Step/Dir servos + Encoders = follow errors... and so much pain.....

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04 Feb 2021 02:03 #197614 by PCW

Replied by PCW on topic Step/Dir servos + Encoders = follow errors... and so much pain.....

Sounds about right

look at IO-29 in the example pinout file

also 2.8 will belly-ache about the version, you need the latest 2.9 to work with the 0xC2 (and 0x42) stepgen versions

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04 Feb 2021 02:14 #197615 by jhandel

Replied by jhandel on topic Step/Dir servos + Encoders = follow errors... and so much pain.....

ahhh there it is:
StepGenTag & StepGenIndexPin <-- there it is..
Do I need this per axes or just 1 (like its on for all axes or its off for all axes)?

It looks like just 1 as its broken up from the rest of the stepgen tags by QCountTags.. But figured I would double check..

Thanks

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04 Feb 2021 05:01 - 04 Feb 2021 05:02 #197617 by PCW

Replied by PCW on topic Step/Dir servos + Encoders = follow errors... and so much pain.....

Yes, a stepgen index is needed per joint
(since like the encoder index, it actually clears the position)
I think its arguable that this is not the best thing but its what LinuxCNC expects

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05 Feb 2021 10:44 #197718 by andypugh

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PCW wrote:
I think its arguable that this is not the best thing but its what LinuxCNC expects

It's one way of getting the data on how many counts there have been since the index without having an extra register.
There can be almost a whole millisecond of motion after the index, and LinuxCNC needs to have a way to know how far the joint has moved in that time.

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05 Feb 2021 14:19 #197747 by PCW

Replied by PCW on topic Step/Dir servos + Encoders = follow errors... and so much pain.....

Right, but it needs rather sketchy patching of PID to deal with the fact
that the joint has a position step at index. If the offset at index was used
instead of clearing the low level position and the position step was restricted
to the axis position, this patching would not be needed. I understand that
the original design probably had to deal with encoder counters that
could only clear their count on index rather then latch the count on index.

A side benefit of not clearing the counter at index is that the hardware index
enable (and latch at index) can be enabled in normal operation and the latched
count used as a sanity check of encoder counting

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05 Feb 2021 22:49 #197788 by jhandel

Replied by jhandel on topic Step/Dir servos + Encoders = follow errors... and so much pain.....

Hurm.. head scratcher... The StepGenIndexPin is eating a QCountIDXPin.. Which makes since..... What will the behavior be if I need to eat a MuxedQCountIDXPin.

With a 7i76e & 7i89 all of my encoders are MuxedQCountIDXPin... How would that map out (or would it at all)?

Given the encoder signal is double-ended how else might I get that input into the system....

Sorry here I am throwing a wrench into the beautiful plan :-(

..

Here is my vhd for reference (prior to any chances)

library IEEE;
use IEEE.std_logic_1164.all;  -- defines std_logic types
use IEEE.STD_LOGIC_ARITH.ALL;
use IEEE.STD_LOGIC_UNSIGNED.ALL;

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use work.IDROMConst.all;

package PIN_7i76x1_7i89x2D_x15ABOB_51 is
	constant ModuleID : ModuleIDType :=( 
		(HM2DPLLTag,	x"00",	ClockLowTag,	x"01",	HM2DPLLBaseRateAddr&PadT,	HM2DPLLNumRegs,		x"00",	HM2DPLLMPBitMask),
		(WatchDogTag,	x"00",	ClockLowTag,	x"01",	WatchDogTimeAddr&PadT,		WatchDogNumRegs,		x"00",	WatchDogMPBitMask),
		(IOPortTag,		x"00",	ClockLowTag,	x"03",	PortAddr&PadT,					IOPortNumRegs,			x"00",	IOPortMPBitMask),
		(StepGenTag,	x"02",	ClockLowTag,	x"06",	StepGenRateAddr&PadT,		StepGenNumRegs,		x"00",	StepGenMPBitMask),
		(MuxedQcountTag,		MQCRev,	ClockLowTag,	x"0A",	MuxedQcounterAddr&PadT,		MuxedQCounterNumRegs,x"00",	MuxedQCounterMPBitMask),
		(MuxedQCountSelTag,	x"00",	ClockLowTag,	x"01",	NullAddr&PadT,					x"00",					x"00",	x"00000000"),
		(SSerialTag,	x"00",	ClockLowTag,	x"01",	SSerialCommandAddr&PadT,	SSerialNumRegs,		x"10",	SSerialMPBitMask),
		(LEDTag,			x"00",	ClockLowTag,	x"01",	LEDAddr&PadT,					LEDNumRegs,				x"00",	LEDMPBitMask),
		(NullTag,				x"00",	NullTag,			x"00",	NullAddr&PadT,					x"00",					x"00",	x"00000000"),
		(NullTag,				x"00",	NullTag,			x"00",	NullAddr&PadT,					x"00",					x"00",	x"00000000"),
		(NullTag,				x"00",	NullTag,			x"00",	NullAddr&PadT,					x"00",					x"00",	x"00000000"),
		(NullTag,				x"00",	NullTag,			x"00",	NullAddr&PadT,					x"00",					x"00",	x"00000000"),
		(NullTag,				x"00",	NullTag,			x"00",	NullAddr&PadT,					x"00",					x"00",	x"00000000"),
		(NullTag,				x"00",	NullTag,			x"00",	NullAddr&PadT,					x"00",					x"00",	x"00000000"),
		(NullTag,				x"00",	NullTag,			x"00",	NullAddr&PadT,					x"00",					x"00",	x"00000000"),
		(NullTag,				x"00",	NullTag,			x"00",	NullAddr&PadT,					x"00",					x"00",	x"00000000"),
		(NullTag,				x"00",	NullTag,			x"00",	NullAddr&PadT,					x"00",					x"00",	x"00000000"),
		(NullTag,				x"00",	NullTag,			x"00",	NullAddr&PadT,					x"00",					x"00",	x"00000000"),
		(NullTag,				x"00",	NullTag,			x"00",	NullAddr&PadT,					x"00",					x"00",	x"00000000"),
		(NullTag,				x"00",	NullTag,			x"00",	NullAddr&PadT,					x"00",					x"00",	x"00000000"),
		(NullTag,				x"00",	NullTag,			x"00",	NullAddr&PadT,					x"00",					x"00",	x"00000000"),
		(NullTag,				x"00",	NullTag,			x"00",	NullAddr&PadT,					x"00",					x"00",	x"00000000"),
		(NullTag,				x"00",	NullTag,			x"00",	NullAddr&PadT,					x"00",					x"00",	x"00000000"),
		(NullTag,				x"00",	NullTag,			x"00",	NullAddr&PadT,					x"00",					x"00",	x"00000000"),
		(NullTag,				x"00",	NullTag,			x"00",	NullAddr&PadT,					x"00",					x"00",	x"00000000"),
		(NullTag,				x"00",	NullTag,			x"00",	NullAddr&PadT,					x"00",					x"00",	x"00000000"),
		(NullTag,				x"00",	NullTag,			x"00",	NullAddr&PadT,					x"00",					x"00",	x"00000000"),
		(NullTag,				x"00",	NullTag,			x"00",	NullAddr&PadT,					x"00",					x"00",	x"00000000"),
		(NullTag,				x"00",	NullTag,			x"00",	NullAddr&PadT,					x"00",					x"00",	x"00000000"),
		(NullTag,				x"00",	NullTag,			x"00",	NullAddr&PadT,					x"00",					x"00",	x"00000000"),
		(NullTag,				x"00",	NullTag,			x"00",	NullAddr&PadT,					x"00",					x"00",	x"00000000"),
		(NullTag,				x"00",	NullTag,			x"00",	NullAddr&PadT,					x"00",					x"00",	x"00000000")
		);
			
	constant PinDesc : PinDescType :=(
	
-- 	Base func  sec unit sec func 	sec pin						 	      
		IOPortTag & x"00" & StepGenTag & StepGenDirPin,					-- I/O 00	embedded 7I76
		IOPortTag & x"00" & StepGenTag & StepGenStepPin,				-- I/O 01	
		IOPortTag & x"01" & StepGenTag & StepGenDirPin,					-- I/O 02	
		IOPortTag & x"01" & StepGenTag & StepGenStepPin,				-- I/O 03	
		IOPortTag & x"02" & StepGenTag & StepGenDirPin,					-- I/O 04	
		IOPortTag & x"02" & StepGenTag & StepGenStepPin,				-- I/O 05	
		IOPortTag & x"03" & StepGenTag & StepGenDirPin,					-- I/O 06	
		IOPortTag & x"03" & StepGenTag & StepGenStepPin,				-- I/O 07	
		IOPortTag & x"04" & StepGenTag & StepGenDirPin,					-- I/O 08	
		IOPortTag & x"04" & StepGenTag & StepGenStepPin,				-- I/O 09	
		IOPortTag & x"00" & SSerialTag & SSerialTX0Pin, 				-- I/O 10	
		IOPortTag & x"00" & SSerialTag & SSerialRX0Pin, 				-- I/O 11	
		IOPortTag & x"00" & SSerialTag & SSerialTX1Pin, 				-- I/O 12	
		IOPortTag & x"00" & SSerialTag & SSerialRX1Pin, 				-- I/O 13	
		IOPortTag & x"04" & MuxedQCountTag & MuxedQCountIDXPin,		-- I/O 14	
		IOPortTag & x"04" & MuxedQCountTag & MuxedQCountQBPin,		-- I/O 15	
		IOPortTag & x"04" & MuxedQCountTag & MuxedQCountQAPin,		-- I/O 16	

																			--		P1
																			-- 5ABOB pinout					
																			-- 26 HDR	-- IDC DB25	
		IOPortTag & x"05" & StepGenTag & StepGenStepPin,	-- I/O 01	PIN 1		PIN 1 	just GPIO
		IOPortTag & x"00" & NullTag & NullPin,					-- I/O 02   PIN 2		PIN 14	Spindle Step
		IOPortTag & x"05" & StepGenTag & StepGenDirPin,		-- I/O 03   PIN 3		PIN 2	   Spindle Direction
		IOPortTag & x"00" & NullTag & NullPin,					-- I/O 04	PIN 4		PIN 15	just GPIO
		IOPortTag & x"00" & NullTag & NullPin,					-- I/O 05	PIN 5		PIN 3	   just GPIO    
		IOPortTag & x"00" & NullTag & NullPin,					-- I/O 06	PIN 6		PIN 16	just GPIO
		IOPortTag & x"00" & NullTag & NullPin,					-- I/O 07	PIN 7		PIN 4	   just GPIO
		IOPortTag & x"00" & NullTag & NullPin,					-- I/O 08	PIN 8		PIN 17	just GPIO
		IOPortTag & x"00" & NullTag & NullPin,					-- I/O 09	PIN 9		PIN 5	   just GPIO
		IOPortTag & x"00" & NullTag & NullPin,					-- I/O 10	PIN 11	PIN 6	   just GPIO
		IOPortTag & x"00" & NullTag & NullPin,					-- I/O 11	PIN 13	PIN 7	   just GPIO
		IOPortTag & x"00" & NullTag & NullPin,					-- I/O 12	PIN 15	PIN 8	   just GPIO
		IOPortTag & x"00" & NullTag & NullPin,					-- I/O 13	PIN 17	PIN 9	   just GPIO
		IOPortTag & x"00" & NullTag & NullPin,					-- I/O 14	PIN 19	PIN 10	just GPIO
		IOPortTag & x"00" & NullTag & NullPin,  				-- I/O 15	PIN 21	PIN 11  	just GPIO
		IOPortTag & x"00" & NullTag & NullPin,  				-- I/O 16	PIN 23	PIN 12	just GPIO
		IOPortTag & x"00" & NullTag & NullPin,    			-- I/O 33	PIN 25	PIN 13	just GPIO
		
																						--		P2			HDR26		DB25
		IOPortTag & x"00" & MuxedQCountTag & MuxedQCountQAPin,		-- I/O 17	PIN 1    PIN 1	
		IOPortTag & x"00" & MuxedQCountTag & MuxedQCountQBPin,		-- I/O 18	PIN 14   PIN 2	
		IOPortTag & x"00" & MuxedQCountTag & MuxedQCountIDXPin,		-- I/O 19	PIN 2    PIN 3	
		IOPortTag & x"01" & MuxedQCountTag & MuxedQCountQAPin,		-- I/O 20	PIN 15   PIN 4	
		IOPortTag & x"01" & MuxedQCountTag & MuxedQCountQBPin,		-- I/O 21	PIN 3    PIN 5	
		IOPortTag & x"01" & MuxedQCountTag & MuxedQCountIDXPin,		-- I/O 22	PIN 16   PIN 6	
		IOPortTag & x"02" & MuxedQCountTag & MuxedQCountQAPin,		-- I/O 23	PIN 4    PIN 7	
		IOPortTag & x"02" & MuxedQCountTag & MuxedQCountQBPin,		-- I/O 24	PIN 17   PIN 8	
		IOPortTag & x"02" & MuxedQCountTag & MuxedQCountIDXPin,		-- I/O 25	PIN 5    PIN 9	
		IOPortTag & x"03" & MuxedQCountTag & MuxedQCountQAPin,		-- I/O 26	PIN 6    PIN 11
		IOPortTag & x"03" & MuxedQCountTag & MuxedQCountQBPin,		-- I/O 27	PIN 7    PIN 13
		IOPortTag & x"03" & MuxedQCountTag & MuxedQCountIDXPin,		-- I/O 28	PIN 8    PIN 15
		IOPortTag & x"00" & MuxedQCountSelTag & MuxedQCountSel0Pin,	-- I/O 29	PIN 9    PIN 17
		IOPortTag & x"00" & NullTag & NullPin,	 	   					-- I/O 30	PIN 10   PIN 19 powop
		IOPortTag & x"00" & SSerialTag & SSerialRX2Pin, 				-- I/O 31	PIN 11   PIN 21
		IOPortTag & x"00" & SSerialTag & SSerialTX2Pin, 				-- I/O 32	PIN 12   PIN 23
		IOPortTag & x"00" & SSerialTag & SSerialTXEN2Pin, 				-- I/O 33	PIN 13   PIN 25
																										
		LIOPortTag & x"00" & SSerialTag & SSerialNTXEn1Pin,  
		
		emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin, 
		emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,

		emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,
		emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin, -- added for IDROM v3
		emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,
		
		emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,
		emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,
		emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,
		emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,
		emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,
		emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,
		emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin,emptypin);

end package PIN_7i76x1_7i89x2D_x15ABOB_51;

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05 Feb 2021 23:09 #197791 by PCW

Replied by PCW on topic Step/Dir servos + Encoders = follow errors... and so much pain.....

Yeah the step index needs a simple non-muxed source pin
Since the step index is mainly intended to work in systems without
encoder feedback.

For testing, you could use a free RS-422 RX channel

I will look into firmware using muxed pins but its a bit awkward since
it almost guaranteed that the stepgen and muxed encoders
would need to share at least the mux pin

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05 Feb 2021 23:21 #197792 by jhandel

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Yah Muxing that pin would be a mess, you would have to use some formula like MuxStepGenIndexPin 0 maps to StepGen0 & StepGen 1, and so forth...

Can I dump SSerialRX0Pin & SSerialRX1Pin..

handling getting a double ended signal into a standard IO is going to be...... interesting (if I have one to spare).. That or I will need to remove the 7i89 as (if I am following) I won't be using it for actual encoding anymore.. (well I still need the spindle encoder, and my MPG encoder, but those can be handled by the 7i76....

(scratch head)... I'll tinker on this end a bit..

Thanks

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06 Feb 2021 00:01 #197793 by PCW

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I forget what hardware you are using but if its a 7I76E you cant dump RX0
(since its the interface to the local field I/O)

I think piggy-backing on the muxed encoder index is probably the
best way to use the stepgen index with muxed interface
daughterboards. It could possibly share the encoder index pins

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06 Feb 2021 00:22 #197796 by jhandel

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Yah I have a 7i76e, a 7i89 and a 7i75.. the 7i75 is very busy with mpg & machine IO along with the normal IO on the 7i76e... The 7i89 has all of encoders on it..

(this machine has a metric ton of IO needs with 5 axis, an ATC, a tool setter, a probe, and an encoded servo for a spindle)...

I am not 100% sure what you mean by "piggy-back".. or were you just pontificating on something you would have to do to the source.

Sorry this has become such a pain in the patella.. :-(

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