Brother TC-211

version 2.5.4. And Ill reset and try the man orient




no luck on the command line input

Ok I just upgraded to 2.63

Ran it again and got a new error message


Debug file information:
Brother_TC-211.hal:238: pin 'hm2_5i25.0.encoder.00.index-enable' is connected to a signal
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Stopping realtime threads
Unloading hal components

I went in and edited the encoder to 03. Thats the spindle encoder, and got another error.

Debug file information:
Brother_TC-211.hal:242: Unknown command 'aetp'
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Unloading hal components


and the bad line

aetp pid.0.maxoutput 90

should it read

aetp pid.03.maxoutput 90

mblaszkiewicz wrote: Brother_TC-211.hal:238: pin 'hm2_5i25.0.encoder.00.index-enable' is connected to a signal

We are making progress, getting towards the bottom of the file now. (line 238)

This is a mistake on my part again.

# make sure the encoder is aligned to index
setp hm2_5i25.0.encoder.00.index-enable 1

Needs to be encoder.03.index-enable for the spindle. (Copy and paste error, sorry)

Debug file information:
Brother_TC-211.hal:242: parameter or pin 'pid.0.maxoutput' not found
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PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND
Stopping realtime threads
Unloading hal components

Still something wrong here

And the hal file section

#SPINDLE ORIENT CHANGES

setp hm2_5i25.0.encoder.03.scale 4098
#set the orientation angle here
setp orient.0.angle 180
# make sure the encoder is aligned to index
setp hm2_5i25.0.encoder.03.index-enable 1
# these values will require adjustment!!!!!
setp pid.spindle.Pgain 1
setp pid.spindle.Igain 0.001
setp pid.0.maxoutput 90 <line 242 the error line

mblaszkiewicz wrote: Brother_TC-211.hal:242: parameter or pin 'pid.0.maxoutput' not found

This is what happens when I try to write a HAL file without a LinuxCNC machine to test it on. (though without a 7i77 I could never have tested this file).
Anyway, the problem here is that it isn't pid.0, it is pid.spindle.maxoutput
I even got it right in the two lines above the error...

Debug file information:
Brother_TC-211.hal:245: Pin 'orient-pos' does not exist
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net spindle orient-pos orient.0.command => pid.spindle.command

Ok I have no idea at all

This is what happens when I try to write a HAL file without a LinuxCNC machine to test it on. (though without a 7i77 I could never have tested this file).



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mblaszkiewicz wrote: Brother_TC-211.hal:245: Pin 'orient-pos' does not exist

net spindle orient-pos orient.0.command => pid.spindle.command

Ok I have no idea at all

Sorry, it was 2am last night, I had to log out.

I can see why that one is hard to decode. The problem is another typo.
The format of a "net" command is
net signal pin pin pin pin....

Unfortunately I put a space instead of a hyphen in the signal name, so the net command is creating a signal called "spindle" then trying to connect a pin called "orient-pos" to it.

The line needs to be

I will do that change tonight. At work now. Again thanks so much for the help.

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