Help with Lichuan drives
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05 Apr 2026 09:09 #345194
by Drustar
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Hello forum,
I have 6 x 1KW Lichuan LC20 drives and have been trying to get them to work with Raspberry Pi 4B 4GB and LinuxCNC for about 9 months. I realised I don't have the technical knowhow to make this work. Using this forum, youtube and Grok, I was able to get close, getting the Raspberry Pi to work as a master and I even got all 6 drives to work as slaves, but trying to get them in to OP mode proved impossible. On one occasion, when I unplugged 5 of the 6 drives, I managed to get it to go into OP mode but have not been able to replicate it since. And I have never been able to understand how to get them to turn using LinuxCNC, that baffles me a bit so I have never actually seen the motors work ever.
I am open to buying hardware that kinda works out of the box but I have no idea what that is.
Can anybody on this forum work with me over time to help me to get these things to work with LinuxCNC, or even Mach??? I can't return them, and after spending $2K on them, I can't afford to buy something a little more 'out of the box'.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Andrew.
I have 6 x 1KW Lichuan LC20 drives and have been trying to get them to work with Raspberry Pi 4B 4GB and LinuxCNC for about 9 months. I realised I don't have the technical knowhow to make this work. Using this forum, youtube and Grok, I was able to get close, getting the Raspberry Pi to work as a master and I even got all 6 drives to work as slaves, but trying to get them in to OP mode proved impossible. On one occasion, when I unplugged 5 of the 6 drives, I managed to get it to go into OP mode but have not been able to replicate it since. And I have never been able to understand how to get them to turn using LinuxCNC, that baffles me a bit so I have never actually seen the motors work ever.
I am open to buying hardware that kinda works out of the box but I have no idea what that is.
Can anybody on this forum work with me over time to help me to get these things to work with LinuxCNC, or even Mach??? I can't return them, and after spending $2K on them, I can't afford to buy something a little more 'out of the box'.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Andrew.
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06 Apr 2026 09:03 #345219
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Replied by Hakan on topic Help with Lichuan drives
Don't know where to start.
Here is an example of setup of a cia402 drive, your servo drive is a cia402 drive.
This is a starting point. Change vid and pid and this might work right away.
github.com/dbraun1981/hal-cia402/tree/main/example
Here is an example of setup of a cia402 drive, your servo drive is a cia402 drive.
This is a starting point. Change vid and pid and this might work right away.
github.com/dbraun1981/hal-cia402/tree/main/example
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06 Apr 2026 10:24 #345220
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Replied by andrax on topic Help with Lichuan drives
First, show us what you’ve got and where you’re at. Your XML and ini files. If you’ve got any errors, include the dmesg output as well.I’m sure we can help you
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06 Apr 2026 19:15 #345242
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Replied by COFHAL on topic Help with Lichuan drives
You can try these examples that I have working with some of those ETHERCAT servos
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07 Apr 2026 23:02 #345295
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Replied by Drustar on topic Help with Lichuan drives
You guys are great, thanks. I will try your suggestions and will then put together all the files you asked for etc.
Thanks very much.
Thanks very much.
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