Mesa inm encoder reset

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06 Jun 2022 19:14 - 06 Jun 2022 19:28 #244685 by thadwald
I have some MPGs connected to a mesa card and showing up as inm encoders in the HAL configuration. Unlike the standard MESA encoders, these don't have a reset pin.
I need a way to scale and to reset these counts I can easily scale them using the scale component but I can't figure out how to reset them. Should I use the HAL encoder component instead?

I need to read the scaled output from gcode.
Last edit: 06 Jun 2022 19:28 by thadwald.

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06 Jun 2022 21:54 #244693 by PCW
Replied by PCW on topic Mesa inm encoder reset
Yeah, the inm,inmux encoders are really intended for jogging
MPGs which use a relative count

You can reset the output using the offset component
(though you would need to convert from S32 to float first)

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06 Jun 2022 23:19 #244697 by thadwald
Replied by thadwald on topic Mesa inm encoder reset
so I would need to:
1 convert reset button state, encoder count, and offset to float
2 apply the following arithmetic: offset = offset + (count * -1 * buttonstate)
3 convert offset back to s32

Is there a simpler method?

I have this working satisfactorily with the HAL encoder component. It does lose a few counts when compared to the inm encoder but only if I spin aggressively.

 

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06 Jun 2022 23:44 #244698 by PCW
Replied by PCW on topic Mesa inm encoder reset
Probably simpler to make a reset component
(that removes the current offset when requested and does the type conversions)

The MPG counters are really intended for normal MPG use
(where the count is always relative)

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07 Jun 2022 01:14 #244701 by thadwald
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Thanks. I will look into it if the encoders prove to be too slow.

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07 Jun 2022 03:29 #244703 by PCW
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I just added reset capability to inm and inmux (in master)
The following user(s) said Thank You: thadwald

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06 Aug 2022 13:26 #249197 by thadwald
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Would it be easy to get this feature it 2.8?

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06 Aug 2022 14:52 #249207 by PCW
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Somebody on the forum made a branch that does this
(well updated 2.8 with the 2.9 hm2 driver)

If I trusted myself more with git it should not be too hard since
the driver changes don't affect anything else in LinuxCNC

Need to learn a bit about git cherry pick (I've been told that is the way)

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06 Aug 2022 15:17 - 04 Sep 2022 15:41 #249209 by D.L.
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