Mesa 7i95

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6 years 3 months ago - 6 years 3 months ago #176419 by reyntjensm
Replied by reyntjensm on topic Mesa 7i95
Correct, i know this is not how things work on forum. I'm not an expert in linux so this was the most lame and easy way to show it to you... Attached you can find the requested files. I had no idea what kind of input i should use? I guess the wiring doesn't matter? Could you might give me an explanation on the led behavior for the 7i95 card, when i use input 000, should the most right top led lit up? I see more led's on the input card than there are available inputs...

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EDIT: in the meantime i found out i used the wrong inputs. I started working from the top of the card. I/O zero is at the bottom of the card...
So i see hm2_7i95.0.inmux.00.input-12 is high. Should i use this input as the home/limit signal?
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I used the hm2_7i95.0.inmux.00.input-12 input and now the Z axis seems to home fine. But it stays in position above the home sensor, after that i receive the same error: joint 2 on limit switch error. The homing goes over the endstop, retracts back until the endstop is deactivated. Then it returns back on top of the endstop and generates the error. When the machine is in this position i'm unable to do anything with it and i have to move it by hand. I guess i should program a hold off/retract distance or something?
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6 years 3 months ago - 6 years 3 months ago #176423 by PCW
Replied by PCW on topic Mesa 7i95
Sorry I was thinking 7I96 which uses inm rather that inmux

I would use halshow to look at the limit switch states to make sure they are false
when not activated and true when activated. This typically means you need to use the
-not inputs with NC switches

Homing setup is fairly involved but described here:

linuxcnc.org/docs/html/config/ini-homing.html
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6 years 3 months ago #176428 by reyntjensm
Replied by reyntjensm on topic Mesa 7i95
I got it working. I was to fast with asking my questions. It had to do with the homing sequence. Are there any tips on this point? I think the only thing to look after is to maximize the working area of the machine? So the homing offset is as small as possible? Thank you for all your support!

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6 years 3 months ago - 6 years 3 months ago #176728 by reyntjensm
Replied by reyntjensm on topic Mesa 7i95
My machine is moving around fine. I’m achieving good(just moving) accuracy right now. I have a commander SE inverter installed to control my spindle. I’ve found some code to control this inverter with a mesa card and analogue signals. I guess this is not possible with the 7i95 without and extra mesa card.... my inverter also has a rs485 interface. Although i have no idea how to configure this in linuxcnc. I understand how it works and what messages i have to send but i don’t know how to start configuring this. Could somebody help me start going with this? This is a link to the inverter datasheet: www.microcontechnologies.com/files/Contr...mander%20SE/user.pdf

www.ps-log.si/dokumenti/CommSEAUGiss3.pdf
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6 years 1 month ago #182541 by 0x2102
Replied by 0x2102 on topic Mesa 7i95

PCW wrote: There's no technical reason why the hm2 driver changes could not be backported to 2.8 I'll look into this.

Thanks PCW for looking into this. Would be great to have all standard mesa hardware supported in 2.8.

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6 years 1 week ago #186915 by Gnevko
Replied by Gnevko on topic Mesa 7i95
One year later I wonted to install LinuxCNC with release 2.8 and ... and ... and the driver for 7I95 is still not in the 2.8 Branch :(

Please, commit it, thank you in advance!

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