Luxmill CNC retrofit project

Befor adding the spindle synchronization and orientation part it was quite a simple "standard" hal file (spindle part). I attached the old one.
I'll have a look in the manuel. But would be great to get in run in the configuration it currently is...

PCW you are my hope

The orient component is not trivial to setup

In addition to the orient component you will need an additional PID component for
position control and a mux component for selecting which PID component
(the normal spindle speed PID or the spindle position PID) drives the spindle
velocity setting pin.

You might get a response from someone who has already done this if
you started a new thread titled something like:

"How do I setup spindle orientation"

Thank you.
@Aciera: I do already know this PDF but my configuration is different.

Can anybody say something to my second problem:

I already mentioned I added a 2000ppr quadrature encoder to the high speed encoder input (10MHz) of my 7i76e in differential (RS-422) mode with A/A-, B/B-, Z/Z-. I have a stable but not equal (see 1) encoder velocity signal (hm2_7i76e.0.encoder.08.velocity-rpm) up to 5000 rpm. If I go further (max rpm is 6000) I loos the signal completely.
According to my Calculation the max count rate of my encoder at max spindle rpm is much lower than the possible 10MHz:


Is my calculation wrong or do I have to modify something?

Can you post your current hal/ini files?

The RPM may be different than requested if the scaling is not correct
either in the analog out (in LinuxCNC) analog in ( in your drive ).
The PID loop should correct for these errors if they are minor
but only if the tuning and setup is correct.

The maximum count rate of the encoder depends on how the encoder
input filtering is setup. This filtering is setup with 2 parameters:
1. The global encoder sample rate (this applies to all encoders)
2. The per channel filter bit

The A,B and Index inputs are sampled at the global encoder sample rate
and go through a digital filter for impulse noise rejection. The time constant
of the digital filter can be set to 3 sample periods or 15 sample periods on a per
channel basis via the filter bit. If you have only the one encoder,
I would change the sample frequency, if you have multiple encoders,
I would turn off the filter bit on the spindle encoder channel.

Hey,
for nearly two years the LinuxCNC configuration and the machine worked fine. Today I found an issue i couldn't really explain - perhaps you can help.
On the top end of my Z axis is a reference switch - this switch is also my home and reference position for ATC. In short distance further up is my soft-limit of the machine (+0.01mm).
Today I jogged the Z-axis up on to this soft limit and wanted to shut down LinuxCNC and the machine. In this point I got the failure " joint must be unhomed, jogged into limits, rehomed" and " Exceeded positive soft limit (0.01) on joint 2". After few tests I found out, that I can overtravel the soft limits in two axis (X and Z). Both axis have a closed loop system with linear scales. The Y-axis, without closed loop, always stops exactly at the soft limit position.
I think this point is related to the closed loop control and the PID. Is this a normal behavior?
I also check the PID configuration of the axis via Hal-Scope and Halshow and couldn't get a better configuration (lower following error).
 
 Is the peak at the beginning and at the end of the movement normal (acceleration / deceleration)?

Oehli

I already tried this by setting the MAX_LIMIT (axis/joints) = 0.01 to 0.1 but this resulted in the same behavior at the new MAX_LIMIT value.
MAX_LIMIT (axis/joints) = 0.01 --> Overtravel to approx. 0.015
MAX_LIMIT (axis/joints) = 0.1 --> Overtravel to approx. 0.105
Or do I understand that wrong?
I didn’t try 0 or 1….