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THCAD-2 two pieces just ordered. Regarding CPC port: are we talking about Hypertherm Part Number ‎428653?

However Equatation 40, i dont understand the first greek character, and the name of this character.

The greek letter is 'kappa' and stands for curvature

someone has probably done it:


I have now also ordered some to try to integrate them into RIO

inverting the SSR output will work _BUT_ it will not have the desired effect
because after a LinuxCNC fault or before LinuxCNC is running, the drives will
be enabled.

If you cannot invert the _DISABLE_ function on your drive, its best to logically
invert the signal externally, one way would be:

+5V --> 47 Ohm 1W --> All drive _DISABLE_+ inputs
GND --> All drive _DISABLE_ - inputs

7I96S OUT0+ --> All drive _DISABLE_+ inputs
7I96S OUT0-   --> GND

 

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still an error

I've been considering this basically hostmot2/lbp16 over EtherCAT so the driver is pretty much the same
(just using Ethercat for transport)
 

Is there some reason you are not using the built in analog out on the 7I96S for the VFD?
 

@Fabian,

Thank you for nice illustration. This indeed will not work.
Good you have seen the Frego paper is not suitable for our work!

For the new paper, i managed to code Equatation 39.  
However Equatation 40, i dont understand the first greek character, and the name of this character.

@Automata,

Currently there is no filleting algo active in the source.
Latest update was to test scurve by Julian.
Also G93,94,95 work now.

Next to do is add filletizing algo. Should be nice if we can directly add a 3d clothoid.

Sorry I wasn't clear.

I'm looking for 7i96+7i85 firmware.

As of a year ago, see "Install Advice (HOME_USE_INDEX with stepper using an encoder)", the default firmware didn't supply the stepgen index-enable pin.

I need firmware that supports HOME_USE_INDEX and a PWM pin for a VFD.

When you home the machine Linuxcnc uses the Forward kinematics to calculate the Axis positions (ie the values you see in the DRO of the gui) and from there on it uses the Inverse kinematic to calculate the joint (ie motor) positions after homing.
If your machine is moving the correct distances when you issue say G0 or G1 commands then you should be fine.


Don't forget that you need to run 'halcompile --install ...' again after making changes.

Hi I try to invert the enable logic on my mesa 7i96s without luck.# --- MACHINE-IS-ENABLED ---setp hm2_7i96s.0.ssr.invert.00 truenet machine-is-enabled => hm2_7i96s.0.ssr.00.out-00
 
But the signal is still not inverted. Any help on this?

my connection is
5v ->   ena+
ena- ->  out+(mesa)
out- -> gnd

now it is when it is enabled the driver is disabled

Thanks Aciera!

I went through the process described and tweaked around a little and I think I got it to work.

Now I'll admit that I'm having a bit of a hard time to wrap my head around exactly what the inverse transformation is used for. I think I got it right but even when I try to deliberately sabotage the inverse formula I can't see any errors or different behavior in AXIS.

I guess what I'm asking is if there are any simple way of testing that I got the inverse formula right?

Hi everyone,
I know this question has come up before, but are there any current plans for an EtherCAT version of a Mesa Card?In my opinion, such a card would be a fantastic addition, especially for setups involving encoders or more complex configurations like Smart Serial connections.

For those retrofitting CNCs, the benefits would be substantial. For example, if you purchase a new spindle servo with EtherCAT, you could simply add a Mesa EtherCAT card and consolidate everything into a single communication line.

The challenge right now is the lack of high-quality, affordable EtherCAT options. Most available solutions are either industrial-grade (and prohibitively expensive) or limited in functionality. As a reference, even used single encoder cards from Beckhoff cost around 100€ or more.

It feels like there’s a real opportunity here, particularly for encoder cards. Personally, I’d love to have the option to integrate linear encoders into my axes with ethercad. And in my opinion it would future proof the mesa cards.

Just wanted to share my thoughts—what do others think PCW?

To give an answer, i just tested on my machine. I think the probe tripped error is momentary, to avoid a bad crash, and stop movement. Just cancel and ignore that message and continue.
On my machine it worked to release from toolsetter while probe tripped

G91 G38.4 Z2 F50
G0 G90 G53 Z0