Servo Tuning in Velocity Mode

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21 Oct 2023 03:31 #283414 by SkyMoCo
Am pretty experienced with steppers, having built quite a few machines.  But a nice router with servos came my way and I figured I would give servos a go.   I wanted to use the existing drivers and from what I could piece together, setting them in velocity mode is the way to go here.   Picked up a 7i62/7i77 combo and with a bit of internet research , got it all wired up and the system calibrated so it's accurate.

I read everything on this forum I could around servo tunings and feel like I have a basic grasp of at least the main parameters.
    
Started off with what looked like a sine wave and am currently at what I think is pretty decent but having no reference, am not sure.

First picture is where I started and second is where I am at now.   Do these values seem reasonable?
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21 Oct 2023 06:05 #283424 by tommylight
Can be better, it seems like a lingering f-error.
For starters
FF0=0
FF1= this has to be found first so that jogging does not cause f-errors but tracks nicely through the middle of the graph. Only after this is found and if there are spikes of f-error at the start and end of the move, you can try adding a bit of FF0

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22 Oct 2023 17:18 #283516 by andypugh
Is this a metric or imperial machine?
I think that it looks like P might be too high, and it is oscillating.

If FF1 is right you ought to be able to get OK results with a P I and D of zero.

Have you connected the velocity commands to the PID command-deriv input?

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22 Oct 2023 19:32 #283528 by PCW
Replied by PCW on topic Servo Tuning in Velocity Mode
For velocity mode servos, FF1 is the most important term to tune.

I would set P to a low value (say 1) and tune FF1 for minimum following error
during the constant velocity section of a jog. Then increase P until oscillationn begin
and the reduce the P term to about 50% of that value

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23 Oct 2023 05:37 - 26 Oct 2023 16:23 #283575 by SkyMoCo
It's a german cnc router so native is metric units. I started where things were jerky and it moved in fits and starts, but now it's pretty smooth. It's a lot of fun learning and I don't want to end up with a working machine by pure luck. I've kept lots of note and hope to do a full build log once I know it's actually going to work. Are screenshots workable, or would video be more helpful. Are there posts or pictures of "this is a good looking halscope"?

This is where I am at now.    

If I go lower with P (Right now it's in the 25-30 range) at high speed I get following errors.
 
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