VMC related HAL questions.

thewho wrote:

Tried a M3 S100 but It doesn't compensate at all? Am I missing something here?

You will need to tune the PID values in the INI file.
Your ini file has [SPINDLE_9] Whereas the HAL is using [SPINDLE]
These need to match.

The fact that LinuxCNC starts at all with that misconfiguration makes me wonder if it is finding the right spindle.hal file.

M33.1 Does not do anything ether.

Odd. Was the spindle turning? Has G33.1 worked before? The HAL connections seem correct.

thewho wrote:

Linuxcnc does not start.

At a guess that is the [SPINDLE] / [SPINDLE_9] thing.

Ah I see the problem.

You have already loaded 3 x PID for the axes in the first HAL file.

You need to load them all at the same time.

So remove the "loadrt pid..." from spindle.hal and make the main HAL file line read:

It is lucky that the main HAL file uses names= or there would be a lot more editing to do.
(It might have been nice to have called the spindle ones pid.v and pid.p to keep the pattern consistent, but that's more editing)

Yes, sorry, my error.

Delete line 80 (net spindle-on <= motion.spindle-on )

thewho wrote:

Will G33.1 aka Rigid tapping work when I get this running?

It should.

And can you get the PID-parameters changeable in the calibration tool? I have a 4th tab but it's empty.

I tried, and it is possible, but I am not sure it is worth the trouble. You need to move the PGAIN_I and PGAIN_V into existing [AXIS_N] sections and then change the HAL file to look in those sections.

It is not a lot harder to open a terminal, type "halcmd -kf" and then start typing "setp pid.v.Pgain 100"
"show pin pid.v*" will show the current values.
When it all seems to work, just note the numbers and put them in the INI by hand.