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AdelRTP
AdelRTP

20 Jun 2025 20:34

Replied by AdelRTP on topic Mesaflash 3.4.9 shows "Unsupported ethernet device 7I76EU" despite successful pi

Mesaflash 3.4.9 shows "Unsupported ethernet device 7I76EU" despite successful pi

Category: Driver Boards

Hi andypugh,
i dont know how to flash the pktUART, i dont know how to download it, i want to use it to control mr-je driver from Mitsubishi

andypugh

20 Jun 2025 20:20

Replied by andypugh on topic HURCO KMB-1 Control Update

HURCO KMB-1 Control Update

Category: Milling Machines

NT4Boy wrote:
By experimentation, the Y and X offsets can be entered pressing tool touch off with the wrong axis selected. On a 3 axis mill, as far as I can tell numbers in these columns are ignored.

They are not ignored, but if you have X and/or Y offsets applied when you touch-off then the tool offset anf G54 offsets will cancel out.

XY offsets are not often used on a mill, but some machines have one head and a number of tools that pop down from it, and XY offsets are useful there to account for the different positions of the tool axes.

I suggest making sure that all the offsets are zero in the tool-table editor.

If you do find that you have accidentally put an offset in the wrong axis, then you can MDI

G10 L1 Pn X0 Y0 G43

linuxcnc.org/docs/devel/html/gcode/g-code.html#gcode:g10-l1
Where "n" is the current tool number.

andypugh

20 Jun 2025 20:08

Replied by andypugh on topic Mesaflash 3.4.9 shows "Unsupported ethernet device 7I76EU" despite successful pi

Mesaflash 3.4.9 shows "Unsupported ethernet device 7I76EU" despite successful pi

Category: Driver Boards

AdelRTP wrote:
thanks a lot Tommy,
i’m trying to control two servo drives (Modbus RTU) with a Mesa 7i76EU in LinuxCNC, but I can’t use Classic Ladder or PktUART

Have you spotted the new Modbus / PktUART driver? It's more flexible that mesa_modbus. (but only exists in the dev version of LinuxCNC)

linuxcnc.org/docs/devel/html/man/man1/mesambccc.1.html
linuxcnc.org/docs/devel/html/man/man9/hm2_modbus.9.html

andypugh

20 Jun 2025 20:01

Replied by andypugh on topic Linuxcnc 2.4.5 with Ubuntu 10.04 , Terminated with Error!

Linuxcnc 2.4.5 with Ubuntu 10.04 , Terminated with Error!

Category: General LinuxCNC Questions

This problem has been seen at least once before. Maybe there is some help in this thread: forum.linuxcnc.org/38-general-linuxcnc-q...t-module-error#68736

tommylight

20 Jun 2025 19:56

Replied by tommylight on topic Mesaflash 3.4.9 shows "Unsupported ethernet device 7I76EU" despite successful pi

Mesaflash 3.4.9 shows "Unsupported ethernet device 7I76EU" despite successful pi

Category: Driver Boards

Moved to "driver boards" section.

andypugh

20 Jun 2025 19:53

Replied by andypugh on topic Probe tripped during non-probe move

Probe tripped during non-probe move

Category: Basic Configuration

npostma wrote:

Move down quickly until probe touch

Move up a bit

It might be better to probe up (to loss of contact) then slowly down again rather than do a maybe-too-long fixed-length move.

AdelRTP
AdelRTP

20 Jun 2025 19:39

Replied by AdelRTP on topic Mesaflash 3.4.9 shows "Unsupported ethernet device 7I76EU" despite successful pi

Mesaflash 3.4.9 shows "Unsupported ethernet device 7I76EU" despite successful pi

Category: Driver Boards

thanks a lot Tommy,
i’m trying to control two servo drives (Modbus RTU) with a Mesa 7i76EU in LinuxCNC, but I can’t use Classic Ladder or PktUART

andypugh

20 Jun 2025 19:34

Replied by andypugh on topic Remora - ethernet NVEM / EC300 / EC500 cnc board

Remora - ethernet NVEM / EC300 / EC500 cnc board

Category: Computers and Hardware

tuxcnc wrote:

But this is very bad idea to send encoder's index pulse by ethernet.
Let's make calculations.
3000 rpm and 1 ms base_thread is 18 degrees accuracy - not acceptable.

This is actually fine, and is how all the other encoders work (Mesa, Pico, software)

The counts are cleared on the index.
At the beginning of the execution thread the motion controller gets the _current_ position, which includes all counts since the index.
These are used to calculate the actual position in space of the index.
It isn't even time-critical, what the controller gets is the position in space of the index. It would still be perfectly accurate even if the motor did several turns between the index reset and the data getting to the PC.

andypugh

20 Jun 2025 19:21

Replied by andypugh on topic Errors when searching for axis origins

Errors when searching for axis origins

Category: General LinuxCNC Questions

Yes, there is almost certainly something that you can do in HAL to make this work. Do the drives / encoders provide an output to say that they are ready?

You could try enabling the encoders as soon as the machine is out of e-stop, and potentially add a delay in HAL that disables motion for a suitable time.

What needs turning on in what order to make it work?

andypugh

20 Jun 2025 19:16

Replied by andypugh on topic Do I need a better PC?

Do I need a better PC?

Category: EtherCAT

I don't know much about EtherCAT but I would have expected most of the motor control to be located in the slave device, so that LinuxCNC can't make it run rough. (but I might be wrong)

Do the servos initially do the field orientation with hall sensors and then switch to the encoder? If so then it could be a dodgy hall sensor or hall sensor connection. (Motors will run rough if the commutation is wrong)

andypugh

20 Jun 2025 19:10

Replied by andypugh on topic Tool changer script

Tool changer script

Category: General LinuxCNC Questions

Have you looked at the sample config sim/axis/remap/rack-toolchange

You can run that as a simulator to see if it works like you want, and then look at the way it is done to adapt to your own needs.

It works by re-mapping M6 to call a G-code subroutine.

PCW

20 Jun 2025 18:40

Replied by PCW on topic HURCO KMB-1 Control Update

HURCO KMB-1 Control Update

Category: Milling Machines

The 7I73 does not currently support any higher resolution A-D modes,
(I think the issue was exceeded the total serial data available) but
one simple thing to try is to low-pass filter the 8 bit data from the 7I73
in hal before using it to control the spindle speed.

If the flicker is greater than 1 LSB it may also be that you are picking
up some noise in the potentiometer wiper line. You could reduce this
by adding a small (say 1 uF) capacitor from the potentiometer wiper
terminal to 7I73 GND.