Fehlmann Picomax 100 Retrofit

still no progress in getting the drives to work.
So I'll have a look at the spindle tomorrow.
and maybe clean up the wiring a bit.

I might need some Help,
I've everything wired up and all the hal stuff sorted.
But I am al little bit out of practice the Vers-drives are not working and I'm afraid I have to swap the servos (already looking for a solution).
Anyway I want to test the Spindle and the rest of the machine with the Codes. How di I get the machine homed and idle without moving the machine?

Search for "imediate homing".
Sorry on the phone...

Thanks!

Now I was able to set vfd and after some trouble setting the encoder feedback for the VFD I directly connected the encoder to the mesa card and I got movement. still need some tuning to do. And linuxcnc need full control, at the moment I need to enable the vfd manually once, But the spindle is running.

now the Spindle is running and tested and fixed the codes controlling the column.



I store the column position in an persistent parameter wich allows me to go up first is the position is above the current one.

"just" the servos now and she's ready to run. bit just to be sure I already checked what new servos would fit...

Long time no progress, but them I decides to add some new servos, after I found some withe a small form factor suiting the torque and power needed.
So first I removed the old DC drives an pur the four new ones in:

I started with the y-axis by reworking the casting

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after a shirt testfit

finally I widened the bore to fit the new servo

then the y axis was ready