Re: [Emc-users] hypothetical, maybe not, switching psu question

2020-05-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 20 May 2020 00:03:37 John Dammeyer wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Gene Heskett [mailto:ghesk...@shentel.net] > > Sent: May-19-20 1:50 PM > > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] hypothetical, maybe not, switching psu > > question > > > >

Re: [Emc-users] Triggering an external relay from a BOB

2020-05-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 19 May 2020 20:58:45 Dan Henderson wrote: > I have encoder.0.position-scale set to 400 and I have all three phases > A,B,Z enabled as inputs. Me thinks it might have to do with > pwmgen.0.scale or the pwmgen.0.offset. Not entirely sure what those do > yet. I believe scale assumes you

Re: [Emc-users] hypothetical, maybe not, switching psu question

2020-05-19 Thread John Dammeyer
> -Original Message- > From: Gene Heskett [mailto:ghesk...@shentel.net] > Sent: May-19-20 1:50 PM > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] hypothetical, maybe not, switching psu question > > On Tuesday 19 May 2020 15:44:51 John Dammeyer wrote: > > > Hi Gene, >

Re: [Emc-users] SPAM: hypothetical, maybe not, switching psu question

2020-05-19 Thread Ed
On 5/19/20 5:09 PM, andy pugh wrote: On Tue, 19 May 2020 at 21:35, Todd Zuercher wrote: Are you sure your 40 amp SSR was what it claimed it was. I recall someone on this list telling a story about how he opened up some inexpensive SSRs to find woefully under spec-ed internal components

Re: [Emc-users] Triggering an external relay from a BOB

2020-05-19 Thread Dan Henderson
I have encoder.0.position-scale set to 400 and I have all three phases A,B,Z enabled as inputs. Me thinks it might have to do with pwmgen.0.scale or the pwmgen.0.offset. Not entirely sure what those do yet. I believe scale assumes you know the max rpm the motor will run and sets the increments

Re: [Emc-users] SPAM: hypothetical, maybe not, switching psu question

2020-05-19 Thread andy pugh
On Wed, 20 May 2020 at 00:36, Gene Heskett wrote: > > I had some 40A SSRs with a 15A device inside that blew at 2A. > > Do you recall the brand label? The label was "Fotek" But I doubt that they were by Fotek. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for

Re: [Emc-users] Triggering an external relay from a BOB

2020-05-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 19 May 2020 18:16:49 Dan Henderson wrote: > The CUI ATM 103. The PPR is set at 100 both on the device and in HAL. > I’m not using scale mode since I needed Quadrature in order to detect > CCW for rigid tapping. You should be able to set encoder scale at 400 w/o effecting the

Re: [Emc-users] SPAM: hypothetical, maybe not, switching psu question

2020-05-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 19 May 2020 18:09:37 andy pugh wrote: > On Tue, 19 May 2020 at 21:35, Todd Zuercher wrote: > > Are you sure your 40 amp SSR was what it claimed it was. I recall > > someone on this list telling a story about how he opened up some > > inexpensive SSRs to find woefully under spec-ed

Re: [Emc-users] Triggering an external relay from a BOB

2020-05-19 Thread Dan Henderson
The CUI ATM 103. The PPR is set at 100 both on the device and in HAL. I’m not using scale mode since I needed Quadrature in order to detect CCW for rigid tapping. On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 5:03 PM Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 19 May 2020 17:28:40 Dan Henderson wrote: > > > Thanks Gene. I

Re: [Emc-users] SPAM: hypothetical, maybe not, switching psu question

2020-05-19 Thread andy pugh
On Tue, 19 May 2020 at 21:35, Todd Zuercher wrote: > > Are you sure your 40 amp SSR was what it claimed it was. I recall someone > on this list telling a story about how he opened up some inexpensive SSRs to > find woefully under spec-ed internal components (like 1/4th the units rated >

Re: [Emc-users] Triggering an external relay from a BOB

2020-05-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 19 May 2020 17:28:40 Dan Henderson wrote: > Thanks Gene. I too dabbled in Amiga ARexx back in the day. I was / > still am a Commodore aficionado. To this day, I have working Amiga, > C-128, and C64 hardware. I prefer Assembly Language over BASIC for > obvious reasons with speed being

Re: [Emc-users] Triggering an external relay from a BOB

2020-05-19 Thread Dan Henderson
Thanks Gene. I too dabbled in Amiga ARexx back in the day. I was / still am a Commodore aficionado. To this day, I have working Amiga, C-128, and C64 hardware. I prefer Assembly Language over BASIC for obvious reasons with speed being foremost among them. But I digress... I ended up building a

Re: [Emc-users] SPAM: hypothetical, maybe not, switching psu question

2020-05-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 19 May 2020 14:01:23 Todd Zuercher wrote: > Are you sure your 40 amp SSR was what it claimed it was. I recall > someone on this list telling a story about how he opened up some > inexpensive SSRs to find woefully under spec-ed internal components > (like 1/4th the units rated

Re: [Emc-users] Triggering an external relay from a BOB

2020-05-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 19 May 2020 16:15:31 Dan Henderson wrote: > Update for everyone. I now have two working relays controlling the > operation of the spindle motor via BOB and Parallel Port. I've also > now successfully tested the G33.1 Rigid Tapping cycle with this setup. > > Relay #1 is used to power

Re: [Emc-users] hypothetical, maybe not, switching psu question

2020-05-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 19 May 2020 15:44:51 John Dammeyer wrote: > Hi Gene, > Since I'm running DC Servos I wanted the ability to clamp the back emf > from a decelerating motor. I built a small circuit that sensed both > high voltage and AC power. It puts a resistor across the DC rail to > pull it down

Re: [Emc-users] SPAM: hypothetical, maybe not, switching psu question

2020-05-19 Thread Todd Zuercher
Are you sure your 40 amp SSR was what it claimed it was. I recall someone on this list telling a story about how he opened up some inexpensive SSRs to find woefully under spec-ed internal components (like 1/4th the units rated capacity). Todd Zuercher P. Graham Dunn Inc. 630 Henry Street 

Re: [Emc-users] hypothetical, maybe not, switching psu question

2020-05-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 19 May 2020 14:39:28 Chris Albertson wrote: > The usual method to limit inrush that is used in almost all > electronic devices is to place an NTC thermistor in series with the AC > mains supply. If you take apart any TV, stereo amp, or PC power > supply that was built this century you

Re: [Emc-users] Triggering an external relay from a BOB

2020-05-19 Thread Dan Henderson
Update for everyone. I now have two working relays controlling the operation of the spindle motor via BOB and Parallel Port. I've also now successfully tested the G33.1 Rigid Tapping cycle with this setup. Relay #1 is used to power on/off the motor controller board (MC2100). (M5 or S0 triggers

Re: [Emc-users] hypothetical, maybe not, switching psu question

2020-05-19 Thread John Dammeyer
Hi Gene, Since I'm running DC Servos I wanted the ability to clamp the back emf from a decelerating motor. I built a small circuit that sensed both high voltage and AC power. It puts a resistor across the DC rail to pull it down and the resistor is connected with both a relay and a FET in

Re: [Emc-users] hypothetical, maybe not, switching psu question

2020-05-19 Thread Chris Albertson
The usual method to limit inrush that is used in almost all electronic devices is to place an NTC thermistor in series with the AC mains supply. If you take apart any TV, stereo amp, or PC power supply that was built this century you find them inside. They are really easy to use. They act just

[Emc-users] hypothetical, maybe not, switching psu question

2020-05-19 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings all; Having destroyed one 40 amp SSR by turning on the switching psu;s for the two running the X motors and the builtin supply of the even bigger drive running the Z axis, already, I am now contemplating how to do a soft start to limit the initial in-rush of charging up those 3 power

Re: [Emc-users] timestamp ethernet hardware

2020-05-19 Thread Jon Elson
On 05/18/2020 10:40 PM, Thomas J Powderly wrote: I think timestamping was a benefit, esp for PPMC. Some PPMC devices can use time stamps to estimate encoder velocity. I don't think that has anything to do with Ethernet packets. Jon ___ Emc-users