Re: [Emc-users] VFD causing limits to trip. Huh?

2015-03-16 Thread Bertho Stultiens
On 03/16/2015 09:40 PM, Karlsson Wang wrote: A shield is primarily intended to prevent electrostatic coupling from the outside world. So by grounding in the consuming end the shield will get the ground potential of the consumer and the signal cables will be shielded from different external

Re: [Emc-users] DIY CNC MILL LATHE

2015-03-16 Thread john mcintyre
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Re: [Emc-users] VFD causing limits to trip. Huh?

2015-03-16 Thread Steve Stallings
I would recommend that shielded signal cables have the shield grounded only at the end where the signals are consumed. If a ground is needed by the device at the end of the cable, you should use a conductor inside rather than the shield itself. If there are signals going both ways, provide

Re: [Emc-users] VFD causing limits to trip. Huh?

2015-03-16 Thread Matt Tucci
Are the shielded wires only grounded at one end and at the controller end? On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 1:22 PM, Karlsson Wang nicklas.karls...@karlssonwang.se wrote: I think grounding is the most important. There are normally a common mode voltage at the inverter output to motor so the inverter

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 7i8- hal load string

2015-03-16 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Mon, 16 Mar 2015, Marius Liebenberg wrote: Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 07:19:38 + From: Marius Liebenberg mar...@mastercut.co.za To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Emc-users] Mesa 7i8- hal load string Hi I am looking for an example of the

Re: [Emc-users] VFD causing limits to trip. Huh?

2015-03-16 Thread Peter Blodow
Steve, this is a good description of noise reduction by shielding. To make it more exact, the shield should be grounded at the end where the lower impedance is, mostly the signal source. And not using the shield as a conductor is useful because any current flow in the shield would cause

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 7i8- hal load string

2015-03-16 Thread Marius Liebenberg
I got that one right but was wondering about the config string of hm2 -- Original Message -- From: andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com To: Marius Liebenberg mar...@mastercut.co.za; Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: 2015-03-16 18:39:10 Subject: Re:

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 7i8- hal load string

2015-03-16 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Mon, 16 Mar 2015, Marius Liebenberg wrote: Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 16:23:18 + From: Marius Liebenberg mar...@mastercut.co.za To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 7i8- hal load string Thanks Peter that is a good start. Is

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 7i8- hal load string

2015-03-16 Thread andy pugh
On 16 March 2015 at 16:23, Marius Liebenberg mar...@mastercut.co.za wrote: Maybe give me an example as well. Sorry man I am plucking at straws here as I am at my wits end with stuff I know nothing about :) Have you read the documentation?

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 7i8- hal load string

2015-03-16 Thread Marius Liebenberg
Thanks Peter that is a good start. Is the order of invocation in the hal file important. Maybe give me an example as well. Sorry man I am plucking at straws here as I am at my wits end with stuff I know nothing about :) -- Original Message -- From: Peter C. Wallace p...@mesanet.com

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 7i8- hal load string

2015-03-16 Thread andy pugh
On 16 March 2015 at 16:23, Marius Liebenberg mar...@mastercut.co.za wrote: Thanks Peter that is a good start. Is the order of invocation in the hal file important. Yes. It is very important to loadrt hostmot before you loadrt hm2_eth -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it.

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 7i8- hal load string

2015-03-16 Thread Marius Liebenberg
-- Original Message -- From: andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com To: Marius Liebenberg mar...@mastercut.co.za; Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: 2015-03-16 18:42:15 Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 7i8- hal load string On 16 March 2015 at 16:23, Marius

Re: [Emc-users] VFD causing limits to trip. Huh?

2015-03-16 Thread Karlsson Wang
The frequency converters I have seen for electric motors generate a square wave voltage. To generate a sinus the duty cycle is varied to get sinus voltage in average and usually the current is close to sinus. Then it come to quality I guess the large difference is in filters and coupling to

Re: [Emc-users] VFD causing limits to trip. Huh?

2015-03-16 Thread Karlsson Wang
I think you are right and will just try to dig a little bit deeper. A shield is primarily intended to prevent electrostatic coupling from the outside world. So by grounding in the consuming end the shield will get the ground potential of the consumer and the signal cables will be shielded from

[Emc-users] Mesa 7i8- hal load string

2015-03-16 Thread Marius Liebenberg
Hi I am looking for an example of the load string in the hal file for the 7i80. I have done as the manual directed but I am not sure if it is correct. I still cannot get the 7i80 to communicate with the hm2 driver. The board mac is read but there it ends. -

Re: [Emc-users] Ethernet!

2015-03-16 Thread Karlsson Wang
I didn't hear about RT-Net before, I read now and it looks good. If slaves could be implemented on ordinary micro controllers like STM32F4 there are cheap development boards available although with 100Mbit but not gigabit ethernet. Nicklas Karlsson On Sun, 15 Mar 2015 12:20:24 -0700 (PDT)

Re: [Emc-users] VFD causing limits to trip. Huh?

2015-03-16 Thread Greg Bentzinger
Pardon my ignorance... But is there a significant difference between use of shielded cable between VFD and motor vrs lines in hard or flex metal conduit which makes a complete ground at each end? Thanks Greg -- Dive

Re: [Emc-users] VFD causing limits to trip. Huh?

2015-03-16 Thread Bertho Stultiens
On 03/16/2015 07:33 PM, Greg Bentzinger wrote: Pardon my ignorance... But is there a significant difference between use of shielded cable between VFD and motor vrs lines in hard or flex metal conduit which makes a complete ground at each end? Both cable-shield and a conducting cable-pipe

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 7i8- hal load string

2015-03-16 Thread Marius Liebenberg
Peter I tried the sample that you send and the error remains. Could it be that the 7i80 takes to long to respond. I looked at the code where the board is probed and it would seem that the read is performed directly after the send and if nothing is received it will give this error. I did not