I use classic ladder. It's pretty easy.
But Andy's component will be better probably I can send you my classic ladder stuff though if you want On Tue, 8 Nov 2022, 09:05 John Figie, <zephyr9...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have made more progress on the Clausing NC. My DC servo dives operate in > Current Mode and are controlled by LinuxCNC using a cascaded Position and > Velocity PI controllers. I have a Huanyang VFD 7.5 kw drive running the > spindle but just manually controlled for now. I still need to add a > spindle encoder. The next task that I need to complete in order to actually > turn something is to get the tool changer running. The tool changer is a 4 > position tool post. A solenoid controlled valve actuates a piston that > raises the tool post. Once in the raised position a geneva drive and motor > rotates the post in 1/8 turn increments by pulsing power to the motor. So 2 > pulsed are needed to move the post one tool position. I have made it work > manually with 2 switches, one to raise the tool post and the other to pulse > the motor. Once the desired tool is in position the solenoid valve is > closed and the tool post drops and locks into position. There are 4 > indicator - or feedback switches to tell when the desired position is > reached. > > Here is the question. Should I - can I use the carousel hal component to > make this work? Or is a better way? > > Once I make the first cut with this thing I will post a video somewhere. > Then I can get to making the splines I need for the Honda XL 175 Kick Start > Shaft. > > Thanks > > John Figie > > _______________________________________________ > 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
