Can Linux control a Logosol analog drive?

Hi,
I bought an old plasma table with no control software key. Can I use Lenux cnc to control this driver? Thanks for your time.

It looks like it is probably a CANbus controlled sevo. So I'm go out on a limb and say probably not easily, if at all. If it is possible it would be bleeding edge and you'd need to know what your doing to set it up.

If you're lucky maybe someone will chime in with better news for you.

it is possible that the input pins labeled "input polarity" and "stp in" are or can be used as ordinary step/dir inputs for position control. If that is the case then yes they could be used. (You'd need to look up manuals for them to know.)

Have a look there: logosolinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/0...gent-Servo-Drive.pdf
This is the manual for the LS-132. I just can't find anything for LS-131 but they really look about the same

Then see here: logosolinc.com/software/#downloads
And HERE: logosolinc.com/cnc-software/

Not linuxcnc but may be a much easier path for you

 

Hi Andy
If you want to use a uart on a mesa card, would that require special firmware on the fbga card?

for example, if i have a 5i25 or a 7i92, and a 7i77+7i74 connected to it, do you need a special bit file to enable a uart on the 7i74 or would the standard bit file for this combination do?

The Logosol drives communicate over RS-485 using their LDCN (Logosol Device Control Network) protocol.

The protocol is pretty simple, though I'm more familiar with their LS-231SE drives, which have a 256 point path-point buffer.

Alternatively, the drives can be controlled via step & dir or ±10V.

I have a large number of LS-173E drives, which seem almost identical to the LS-131-2010 in the picture. Unfortunately these simpler drives have no step/dir or analog input, so the RS-485 command language is the only option. Logosol very admirably continues to make their (now quite old) software and documentation freely available for download. I've tested the drives under Linux using their software in a Windows XP VirtualBox VM, with USB passthrough to an RS-485 dongle.