Mesa 7i97 on Simodrive 611 + glass scales

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15 Jan 2022 00:10 #231827 by einarak
I´m retrofitting an old DMU50 to Mesa 7i97, it has Simodrive 611 servo drivers which are I guess closed loop since the AC motors have encoders connected to the drivers. It also has LS486 Glass scales on all axis, which are/were connected to the TNC124 that is being replaced with Mesa and LinuxCNC.

As said before, the encoder on each motor is connected to the servo driver and I assume it has to be that way for the drivers to work.
So should I wire the glass scales to the 7i97 board? Doesn´t it create a conflict if both the Simo driver and 7i97 are trying to control the motor closed loop?

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15 Jan 2022 00:30 #231834 by PCW
If the Simodrive 611s are running in analog velocity mode,
you must connect the glass scales to the 7I97/LinuxCNC
for position feedback.
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15 Jan 2022 10:39 #231883 by einarak
Thanks PCW!

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