New ethercat / probe basic control for minimonster

pics later. already have 2 issues.

1: the 200w servos have 11mm shafts. wft is that? I ordered couplings but they wont arrive for 2 weeks.

Second issue is i am having a hard time cinding the CN26P cables for the io from somewhere economical that doesnt take 2 months to ship. (nohting on amazon, digikeys pricing is insane, and the actual cables from omron or yaskawa are both expensive AND take 2 months.

sigh.

its just a scsi connector, youd think every computer store would have some in the back room collecting dust.

well, I guess I'm waiting another 2 weeks. but I think I can at least get the servos moving and linuxcnc/ethercat running. And then maybe the rs485 spindle.

Point me to where I need to read about configuring that?

Hmmmm there is no 26 pin SCSI connector that i can think of, they are always 50 pin IDC style or over 70 pin connectors with pretty damn small raster.
Again, pictures?
Of the connector now, at least.

theres 14, 20, 26, 36, 50, 68. 50 and 68 were the only ones commonly used in computers i think.

One step closer. mmmm. motors being so much smaller gives a lot more room in the enclosure too which is nice.
Z has no brake, but being shorted to the resistor in the drive lets the spindle drop very slowly now, so nothing bad will happen from a sudden power cut. now... to make it run!

 

K, installed ethercat... I guess..? haha. i need to decipher all the instructions.

BUT, I have another problem. setting up the servos it seems the configuration software is $500? This makes no sense to me. Never seen a drive where you had to pay extra just to configure and tune it. Am I missing something here? Anyone using Omron G5 servos?