Electronic spindle gearbox

Ya, I can feel your frustration with me. I'm not real savy in ubuntu. I thought that was what you did but when I tried it it didn't work. I must have spelled something wrong. Worked this time. Now to try to get it working in hal

upon further review I've found that I have a input from the spindle drive that's called slow which pulls to ground when the spindle is slow enough to change gears so the timer is not needed but instead it needs to wait until the slow signal come true. second item is I installed the dev package at the office and have to do a re install of the software at the shop and do not have internet there to just install off the internet. What is your suggestion on the best way to download the files and put them on a disc and install them that way? I know this is off topic but can the gscreen be installed offline as well? Thanks!

microsprintbuilder wrote: upon further review I've found that I have a input from the spindle drive that's called slow which pulls to ground when the spindle is slow enough to change gears so the timer is not needed but instead it needs to wait until the slow signal come true.

That sounds nice and easy. Can you figure out the changes needed yourself?

second item is I installed the dev package at the office and have to do a re install of the software at the shop and do not have internet there to just install off the internet. What is your suggestion on the best way to download the files and put them on a disc and install them that way? I know this is off topic but can the gscreen be installed offline as well? Thanks!

There are ways, but it might actually be easier to just move the PC nearer to the Internet for an evening.

Hi Andy, I have not done anything with this yet. I struggled with the tool changer and had some other bugs which turned out to be bad OE wiring. There are a few bugs but I'm thinking when I do the update they should be gone. I have some time to work on this and could use your help. would I use a if statement or the spindle slow signal from the drive? Also how would I handle the spindle values in the In file? they are different for each speed range.

microsprintbuilder wrote: would I use a if statement or the spindle slow signal from the drive?

That's largely up to you, I think.

Also how would I handle the spindle values in the In file? they are different for each speed range.

You can add your own items to the INI. You can reference those items in the HAL. Or you can put numerical values directly in the HAL.

This is what I came up with. do you think it will work?

component ebox "electronic gearbox component";
licence "GPL";

pin in bit spindle-slow
pin in bit spindle-on-in;
pin out bit spindle-on-out;
pin in float spindle-speed;
pin out bit relay1;
pin out bit relay2;
pin out bit relay3;
pin out float spindle-gearbox-output-scale
pin out float spindle-gearbox-out-min-limit
pin out float spindle-gearbox-out-max-limit
pin in float spindle-gearbox-low-output-scale
pin in float spindle-gearbox-low-min-limit
pin in float spindle-gearbox-low-max-limit
pin in float spindle-gearbox-mid-output-scale
pin in float spindle-gearbox-mid-min-limit
pin in float spindle-gearbox-mid-max-limit
pin in float spindle-gearbox-hi-output-scale
pin in float spindle-gearbox-hi-min-limit
pin in float spindle-gearbox-hi-max-limit
function _;

;;

FUNCTION(_){

// Only do anything if the spindle speed has changed

if ( absf(spindle_speed - last_speed) < 50) {
spindle_on_out = spindle_on_in
} else {
spindle_on_out=0

if (spindle-slow=0){
wait
} else {


if (spindle_speed >= 2500){
relay1 = 0;
relay 2 = 0;
relay 3 = 1;
spindle-gearbox-output-scale = spindle-gearbox-hi-output-scale
spindle-gearbox-out-min-limit = spindle-gearbox-hi-min-limit
spindle-gearbox-out-max-limit = spindle-gearbox-hi-max-limit
} else if (spindle_speed < 1200) {
relay1 = 1;
relay 2 = 0;
relay 3 = 0;
spindle-gearbox-output-scale = spindle-gearbox-low-output-scale
spindle-gearbox-out-min-limit = spindle-gearbox-low-min-limit
spindle-gearbox-out-max-limit = spindle-gearbox-low-max-limit
} else {
relay1 = 0;
relay 2 = 1;
relay 3 = 0;
spindle-gearbox-output-scale = spindle-gearbox-mid-output-scale
spindle-gearbox-out-min-limit = spindle-gearbox-mid-min-limit
spindle-gearbox-out-max-limit = spindle-gearbox-mid-max-limit
}}}
}