Another "what do I need" thread. Vmc retrofit

The 7i84 can also handle the manual pulse generator.
I have a working panel here (with MPG):

drive.google.com/file/d/0B2x2WOxtQitReXA...cnM/view?usp=sharing
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In the past I had bad experiences with voltages around 5V. They are simply to sensitive in noisy environments, like a VFD. Always when is possible I use 24V.

I´ll probably start with 5i25+7i77 and then buy another card when I run out of I/Os

Can´t decide what to do with my encoder problem tho. Is the lag in the amt´s really that bad? I mean a lot of people are using them.
Any other good (cheap) encoders out there?

thewho wrote:

I´ll probably start with 5i25+7i77 and then buy another card when I run out of I/Os

Can´t decide what to do with my encoder problem tho. Is the lag in the amt´s really that bad?

Some time ago, LinuxCNC's PID logic extracted velocity from the encoder delta between samples.
This led to a LOT of noise from the sampled nature of the encoder counting process being
fed into the D term of the PID. Now, pretty much all hardware systems have velocity
estimation from time stamping of the last encoder transition, and this problem is much
reduced. For typical benchtop and small CNC machines with modest accelerations and
top velocities, the AMT encoders are probably quite OK. You really do want to enable
the encoder velocity estimation if using these encoders.

Jon

Hi i did exact project but on an Bridgeport 412
(it looks exactly as an copy only the x servo is on the other side -
i used following parts
Granite devices Servor driver (they speak you language -
AMT102 encoders ,
i use Hungarian General Mechatronic board and their Relay box. I did some electronics for the surgical cut on the machine
so optocouplers für the ATC and the spindle orientation

the owner of the machine through out the old motor and use an new 3hp motor which is sufficient for his needs which i drive by an 0..10 V signal and 2 relays for left and right
the rest is simple i planned minimum buttons gmoccapy and touchscreen as ui but old master wants it glove save so we do much more buttons
i even did him an MPG -

so yes it is doable
thomas

andypugh wrote:

thewho wrote:

Is there any disadvantages to use revolvers other than it's hard new if one breaks.

No, and there are some advantages as they are absolute so even if you get a bad position reading due to an electrical glitch it recovers next time sample.

I run my milling machine with resolvers and a Mesa 7i49 board and I have decided that any future machines (I plan another lathe conversion) will use resolvers too. I prefer them to encoders.

How it is managed a good homing with resolvers, as no indexing is present?
I now have a work where the existing motors have resolvers and I also need a fine homing.
Thank you

I've been hesitating to open up the tnc controller but yesterday I got the Mesa cards so it was about time to tear into the controller to find out if I could use the "Sinewave to quadrature" card.
I was hoping it was a stand alone card with cables running from it, but man was I wrong..



Has anyone dealt with this before? Should I try to use this or just buy new encoders?
I've Googled like crazy trying to find a converter (I know of heidenhains exe boxes) but not been able to find any "cheaper than new encoders" option.

What drives do you have? You have the original drives, or you got the Argons?
And what mesa cards did you acquired? Those options now reflect on what you must do.

If possible I'll use the analog ones already on the machine. They are Contraves NC700 series. +/-10V No encoder input if that's why you'r asking.