Need help configuring a 5i25 with Gecko G540
11 Jun 2018 17:40 #112207
by PCW
Replied by PCW on topic Need help configuring a 5i25 with Gecko G540
AFAIK the Gecko G540 spindle interface output voltage is isolated and does not depend on the interface signal levels, it depends on the externally supplied spindle analog power (and the PWM duty cycle)
And yes, the g540 configuration had a PWM generator on pin 14:
And yes, the g540 configuration had a PWM generator on pin 14:
IO Connections for P3
Pin# I/O Pri. func Sec. func Chan Pin func Pin Dir
1 0 IOPort None
14 1 IOPort PWMGen 0 PWM (Out)
2 2 IOPort StepGen 0 Step (Out)
15 3 IOPort None
3 4 IOPort StepGen 0 Dir (Out)
16 5 IOPort StepGen 4 Step (Out)
4 6 IOPort StepGen 1 Step (Out)
17 7 IOPort None
5 8 IOPort StepGen 1 Dir (Out)
6 9 IOPort StepGen 2 Step (Out)
7 10 IOPort StepGen 2 Dir (Out)
8 11 IOPort StepGen 3 Step (Out)
9 12 IOPort StepGen 3 Dir (Out)
10 13 IOPort QCount 0 Quad-A (In)
11 14 IOPort QCount 0 Quad-B (In)
12 15 IOPort QCount 0 Quad-IDX (In)
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16 Jun 2018 00:01 #112450
by ericg
Replied by ericg on topic Need help configuring a 5i25 with Gecko G540
Hi and thanks all for the support, I have got almost everything sorted out now and I have my xhc-hb04 pendant mostly working with the exception of the probe-z function.
Probe-z is actually working but the feedrate of F25 in the o100 call is erratic and very slow, if I bump up the feedrate to say F250 then it works perfectly albeit to fast.
The Feedrate of F25 using the original parallel port config works well.
I have looked at the configs of both and just do not see where the issue is, whether it is velocity and acceleration, scaling or what, I'm not able to see it. I don't think it has anything to do with mm/s vs mm/min.
If someone could look at the files and hopefully see what may be the problem, I would appreciate it.
Eric
Probe-z is actually working but the feedrate of F25 in the o100 call is erratic and very slow, if I bump up the feedrate to say F250 then it works perfectly albeit to fast.
The Feedrate of F25 using the original parallel port config works well.
I have looked at the configs of both and just do not see where the issue is, whether it is velocity and acceleration, scaling or what, I'm not able to see it. I don't think it has anything to do with mm/s vs mm/min.
If someone could look at the files and hopefully see what may be the problem, I would appreciate it.
Eric
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16 Jun 2018 00:54 #112451
by ericg
Replied by ericg on topic Need help configuring a 5i25 with Gecko G540
Forget above post.
I must have had a gremlin in the system.
I backed up the .hal and .ini files, re-did the PncConf wizard, comparded the sets of files and could find nothing wrong.
I removed the new .hal/.ini files renamed the old ones back to original.
Now everything works as expected including probe-z
???????????
Eric
I must have had a gremlin in the system.
I backed up the .hal and .ini files, re-did the PncConf wizard, comparded the sets of files and could find nothing wrong.
I removed the new .hal/.ini files renamed the old ones back to original.
Now everything works as expected including probe-z
???????????
Eric
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21 Nov 2018 08:38 #121107
by falke398
Replied by falke398 on topic Need help configuring a 5i25 with Gecko G540
do you mind posting your ini and hal?
I am trying to setup the exact same thing.
I am trying to setup the exact same thing.
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