PathPilot and Modbus

smgvbest
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10 years 6 months ago #72625 by smgvbest

PathPilot and Modbus was created by smgvbest

Has anyone worked on getting a MODBUS devices working with PathPilot, example VFS Spindles? or PLC's for Digital In/Out?
Wondering what would be entailed in doing so?

my best guess is getting full linuxcnc ~2.6.3 compiling. but then can you just copy the modules to /home/operator/tmc/bin and/or lib and use them?

TIA
Sandra

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10 years 6 months ago #72636 by cncbasher

Replied by cncbasher on topic PathPilot and Modbus

as far as i can see looking at the sources Modbus is installed , so you should not have any problems
just treat it exactly the same as Linuxcnc .

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10 years 6 months ago #72652 by smgvbest

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Thank you
I did try it and added to my tormach_lathe_sim.hal
loadusr -W mb2hal config=mb2hal.ini
with jsut a default sample config

Immediately got a error. checking the log I say mb2hal not found
went to the sources directory and cp mb2hal ~/tmc/bin

Rebooted, quicker actually

Came up ok this time except excessive logging so tweaked the debug settings in the sample (doesn't actually have anything it's connecting to at this point)

Code:

Loaded HAL Components:
ID      Type  Name                                      PID   State
User  halcmd2687                                 2687 ready
RT    milljogtranslator                               ready
User  shuttlexpress4                             2682 ready
RT    time                                            ready
User  tormach                                    2672 ready
User  inihal                                     2671 ready
RT    near                                            ready
RT    scale                                           ready
RT    lowpass                                         ready
RT    limit2                                          ready
RT    sim_encoder                                     ready
RT    encoder                                         ready
>>  19  User  mb2hal                                     2657 ready
User  usbio                                      2656 ready
RT    not                                             ready
RT    tormachltc                                      ready
RT    pwmgen                                          ready
RT    abs                                             ready
RT    estop_latch                                     ready
RT    stepgen                                         ready
RT    motmod                                          ready
RT    trivkins                                        ready
User  halui                                      2644 ready
User  iocontrol                                  2642 ready

and I can see the hal variables showing up

Code:

float OUT             0  mb2hal.XDrive01.00.float
s32   OUT             0  mb2hal.XDrive01.00.int
float OUT             0  mb2hal.XDrive01.01.float
s32   OUT             0  mb2hal.XDrive01.01.int
u32   OUT    0x00000000  mb2hal.XDrive01.num_errors

now to make it work

I do want to write a custom VFD Driver for the Teco EV101 but figure using mb2hal would be quickest way to get a spindle going.
also have some Modbus Relays to use which for mb2hal should be simple to implement.

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10 years 6 months ago #72693 by racedirector

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I had to install libmodbus on my PathPilot install to get mb2hal to work properly. I'll go out and check what version I installed. Yes, mb2hal had to be in ~/tmc/bin as you found out. I run an Hitachi X200 VFD via mb2hal so it is possible.

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10 years 6 months ago #72697 by Swapper

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racedirector any chance you can share the config for the Hitachi X200 VFD ?

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10 years 6 months ago #72755 by racedirector

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No problem, attached.

Used like this:

Code:

# Blacksheep Woodworks Addition for x200 VFD
loadusr -Wn x200 mb2hal config=x200vfd.ini

loadrt scale count=1
addf scale.0 servo-thread
setp scale.0.gain .16666667


net spindle-speed-out scale.0.in motion.spindle-speed-out tormach.spindle-speed-out 
net x200-freq x200.frequency.00 <= scale.0.out

net x200-run x200.run.00 <= motion.spindle-on
net spindle-at-speed x200.at-speed.00 <= motion.spindle-at-speed

setp x200.direction.00 0

I don't currently use all the definitions in the ini yet, got sidetracked getting PathPilot working

This line connects the spindle speed to the PathPilot display. Took me a while to figure that one out!

Code:

net spindle-speed-out scale.0.in motion.spindle-speed-out tormach.spindle-speed-out 

Cheers

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smgvbest
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10 years 6 months ago #73017 by smgvbest

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Cool, Thank you for the information, I'm still setting things up on the Lathe Side. got the PathPilot PC running.
Will try running the pncconf for the mesa card and get the steppers working first, then then work on the spindle.
Good to know I can get the spindle working and my relays should follow with no problems, or so I hope.

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