff to run almost any pmdc motor to much higher performance than the motor maker ever dreamed of, so I'd certainly not drop $1000 to $4500 per axis to use somebody else's proprietary stuff when its tuning knobs are guarded by proprietary software. Cheers Jon, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
