Help please !!! Servo configuration with stepconf.

Hello All !

Can someone please help me to let me know how to configure linked below AC servo drive with stepconf wizard ? Till now I only have these drives and servo motors. And simultaneously I have an ordinary 5axis, 2relay, 4limit switch breakout board to work with.

My problem is I don't know how to calculate driver timing setting and axis setting except that my ball screw pitch is 5mm and its directly driving the axis without any pully and gear.

My drive model is SA3L04C
www.bonmet.com/productshow_eng.asp?id=1506

Many thanks in advance.

My configuration is
Intel Xeon 3.0 ghz dual core
Intel G41
DDR3 2gb

My latency test

with "gzip -c /dev/urandom > /dev/null"
Servo Max jitter = 16350
Base max jitter = 19001

Thanks BigJohnT

Then I assume that it's not possible to connect servo drives with an ordinary breakout board which haves only step/dir input connection on it. And I have to go for mesa or vital systems cards. Is is right ?

these are standard analog input ( 0 - 10v ) servo drives , so require a servo drive interface , rather than a step / direction ( stepper ) interface
you will need a breakout board which gives you analog drive voltages , your best bet is to use a 5i20 / 7i43 with addon analog output interface from Mesanet.com
or the newer 5i25 with 7i77 daughter interface , is a suggestion here .

Many thank cncbasher.

5i20 / 7i43 OR 5i25 / 7i77
Is any of these two is enough for me if I want to connect it with external PLC ? Or I should include anything more to interface discrete I/O's with external PLC ?
5i25 / 7i77 looks interesting as it's cheaper then first one.

I checked 7i77 and they offer 48 isolated i/o which is more then sufficient for me.

But their 7i76 board again confused me that it can support step/dir for servo motors and stepper motor as well. While my drive supplier says that it can be run by step/dir cards by connecting pulseinv +- to pulses and signinv +- to Directions. which I tried but motor seems to crackle and stalls during trial jog. it surely spins but at very slow speed no matter which setting I tried.

unfortunately it doesn't have self tuning.

ok ! I should go to order mesa cards now. It's really professional to have closed loop system.

Is there any major difference between 5i20 and 5i25 ? any advantage and disadvantage between both ?