Emcoturn 120 lathe retrofit

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10 years 5 months ago #74855 by LutzTD
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stepper pinout


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10 years 5 months ago #74857 by LutzTD
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heres what I have for the spindle setup on the Automation Direct GS2 VFD


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10 years 5 months ago #74876 by BigJohnT
For an Automation Direct GS2 use the gs2 component and connect via modbus so you have full spindle control. You will need the braking resistor.

The hal on my BP with a GS2
Code:
# Spindle Drive loadusr -Wn spindle-vfd gs2_vfd -s 2 -p none -A 0.5 -D 0.5 -R -n spindle-vfd -v # connect the spindle direction pin to the GS2 net gs2-fwd spindle-vfd.spindle-fwd <= motion.spindle-forward # connect the spindle on pin to the GS2 net gs2-run spindle-vfd.spindle-on <= motion.spindle-on # connect the GS2 at speed to the motion at speed net gs2-at-speed motion.spindle-at-speed <= spindle-vfd.at-speed # connect the spindle RPM to the GS2 net gs2-RPM spindle-vfd.speed-command <= motion.spindle-speed-out #vfd panel fan net gs2-run => hm2_5i25.0.7i77.0.0.output-03 # Spindle Encoder setp hm2_5i25.0.encoder.03.scale 10000 net spindle-position hm2_5i25.0.encoder.03.position => motion.spindle-revs net spindle-velocity hm2_5i25.0.encoder.03.velocity => motion.spindle-speed-in net spindle-index-enable hm2_5i25.0.encoder.03.index-enable <=> motion.spindle-index-enable

JT

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10 years 5 months ago - 10 years 5 months ago #74881 by LutzTD
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can you explain how to connect using modbus? I have an idea kinda what it is but I wouldnt know how to even start setting it up. Looks like the 7i76e has a rs-422 plug but the GS2 is rs-485, they seem close, would I need to get an adapter card or something? Also, why would I get better control with modbus over using the direct outputs. Im really new at this so please excuse so many questions.


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10 years 5 months ago #74899 by BigJohnT
You connect the GS2 to your serial port. Why is it better... well you get a lot of information back and you can change speeds and reverse on the fly.

JT

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10 years 5 months ago #74903 by LutzTD
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thanx. with direct connection set up the way I had worked it out I would be able to stop start, reverse or forward, and speed control on the fly. spindle rpm comes from the spindle encoder. I dont think the direct connection give any feedback, does the modbus allow a check method like a feedback loop? would the modbus do this more efficiently or offer some other feedback? I somewhat understand the direct lines but the serial I dont understand very well.

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