Re: [Emc-users] help with torch height control

2015-01-12 Thread Marius Liebenberg
Short reply is - the THCUD does not work for servo loops but is designed for stepper systems. You will have to look at rolling your own control and for servos that might take some doing. The general consensus is that you axis of a plasma. Most systems use a standalone THC system that drives

Re: [Emc-users] help with torch height control

2015-01-12 Thread Marius Liebenberg
On 2015-01-12 16:42, andy pugh wrote: On 12 January 2015 at 14:33, Marius Liebenberg mar...@mastercut.co.za wrote: he general consensus is that you dont use servos on the Z axis of a plasma. I am not part of that consensus. I see absolutely no reason to prefer any motor type over another in

Re: [Emc-users] help with torch height control

2015-01-12 Thread andy pugh
On 12 January 2015 at 14:33, Marius Liebenberg mar...@mastercut.co.za wrote: he general consensus is that you dont use servos on the Z axis of a plasma. I am not part of that consensus. I see absolutely no reason to prefer any motor type over another in this application. -- atp If you can't

Re: [Emc-users] help with torch height control

2015-01-12 Thread Marius Liebenberg
sorry there are some words missing. This is what I meant to say. The general consensus is that you dont use servos on the Z axis of a plasma. On 2015-01-12 16:22, Marius Liebenberg wrote: Short reply is - the THCUD does not work for servo loops but is designed for stepper systems. You will

[Emc-users] help with torch height control

2015-01-12 Thread lloyd wilson
We are trying to adapt our Techno router (servo, not stepper) to use a plasma torch I'm having some difficulty understanding how to utilize the thcud hal component. Conceptually, it seems simple: the component sits between the axis and pid modules of the z axis and adds a correction to the

Re: [Emc-users] help with torch height control

2015-01-12 Thread andy pugh
On 12 January 2015 at 11:49, lloyd wilson llwilso...@rochester.rr.com wrote: built a simulator to mimic the thc box (up, down, arc OK inputs). All the IO appears to be working properly, but I see no altered Z heights when exercising the inputs. Where are you looking? You won't see any height

Re: [Emc-users] help with torch height control

2015-01-12 Thread andy pugh
On 12 January 2015 at 14:58, Marius Liebenberg mar...@mastercut.co.za wrote: Its not the motor type that is problematic but rather the control. I am in agreement that one could control the servo just as well if not better, it has just not been done on LCNC at his time The thcud component

Re: [Emc-users] help with torch height control

2015-01-12 Thread Marius Liebenberg
On 2015-01-12 17:33, andy pugh wrote: On 12 January 2015 at 14:58, Marius Liebenberg mar...@mastercut.co.za wrote: Its not the motor type that is problematic but rather the control. I am in agreement that one could control the servo just as well if not better, it has just not been done on