Askpower VFD Connections

#9 setp spindle-vfd.enable

Will any random number work or is there something specific that needs to go there?
In the linuxcnc documentation this goes in the hal file

loadrt scale count=1
addf scale.0 servo-thread
setp scale.0.gain 0.002
net spindle-speed-scale motion.spindle-speed-out => scale.0.in
net spindle-speed-DAC scale.0.out => <your DAC pin name> (What should this pin name be?)

I apologize for being so clueless about this. But, it is all new to me.
Thank you for your help.

I am not using pwm software. I am following this guide

1. 0-10v Spindle Speed
If your spindle speed is controlled by an analog signal, (for example, by a VFD with a 0 to 10 volt signal) and you’re using a DAC card like the m5i20 to output the control signal:

First you need to figure the scale of spindle speed to control signal. For this example the spindle top speed of 5000 RPM is equal to 10 volts.

images/spindle-math.png
We have to add a scale component to the HAL file to scale the motion.spindle-speed-out to the 0 to 10 needed by the VFD if your DAC card does not do scaling.

loadrt scale count=1
addf scale.0 servo-thread
setp scale.0.gain 0.002
net spindle-speed-scale motion.spindle-speed-out => scale.0.in
net spindle-speed-DAC scale.0.out => <your DAC pin name>

custom.hal
# Include your customized HAL commands here
# This file will not be overwritten when you run stepconf again


# Load the Huanyang VFD user component
loadusr -Wn vfd hy_vfd -n vfd

#net vfd-comms halui.machine.is-on => spindle-vfd.enable
setp spindle-vfd.enable 1
net spindle-fwd motion.spindle-forward => spindle-vfd.spindle-forward
net spindle-reverse motion.spindle-reverse => spindle-vfd.spindle-reverse
net spindle-speed-cmd motion.spindle-speed-out-abs => spindle-vfd.speed-command
net spindle-on motion.spindle-on => spindle-vfd.spindle-on
net spindle-at-speed motion.spindle-at-speed => spindle-vfd.spindle-at-speed

my-mill.hal

# Generated by stepconf 1.1 at Mon Mar 12 16:18:56 2018
# If you make changes to this file, they will be
# overwritten when you run stepconf again
loadrt trivkins
loadrt [EMCMOT]EMCMOT base_period_nsec=[EMCMOT]BASE_PERIOD servo_period_nsec=[EMCMOT]SERVO_PERIOD num_joints=[TRAJ]AXES
loadrt hal_parport cfg="0 out"
loadrt stepgen step_type=0,0,0

loadrt scale count=1
addf scale.0 servo-thread
setp scale.0.gain 0.002
net spindle-speed-scale motion.spindle-speed-out => scale.0.in
net spindle-speed-DAC scale.0.out =>
addf parport.0.read base-thread
addf stepgen.make-pulses base-thread
addf parport.0.write base-thread

addf stepgen.capture-position servo-thread
addf motion-command-handler servo-thread
addf motion-controller servo-thread
addf stepgen.update-freq servo-thread
net spindle-cmd-rpm <= motion.spindle-speed-out
net spindle-cmd-rpm-abs <= motion.spindle-speed-out-abs
net spindle-cmd-rps <= motion.spindle-speed-out-rps
net spindle-cmd-rps-abs <= motion.spindle-speed-out-rps-abs
net spindle-at-speed => motion.spindle-at-speed

net xstep => parport.0.pin-02-out
net xdir => parport.0.pin-03-out
net ystep => parport.0.pin-04-out
net ydir => parport.0.pin-05-out
net zstep => parport.0.pin-06-out
net zdir => parport.0.pin-07-out
net astep => parport.0.pin-08-out
net adir => parport.0.pin-09-out
net max-x <= parport.0.pin-10-in
net max-y <= parport.0.pin-11-in
net max-z <= parport.0.pin-12-in

setp stepgen.0.position-scale [AXIS_0]SCALE
setp stepgen.0.steplen 1
setp stepgen.0.stepspace 1
setp stepgen.0.dirhold 115000
setp stepgen.0.dirsetup 115000
setp stepgen.0.maxaccel [AXIS_0]STEPGEN_MAXACCEL
net xpos-cmd axis.0.motor-pos-cmd => stepgen.0.position-cmd
net xpos-fb stepgen.0.position-fb => axis.0.motor-pos-fb
net xstep <= stepgen.0.step
net xdir <= stepgen.0.dir
net xenable axis.0.amp-enable-out => stepgen.0.enable
net max-x => axis.0.pos-lim-sw-in

setp stepgen.1.position-scale [AXIS_1]SCALE
setp stepgen.1.steplen 1
setp stepgen.1.stepspace 1
setp stepgen.1.dirhold 115000
setp stepgen.1.dirsetup 115000
setp stepgen.1.maxaccel [AXIS_1]STEPGEN_MAXACCEL
net ypos-cmd axis.1.motor-pos-cmd => stepgen.1.position-cmd
net ypos-fb stepgen.1.position-fb => axis.1.motor-pos-fb
net ystep <= stepgen.1.step
net ydir <= stepgen.1.dir
net yenable axis.1.amp-enable-out => stepgen.1.enable
net max-y => axis.1.pos-lim-sw-in

setp stepgen.2.position-scale [AXIS_2]SCALE
setp stepgen.2.steplen 1
setp stepgen.2.stepspace 1
setp stepgen.2.dirhold 115000
setp stepgen.2.dirsetup 115000
setp stepgen.2.maxaccel [AXIS_2]STEPGEN_MAXACCEL
net zpos-cmd axis.2.motor-pos-cmd => stepgen.2.position-cmd
net zpos-fb stepgen.2.position-fb => axis.2.motor-pos-fb
net zstep <= stepgen.2.step
net zdir <= stepgen.2.dir
net zenable axis.2.amp-enable-out => stepgen.2.enable
net max-z => axis.2.pos-lim-sw-in

net estop-out <= iocontrol.0.user-enable-out
net estop-out => iocontrol.0.emc-enable-in

loadusr -W hal_manualtoolchange
net tool-change iocontrol.0.tool-change => hal_manualtoolchange.change
net tool-changed iocontrol.0.tool-changed <= hal_manualtoolchange.changed
net tool-number iocontrol.0.tool-prep-number => hal_manualtoolchange.number
net tool-prepare-loopback iocontrol.0.tool-prepare => iocontrol.0.tool-prepared

wwp@cnc ~ $ linuxcnc
LINUXCNC - 2.7.10
pickconfig: installed aux examples: /usr/share/linuxcnc/aux_examples/NativeCAM
Machine configuration directory is '/home/wwp/linuxcnc/configs/my-mill'
Machine configuration file is 'my-mill.ini'
Starting LinuxCNC...
Found file(REL): ./my-mill.hal
Note: Using POSIX realtime
config string '0 out'
./my-mill.hal:13: Pin '1' does not exist
Shutting down and cleaning up LinuxCNC...
Note: Using POSIX realtime
LinuxCNC terminated with an error. You can find more information in the log:
/home/wwp/linuxcnc_debug.txt
and
/home/wwp/linuxcnc_print.txt
as well as in the output of the shell command 'dmesg' and in the terminal
wwp@cnc ~ $

Hi Scrap,

If you are good in rs485 and python you can modify a rs485 usb connection example file. I'ts posted here before at the forum.
The files is called : hpmx.py

I am using a ST-V2 breakout board from stepperonline.

www.omc-stepperonline.com/download/ST-V2.pdf

connected to the askpower vfd mentioned above

It does not support modbus so I think it has to be done with the 0-10v connections.

Ok I have the spindle working with the vfd in axis but it goes right up to max speed. It seems like I do not need the pwm software. I should be able to run using scaling but I cant seem to get that to work. I have attached my .hal file

All i need to do at this point is control the spindle speed via axis.

as always any and all help is greatly appreciated