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I have finally managed to get my 4 step/dir axis working, but still having trouble with the analog servo spindle drive. I get errors for addressing for the output
hm2_7i76e.0.7i77.0.1.analogout5 I have tried with .5. I have tried 7i77.0.2.
it keeps saying anything with that address doesn't exist,

The attached control circuit will disable the spindle and servos of the machine if an Estop push button (PB) is pressed or change tool is requested. The arrangement is combination of both software and external hardwired circuit.

To stop any movement of the machine, the approach uses estop and reset pins of the halui component and redundant hardwired external circuit to disable any movement of the machine. The interface between the software and the hardwired circuit is done through digital I/O (2 or 3 inputs and two outputs).

Operation of this system is follows:
If an Estop PB is activated or tool change is requested machine will go into an Estop state.

• If only Estop is activated, operator is required to press push button reset to enable spindle and servos
• If tool change is requested, operator is required to change the tool, press tool changed PB (either hardwired or UI) and press reset PB to reset the estop and continue operation. (I know operators don’t like to press two buttons sequentially in certain order, but for their hands and fingers sake the extra mental challenge makes it worthwhile, I think!.

On the left side of the sheet is the electrical schematic. Showing use 5 relays. If you decide to use this circuit you need to determine the number of contacts normally open and normally closed before ordering the relays. The MCR contacts connection to servos and VFD are hardware dependent (if you need help with this part of the diagram ask)

On the right side is a postgui block diagram reflecting net listing of hal file see below.

 

#

---

# Load realtime Components and their counts

loadrt and2         count= 2
loadrt flipflop     count= 1
loadrt or2          count= 1

#

---

# Add functions to threads

addf and2.0                   servo-thread 
addf and2.1                   servo-thread 
addf flipflop.0               servo-thread 
addf or2.0                    servo-thread 

#

---

# Connect Pins with Wires

#     signal/wire                 connected Pins
#--+

---

+

---

net estop.activate.sig     halui.estop.activate  and2.1.in1  flipflop.0.out  
net estop.is-activated.sig halui.estop.is-activated  and2.0.in1  flipflop.0.reset  hm2-7i92.0.7i77.0.0.output-00  
net estop.reset.sig        halui.estop.reset  and2.0.out  
net external.reset         and2.0.in0  hm2-7i92.0.7i77.0.0.input-01  
net external=estop         flipflop.0.set  hm2-7i92.0.7i77.0.0.input-00  
net t.prepare.loop         iocontrol.0.tool-prepared  iocontrol.0.tool-prepare  
net t.xch.done             hal_manualtoolchange.changed  iocontrol.0.tool-changed  
net tool-changed           or2.0.in0  
net tool-xch.request       hal_manualtoolchange.change  iocontrol.0.tool-change  hm2-7i92.0.7i77.0.0.output-01  
net tool.changed           or2.0.out  and2.1.in0  
net tool.changed.button    hal_manualtoolchange.change_button  and2.1.out  
net tool.number            hal_manualtoolchange.number  iocontrol.0.tool-prep-number  
net ui.tool.change.pb      or2.0.in1  

That's analog servo (7I77) setup
if you make a (different name!) pncconf configuration for a 7I76E
it will make a step/dir setup as an example

This is what my hal shows for one of my axis servos, should be stp/dir. Does this look like a step/dir or analog code.

#*******************
# AXIS X JOINT 0
#*******************

setp pid.x.Pgain [JOINT_0]P
setp pid.x.Igain [JOINT_0]I
setp pid.x.Dgain [JOINT_0]D
setp pid.x.bias [JOINT_0]BIAS
setp pid.x.FF0 [JOINT_0]FF0
setp pid.x.FF1 [JOINT_0]FF1
setp pid.x.FF2 [JOINT_0]FF2
setp pid.x.deadband [JOINT_0]DEADBAND
setp pid.x.maxoutput [JOINT_0]MAX_OUTPUT
setp pid.x.error-previous-target true
# This setting is to limit bogus stepgen
# velocity corrections caused by position
# feedback sample time jitter.
setp pid.x.maxerror 0.000500

net x-index-enable <=> pid.x.index-enable
net x-enable => pid.x.enable
net x-pos-cmd => pid.x.command
net x-pos-fb => pid.x.feedback
net x-output <= pid.x.output

# ---PWM Generator signals/setup---

setp hm2_7i76e.0.7i77.0.3.analogout1-scalemax [JOINT_0]OUTPUT_SCALE
setp hm2_7i76e.0.7i77.0.3.analogout1-minlim [JOINT_0]OUTPUT_MIN_LIMIT
setp hm2_7i76e.0.7i77.0.3.analogout1-maxlim [JOINT_0]OUTPUT_MAX_LIMIT

net x-output => hm2_7i76e.0.7i77.0.3.analogout0
net x-pos-cmd joint.0.motor-pos-cmd
net x-enable joint.0.amp-enable-out
# enable _all_ sserial pwmgens
net x-enable hm2_7i76e.0.7i77.0.3.analogena

# ---Encoder feedback signals/setup---

#setp hm2_7i76e.0.encoder.01.counter-mode 0
#setp hm2_7i76e.0.encoder.01.filter 1
#setp hm2_7i76e.0.encoder.01.index-invert 0
#setp hm2_7i76e.0.encoder.01.index-mask 0
#setp hm2_7i76e.0.encoder.01.index-mask-invert 0
#setp hm2_7i76e.0.encoder.01.scale [JOINT_0]ENCODER_SCALE

net x-pos-fb <= hm2_7i76e.0.encoder.01.position
net x-vel-fb <= hm2_7i76e.0.encoder.01.velocity
net x-pos-fb => joint.0.motor-pos-fb
net x-index-enable joint.0.index-enable <=> hm2_7i76e.0.encoder.01.index-enable
net x-pos-rawcounts <= hm2_7i76e.0.encoder.01.rawcounts

# ---setup home / limit switch signals---

net x-home-sw => joint.0.home-sw-in
net x-neg-limit => joint.0.neg-lim-sw-in
net x-pos-limit => joint.0.pos-lim-sw-in

pncconf can setup step/dir and analog servo systems (they end up being very similar at the hal level)

That is, if you select a 7I76E in pnconf, the axis/joint setup is all step/dir as a 7I76E by
itself only supports step/dir motion.

If you setup say a 7I92+7I77 configuration, it will setup an analog servo system

Not sure what the easiest path is here but I see a couple options:

1. With pncconf, make a normal step/dir 7I76E configuration and a normal 7I77 configuration and merge them

2. Use pncconfs discover option

the 7i64 is connected to the 7i77 through tb6 i believe it is. They need to make the printing bigger for us old guys.

The 7I64 could be connected to either the 7I76E or 7I77

(it would be channel 1 on the 7I76E or channel 4 on the 7I77)

that sounds about right doesn't it. Im guessing the 7i64 is connected to the 7i77

That's 7I76E firmware for a 7I77 on P1

this is as much as i can fit in the screen. it should be 7i76e -7i77-7i64
 

It looks like 7I76E+7I77 firmware, but would need to see the pinout section to be sure

7i76E is connected to the computer through ethernet, the 7i77 connects to the 7i76e with a ribbon cable and the 7i64 connects to the 7i77 with a modified ethernet cable.
The boards have 5v and 24v field power.
It has been a while since I wired and had time to do the cards but I remember that I did flash one for some reason or another. Does it need different flashing for step direction than for analog?
And sorry again, as I said it has been a while since I had time to get into this again and don't remember where to type readhmid

It would be much better to give us correct info about your setup, like what is attached to 7i76 and 7i77?
Or is it a 7i76E with 7i77?
Did you flash the correct firmware for whatever is in use?
What does readhmid return?
Do the boards have 5V and Field (12-24V) power?

Hi Guys, I am having trouble getting my lathe to work.
It is an Old Superslant Hardinge.  It has 4 axis, 2 turrets each with an x and z and each with 8 tool changer.
The problem I have is that I have a working hal that connects to the boards, and all the io's are working.  But the drives both axis and spindle don't do anything.  The axis I know the problem is that im wired for step and direction and the configurator doesn't give a setup for that, and using the step configurator and blending the file is giving me a major headache.as its difficult to see what parts of one I need and what parts I can't have.
I am running 7i76-7i77 and 7i64.
Any suggestions as to how I can make or blend a hal file that will do what I want would be appreciated.