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Is there a difference between the configuration of the XHC-WHB04B-4 and the XHC-WHB04B-6. I understand there may be more buttons on the -6 but I'm more concerned about the core functionality of the MPG wheel, axis selection switch, and the step scale switch. I got it working in Axis sim but not sure I have it working perfectly. I started out with the example config from the documentation page. I did notice that hitting the "W-HOME" button invoked a Macro 4 popup in Axis, which seemed odd.

forum.linuxcnc.org/49-basic-configuratio...3-axis-router#340542

Usually due to naming errors, like spindle.enable should be spindle.0.enable, axis should be joints, etc.

Hi Tommy

Thank you for the heads up, I did some reading prior to get the vfd signal going and did hear to other peoples warnings on this forum so I've got an abs component running successfully. The issue is the pendant won't send rpm signal to analogue output 5 were as axis will ?

NWE wrote:

 
I'm still amazed a 10mA signal could smoke like that.

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It is enough to start a chain reaction, same as throwing a wrench on any complicated machinery, no matter how small.
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As for the subject, i used a Mesa 7i77 to drive a car power amplifier as a servo drive, so i had to limit voltage from going above +-2V and it worked pretty good, given the limited current those amplifiers can deliver (it will trigger over current on any faster move), but i forgot how i did the limiting in hal, pretty sure it was the MAX and MIN OUTPUT set to 2, but fuzzy on what else.
I also did 0 to +5V and it also worked, but tried with those arduino PWM drives and that did not work as analog and PWM are not the same, you can do analog from PWM easily with an RC, but not vice versa.
This was probably 10 or more years ago...

tommylight wrote:

and sometimes with smoke signals...

 

Ouch! been there done that. I'm still amazed a 10mA signal could smoke like that.

A friendly warning, Mesa 7i77 can output negative voltages up to -10V, and most VFD's will complain about it vigorously and sometimes with smoke signals, so it would be advisable to wait for someone more experienced on how to limit the Mesa output going negative by probably editing the hal file and/or even using ABS component.

Hello all

I installed a 0-10v signal from my MESA 7i77 board to the vfd to control rpm and my XHC-W04B-6 pendant will enable the spindle but wont tell the spindle to turn at default spindle speed set in the ini file .  Any help would be appreciated.

Regards 
James 

Aha. Many thanks - commenting out that duplicated line did the trick, so I now have the machine moving in closed loop, homing correctly and e-stopping safely. That's a great step forward and it feels as if I'm getting close to getting this sorted out.

I now have to get the xhc-whb04b-6 MPG connected up (currently commented out) and the spindle vfd doesn't respond, so I'll need to check that out too.

Andy Pugh's macros don't show up in my GUI. I have the tab showing up but clicking on it does nothing - none of the graphics appear. There are several gmoccapy lathe sims that work but something's not right in my setup. Again, I'm not clear what files need to be where and what configs need to be set up. Is there any documentation for the lathe macros that I can refer to?

Many thanks

tommylight wrote:

@Rod,
We can not edit your youtube videos on your youtube studio!
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how is the html code for grin?

That's quite an old video now. There are more reasons  in 2.10  to grin
In  2.10 there is a change to how Deb files are built by doing it the Debian way which installs all the dependencies for you. It is described in the building linuxcnc docs for 2.10. I do remember testing it prerelease and it was sooo simple,,, except for building the docs.

i made an support request (issue) on git...

"Support for additional device ID (0xeb91) for XHC-WHB04B-6 clone (EDING CNC rebrand)"

We have already added at least one extra ID. Should be easy to add more.

github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/pull/987

EdingCNC uses a Chinese clone of this wireless handwheel, probably with a customized Product ID. I’m not sure if this is a general issue, but it might be interesting for users who want to switch from EdingCNC to LinuxCNC without buying a new wireless handwheel controller.
The controller sold by EdingCNC — which is basically identical to the ones available on AliExpress — costs more than €300. It is needed in order to run with the EDING CNC Software.

@Gogonfa
It might be worth raising an issue on github & maybe request that the PID could included on the line that loads the driver.

Could be of immense help further down the track.

Hi @all,

the issue with the Product ID on my Eding CNC branded wirless Handwheel ist solved. By changing the PorductID in the usb.h file and a rebuild of LinuxCNC, everything works fine