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Thanks for the suggestion i will read in to it and try to go from there!

After a long break, I am trying to get the EL6751 up and running. However, I am already failing to get the terminal into the Run status without a bus error.
I have currently tried to configure the terminal with Twincat (the terminal is running in Twincat).
Saving the configuration in the terminal and starting lcnc without initcmds leads to status OP but BusOff. Mapping the first PDO (1600) EL6751 is stuck in Preop.
Starting with exported initcmds lead to the status Preop. It seems that the SDO download is not possible for reasons unknown to me.

Does anyone have an idea how I can solve this problem?

blazini36 wrote:

lol OK, here's a summary of the conversation:

Me "hey you're wrong about this serial thing"
You: "Oh yeah well you're a fascist......and an NPC.

This is pretty embarrassing.

It seems you got the wrong end of the stick. This was my statement.


This is kind of going off the rails now. I quite happy to not totally agree with you but also not think you are a fascist.

I did agree to not agree, was happy to do so.

I don't know how saying "not think you are a fascist" is calling you fascist. I would think it means the complete opposite.

Now the NPC comment was not right, but then again suggesting someone may have a mental issue was wrong as well. Yes that was childish on my behalf. [joke]But then again you stated it.[/joke]

For the sake of harmony I unconditionally withdraw the NPC statement, I'm kind of impressed you're aware of the term.

I would also implore you to reread the portion of text where you incorrectly thought I called you a fascist. It was half meant as a bit of levity and half meant to see what reaction you would have. Unfortunately you reacted as many others have on previous occasions, you see one word and pay no attention to the words before & after. In all reality resorting to calling someone a fascist to a very minor disagreement is way over the top. Furthermore it would be an incorrect use of the word. To think that you ,quoting definition of a fascist, ie: political philosophy characterized by authoritarian views and a strong central government, would be the greatest of leaps. You mentioned no hard adherence to authoritarian views nor support of a strong central government.

Maybe you guys could just agree to disagree and move on?

lol OK, here's a summary of the conversation:

Me "hey you're wrong about this serial thing"
You: "Oh yeah well you're a fascist......and an NPC.

This is pretty embarrassing.

spindle is echo tech korean brand
hsk25 40krpm 4kw

There isn't a stepconf or pncconf equivalent for ethercat so what I do is to configure the machine using one of these tools and then replace the connection to hardware. Editing by hand. Can be a bit of a handful for a first tine linuxcnc project.
Here is what other people do, including a link to rodw's example ethercat config. forum.linuxcnc.org/ethercat/51016-what-d...recommended-hardware
 

Hey everyone,

So the Gentoo image itself is ready to go, Turboss tested the kernel on his end and saw better performance and more consistency. The only issue right now is qtpyvcp.

I am going to leave this decision completely up to you guys because I can go either way; should I publish the release and updated installer as-is, or should I spend more time (unknown how long it will take) to get qtpyvcp working with the image before pushing everything?

I can do a release now, then update the image again once qtpyvcp is working, that way you guys at least have something for now, but it's up to you.

Thanks,

Alec

Thank you for the answers.

This keeps things easier, "problems solved" so far. Next up is to hook up the spindle drive.

Greetings Timo

Nice. I could not find where you have told us what spindle you are using. Please share.

You can drive the VFD directly with RS485 via a USB to RS485 adapter without bothering with Ethercat. Worked perfectly for me.
I think if you wanted to use Ethercat to drive a VFD, you would use a Ethercat compatible VFD.
There is a Omron MX2 driver included. but I have never used it.
 

Machine partially rebuilt.
Did wind up finding that one of the linear blocks was damaged. order some new ones. I lapped and realigned everything, so things should be more precise now too - better than 0.001" over the whole work area pre compensation. Hopefully by next weekend its all running again with the new spindle and vacuum. woo. 

 

I am in the middle of building an EtherCAT system using a Beckhoff EK1100 and would like to use the el6021 module to drive my spindle VFD with RS485.
I've searched the forum and seen it mentioned briefly a couple times but I can't find where anyone has got a driver working for it?
How hard would that be to accomplish?

Hi All
I have been trying to set the smart serial node addresses in stmbl config so I can use multiple stmbl modules with an 7i96s.
Could anyone enlighten me as to how to set node addresses in the stmbl?######## software info ########STMBL v0.9.18 v0.9.18-184-g9590cb33Branch masterCompiled 2024-12-28 15:41:15 by scott on scott-Ubuntu-iMacGCC 10.3.1 20210621 (release)newlib 3.3.0CMSIS 4.30StdPeriph 1.6.0size: 340888 crc:65008998######## Bootloader info ########STMBL-Bootloader v0.9.18 v0.9.18-184-g9590cb33######## HV info ########STMBL-hv-f303 v0.9.18 v0.9.18-184-g9590cb33hv start:0x801024c ,size:0x1a54c ,end0x802a798

Many thanks in advance.
Dean

Lcvette wrote:

its been a while since i tested this, and i currently have a large project pulled that i don't want to exist until finished as we are preparing a release for qtpyvcp and probe basic.

based on spumco's response above does this mean that a remap for 200+ mcodes is required? i think spumco is running probe basic also if memory serves so his experience should be the same as the pb sim.
 

Lcvette -

I'm running PB on my mill, and will use PB on the lathe when it's mechanically done.

My suggestion is to use remap for everything when you have a bunch of custom M-codes.  In fact, I may change my M100-M103 to m100.ngc remaps.

Reason being is that if you have some m-codes as User Defined Commands, and some as remaps... they're going to be in different folders and 'look' different to anyone poking around in the folders or trying to edit them.

I think for clarity it'd be better to have everything in one place, in the same basic format.  And once you've got the remap for one m-code, it's easy enough to paste a bunch more in the INI file.

Using remaps also lets you organize the m-code numbers somewhat logically without running out of headroom.  In my case, since I've got about 3 different 'mist' functions and 3 or 4 different pneumatic cyls/grippers planned, I could use M700-M702 for the mist, and maybe M900-M904 for the automation stuff.

You could also number all the Probe Basic probing routines as M200-Mnn instead of the long text names.

If your list gets long enough, you can also put a "MCODES.txt" file in the subroutines folder with a (hopefully current) list of what they all do.