Re: [Emc-users] Lathe Spindle Speed Control?

2007-07-25 Thread RogerN
- Original Message - From: "John Kasunich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > You don't want in integrator. It won't stop when it reached the > desired > speed, it just keeps going. I was thinking of having the input to the integrator being based on the error between the command rpm and the fee

Re: [Emc-users] Lathe Spindle Speed Control?

2007-07-25 Thread John Kasunich
RogerN wrote: > I probably don't need closed loop spindle speed control, I just thought > since I have the encoder, and two unused axis available, why not! After > spending some time reading the hal documentation tonight I got an idea > that might work. What if I used HAL's integrator with co

Re: [Emc-users] Lathe Spindle Speed Control?

2007-07-25 Thread RogerN
- Original Message - From: "John Kasunich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Are you sure you really need to close the speed loop? Or would it be > sufficient to simply send the appropriate command to the VFD? > "Appropriate" means that it has been corrected for the gear ratio for > whatever gear y

Re: [Emc-users] Lathe Spindle Speed Control?

2007-07-25 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Wed, 2007-07-25 at 14:38 -0400, John Kasunich wrote: > RogerN wrote: > > For the 850 RPM gear range, I need 2-3 second decel, for the 2800 RPM, I > > need around 8 second decel. I could use a drive input to select between > > motor 1 and motor 2 and have different decel times for the motors.

Re: [Emc-users] Lathe Spindle Speed Control?

2007-07-25 Thread John Kasunich
RogerN wrote: > For the 850 RPM gear range, I need 2-3 second decel, for the 2800 RPM, I > need around 8 second decel. I could use a drive input to select between > motor 1 and motor 2 and have different decel times for the motors. > > Thanks > Roger Neal Are you sure you really need to close

Re: [Emc-users] Lathe Spindle Speed Control?

2007-07-25 Thread RogerN
t; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 1:13 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Lathe Spindle Speed Control? > If it where me... I would put those limits into the vfd (spindle > accel/decel) unless your going to try to close the

Re: [Emc-users] Lathe Spindle Speed Control?

2007-07-25 Thread Sam Sokolik
If it where me... I would put those limits into the vfd (spindle accel/decel) unless your going to try to close the spindle speed loop within emc. sam - Original Message - From: "RogerN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 1:09 PM Subject: [

Re: [Emc-users] Lathe Spindle Speed Control?

2007-07-25 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
RogerN wrote: >I have my VFD forward and reverse connected to the M5i20 through the >7i37 board, M3 & M4 works as they should. > >Now I need to connect the spindle speed control. The basic idea is to >get the spindle speed command to the M5i20 dac 3. Since I have >different gears, I would lik

[Emc-users] Lathe Spindle Speed Control?

2007-07-25 Thread RogerN
I have my VFD forward and reverse connected to the M5i20 through the 7i37 board, M3 & M4 works as they should. Now I need to connect the spindle speed control. The basic idea is to get the spindle speed command to the M5i20 dac 3. Since I have different gears, I would like to use my spindle e