config all good on mesa 7i96s?

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1 year 6 months ago #325405 by konrad
Hello everyone,I've recently converted a second hand CNC router from Mach3 with ESS to LinuxCNC with a Mesa 7i96s board. I've used PNCconf to generate my initial configuration, but I'd appreciate if someone could review my settings and let me know if everything looks okay.Machine Specs:
  • X460, Y750mm, Z300   
  • 20mm linear rails
  • 10mm pitch ballscrews, 20mm diameter
  • Construction: aluminum profiles bolted to 12mm steel plates, welded gantry sides
  • Motors: Y-axis 6.8Nm stepper, Z + X-axis 3Nm stepper
  • Drives: DM556 V1 48v
  • Spindle: 24K RPM 2.2kW ER20
  • inductive endstops 
  • good latency values mostly sub 3000ns servo
PNCconf Settings:
  • Step On-Time: 5000 nanoseconds
  • Maximum Velocity: 3000 mm/min
  • Maximum Acceleration: 400 mm/sec²
Key Config Values from INI File:
  • X travel: -2.0mm to 460.0mm (STEP_SCALE = -200.0)
  • Y travel: -2.0mm to 750.0mm (STEP_SCALE = 200.0)
  • Z travel: -300.0mm to 0.01mm (STEP_SCALE = -400.0)
  • Step timing: DIRSETUP/DIRHOLD = 10000ns, STEPLEN/STEPSPACE = 5000ns
Questions:
  1. I see a
    Code:
    z-neg-limit
    signal in my HAL file that doesn't seem to be connected to anything - is this a problem?
  2. Are my velocity and acceleration values reasonable for this type of machine?
  3. Any other issues or recommendations before I start cutting?

changes/upgrades
As I am already in the process of messing with the machine, would you recommend any meaningful upgrades or changes to it? I will mostly mill soft materials like wood but also want to try aluminium. 
  1. should I change the microstepping ( it is 10x at the moment)
  2. other stepper motor or drivers?
  3. switch to s curve compact fork?
I've attached HAL and INI files below for reference. Thanks in advance for any advice!

 

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1 year 6 months ago #325406 by konrad
Edit seems to brake the original post, ini was missing

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1 year 6 months ago #325419 by tommylight
1. should be connected to z minimum limit in hal, will check later if i can
2. yes, they are OK
3. yes, remove one of the big power supplies, one of those is more than enough for 3 drives.
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1. yes, use 8 or 16, not 10
2. no, those should do just fine.
3. no, it is still in development, make the machine work first, fancy stuff later.

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1 year 6 months ago #325505 by konrad
thank you, I switched the drives to 16x and configured probe basic and a tool changing subroutine, seems to be working fine.

Probably the two power supplies are not necessary, but it was like that when I bought it. Any cons leaving it as it is?

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