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19 Sep 2012 21:02 #24431
by varun0421
Alright then!! Thank You very much!
Now, how do i proceed with configuring the machine with linuxcnc?
Do i need to start off with the latency test and proceed from there?
Or do i need to do some groundwork before i can reach that stage?
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19 Sep 2012 21:05 #24434
by andypugh
varun0421 wrote:
Do i need to start off with the latency test and proceed from there?
Or do i need to do some groundwork before i can reach that stage?
First step is probably to configure the drive to work on step pulses.
As it happens, step/dir is traditional but possibly the least technically elegant. quadrature input is nicest if the drive supports it. (but there are a bazillion step/dir machines out there all working fine)
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19 Sep 2012 21:28 #24436
by varun0421
Thank you again!
Ok, so by configuring the drive to work on step pulses do you mean the Stepper configuration wizard in Linux CNC?
And also is there any documentation that can help me in doing this?
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19 Sep 2012 21:41 #24437
by andypugh
varun0421 wrote:
Thank you again!
Ok, so by configuring the drive to work on step pulses do you mean the Stepper configuration wizard in Linux CNC?
And also is there any documentation that can help me in doing this?
No, I mean configuring the hardware using the Copley controls utility that the docs you have linked refer to.
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24 Sep 2012 17:54 #24588
by varun0421
Thank You and sorry for replying late, i was out of town for the weekend.
I mean configuring the hardware using the Copley controls utility that the docs you have linked refer to
Do i have to install the software CME2 that copley controls provided with the driver and then configure the hardware?
Or is it something to do with physically configuring the hardware?
I apologize if my questions seem weak as i am a complete novice in this field.
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24 Sep 2012 18:05 #24590
by andypugh
varun0421 wrote:
Do i have to install the software CME2 that copley controls provided with the driver and then configure the hardware?
Or is it something to do with physically configuring the hardware?
Yes, it sounds like one or the other of those.
(I have no idea, you would need to read the documentation)
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24 Sep 2012 18:32 - 24 Sep 2012 18:33 #24591
by BigJohnT
varun0421 wrote:
Thank You and sorry for replying late, i was out of town for the weekend.
I mean configuring the hardware using the Copley controls utility that the docs you have linked refer to
Do i have to install the software CME2 that copley controls provided with the driver and then configure the hardware?
Or is it something to do with physically configuring the hardware?
I apologize if my questions seem weak as i am a complete novice in this field.
In my experience with Copley Controls you have to use the CME2 software to set the drive up. I've not used this drive in particular but the software is fairly easy once you learn how to save the changes and enable the drive. And it is Windoze software and requires a serial port or serial port emulator to work.
John
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03 Oct 2012 19:57 #24923
by varun0421
One more thing that i had not mentioned is that the stage and the drive are already configured to interact with LabView.
We control the stage in X, Y and Z directions using Labview on windows.
Does this mean that the drive is already configured to run step pulses as we have been using it with labview for quite awhile now?
Also i was wondering if there any stage manufacturers out there whose drivers are straight away configured to run with Linux CNC?
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03 Oct 2012 20:31 #24924
by andypugh
varun0421 wrote:
Does this mean that the drive is already configured to run step pulses as we have been using it with labview for quite awhile now?
How is it connected to the LabView PC? (Ie, to which port?)
Also i was wondering if there any stage manufacturers out there whose drivers are straight away configured to run with Linux CNC?
The vast majority of stepper drives are step/dir so will work with LinuxCNC. (Or, for that matter, Mach).
These Copley drives seem rather the oddity.
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