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01 Mar 2025 06:16 #322909 by ihavenofish
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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!

 
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02 Mar 2025 19:07 #323039 by ihavenofish
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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?

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02 Mar 2025 21:16 #323049 by ihavenofish
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ok, z motor hooked up and powered.

im basically lost at this point.

anyone want to walk me through or point me to nice simple sequential "do this then this" instructions?

as of right now i did the ethercat install, and nothing much else. if i type ethercat slaves in the terminal it shows me nothing.

here is my drive manual
www.megatech.ro/doc/590/Accurax%20G5%20w...20Users%20Manual.pdf

thanks!

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04 Mar 2025 06:25 #323124 by ihavenofish
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04 Mar 2025 19:26 #323174 by ihavenofish
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So, any help on ethercat finding my drives would be nice. When i try twincat, it sees the drive but then it triggers a communication error. so something is set wrong somewhere.

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05 Mar 2025 00:21 #323209 by ihavenofish
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ok, i dont know what the issue was, but it works now. i see the slave.......

what next? :)
need a wizard :P

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05 Mar 2025 02:31 #323212 by tommylight
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need a wizard

Try summoning Gandalf :)

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05 Mar 2025 02:33 #323213 by ihavenofish
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ha
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arent
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funny

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05 Mar 2025 03:06 #323218 by tommylight
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Needed some time to find this, see if it helps

or the wizard
forum.linuxcnc.org/ethercat/54495-ethercat-auto-configurator

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05 Mar 2025 03:19 #323219 by ihavenofish
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watched that vid... doesnt help. haha. (well no, it helps a little)
the auto config i did see but i got the impression it wasnt quite ready to go.

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