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Yes. First thing I checked is the HAL. This has been a machine that runs daily. no changes whatsoever.

That is exactly what I measured. Disconnected the analog out from the spindle drive, then measured. It's wildly non-linear. What Can I do? I live far away from US and don't really have a way to get a new one too. Can you provide the op amp model so that I can try to fix it?

Spindle drive did emit a bad EMI. I had to put filters in the power line of the PC. But didn't expect it to affect the analog out. 10V power is fed through a separate isolated 10V supply. spindle drive is a 11KW SZGH drive. This worked untouched from 2021 and did run daily without a hiccup. This was the only issue that I ever came across.

I suspect its something with the tachometer emulation or connections to the Fanuc drive

How did the original drive get velocity feedback?

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Szymik wrote:

Hello,

few days ago my laptop died

Does the hard drive still work?
If yes, yank it out and put it in the new PC, it should work without installing anything and the machine should work as before.
If the install has failed, you can use a USB stick with any Live Linux to read the existing config and copy it to another USB, then to the new PC.
Or just check what pin setup you had there.

Did you check the the analog command (xx.n.7i76.0.0.spinout) in hal is as expected?
that is 1000 for a 1000 RPM command with a scale of 10000
(in case you have feedback in the PID setup and there is a encoder issue)

If the analog spindle output (when disconnected from the VFD) is non-linear
relative to xx.n.7i76.0.0.spinout pin, it likely means the the OP-AMP buffer
in the analog output circuit has been damaged, perhaps by EMI from the VFD

At lower end it's about twice the voltage, then the error gets lower as we go up. I also noticed spindle rpm glitching once. I have an encoder and had setup spindle at speed with that, That's how I noticed first. Then measured the voltages.

Even in this fuzzy state i do not think it is the board, i have over 70 or 80 (probably more) of them in daily use for over 10 years and none ever failed nor any hiccups nor any issues ever.
I'll shut up now ...
Then again moisture does cause issues ...

No not twisted for that, shielded, RG58 or RG59 antenna cable if you do not have anything thinner.
Twisted cables are not for analog use.

I am in the US. That vibration on analogout3 is the million dollar question. If I disconnect the wires on analogout0 the vibration completely goes away on analogout3.

I am using original wiring except for 8-10inches of twisted pairs for both analog signals to connect the original wiring to the mesa boards.

Let's wait for PCW I guess. There's no way I can get a replacement for this fast enough. If I can repair it it will be a great help.

harindugamlath wrote:

I Think you didn't get that it's voltage output that has changed.

Oh i did, but being deprived of sleep for 3 days and having now slept for 11 hours is messing my head up badly, so i urgently need a coffee or two.
Sorry.

Another look and...you are in US, that looks like 60Hz noise.
Edit:
I need a coffee or two, but still, why is that vibration on analogout3?

Thanks for the response! I’ve followed that outline pretty carefully but get stuck at setting P. It doesn’t matter what I set it to I can’t get rid of the vibration in the motor. If it’s too high or too low I get following errors but no value reduces the vibration to an acceptable level. The screenshot in the first post shows the minimum level of vibration I can get by changing P. I’ve tried increasing the dead band but that doesn’t seem to help unless it’s so big that it gives following errors.

No. It's just as before. I Think you didn't get that it's voltage output that has changed. it's sending out 2V instead of 1V. This one has been untouched since 2021. Mesa card is acting up.

Check the VFD, probably set at 0-5V instead of 0-10V.