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rodw wrote:

I thought it had already been established that Tormach do not have jerk limiting.
Another possibility would be to run a gcode filter to "normalize" the gcode for performance and jerk limiting. Joco's Monokrom filters out all holes and replaces them with its own optimised code with custom leadins so it can be powerful in the right hands...

Um, what? Where did you hear this?
Pathpilot for the 1500mx has jerk limiting and other g64 features. However the source people have had access to on here (like grotius) was an older version without these features.

So, ask tormach for the source again, it should now be the 1500mx version.

 

For the CSP and similar modes generally the target position is fed directly from the joint pos-cmd output, so it does not go through a PID control to account for error like you might see in a velocity control loop with positional feedback.

NWE wrote:

I have to order one of these. Will probably take 30-60 days to get to me. About a month to cross the Pacific plus 5-10 days in customs plus 5-10 days ground freight....

Message them here lichuanmotor.en.alibaba.com/productgroup...408298/EtherCAT.html

They shipped DHL and got to me across the Pacific in about 4 days for USD $32

I thought it had already been established that Tormach do not have jerk limiting.
Another possibility would be to run a gcode filter to "normalize" the gcode for performance and jerk limiting. Joco's Monokrom filters out all holes and replaces them with its own optimised code with custom leadins so it can be powerful in the right hands...

rodw wrote:

They have listings of sets with the drives on Aliexpress but I messaged them direct on Alibaba to buy the drive. Had it in about 4 days ex China via DHL.

We have to get this going as its soo cheap!
 

I have to order one of these. Will probably take 30-60 days to get to me. About a month to cross the Pacific plus 5-10 days in customs plus 5-10 days ground freight....

I had a Yoga once. I even ran Linux in it. Nice laptop but no wired internet so not suitable for Mesa cards.
Even if it had one, the power savings features and very limited ability to tweak the BIOS would render it unsuitable.
If it had a PCMCIA card ( don't think it does) you might be able to install a PMCIA network adapter

If mesaflash reported that error, update mesaflash
(instructions on the git site or above in this thread)

github.com/LinuxCNC/mesaflash

If LinuxCNC reported the issue, you need t o update LinuxCNC.

(You don't actually have to update LinuxCNC as it will work fine but will complain about the card every time you start LinuxCNC)
 

Whats is your name on the email? (just the name not the full email address)

The 7I96S's are at assembly and should be available in 3-4 weeks

tommylight wrote:

I did check, i can not find anything from Lichuan on Amazon.de, bloody hell, this would have easily been the thing to suck me into EtherCAT, but nooooo...

They have listings of sets with the drives on Aliexpress but I messaged them direct on Alibaba to buy the drive. Had it in about 4 days ex China via DHL.

We have to get this going as its soo cheap!

I'm having the exact same problem, has anyone figured out what's going on?

Tks

I did check, i can not find anything from Lichuan on Amazon.de, bloody hell, this would have easily been the thing to suck me into EtherCAT, but nooooo...

Sorry its from Lichuan. They also have a closed loop one too

Hi guys. I've spent the morning having a go at getting a 4 axis ethercat drive working.
Just the most basic config I could devise from Dominic's sample.
I got movement from the first drive but its not right. just a whine and a bare stutter.
I wondered if one of the phases was the wrong polarity but no luck with that. The same result which was odd.

There is a windows USB config program which let me set the motor amps to 2 amps and I could see the steps/rev was 10000 which seemed high.
Any ideas would be appreciated. They are a good solution if we can get it going at USD $92 + shipping (for 4 stepper drives - $23 each stepper)

For what it's worth, did you try to connect USB power to both adapters? They appear to have a 'charger port' in the side. I think HDMI can supply some power but it seems quite limited.

a quick follow-up on the E stop. I checked everything on my side that I could think of and the light stays on. I just upgraded from the original PB where the E stop button worked as it should. Maybe I was not clear with my issue. When I activate my e stop on my pendant the screen E stop light goes off. However if i push the screen E stop button the machine stops but the button stays on. You think its still on my side?