7i96 Configuration Problems

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4 years 10 months ago #228661 by PCW

Replied by PCW on topic 7i96 Configuration Problems

Electrically, for the isolated inputs
you would typically wire +24V to
one side of your float switch and ARC_OK
contacts and connect the other sides to 7I96
inputs. Then the 7I96 input common (TB3 pin 12) would
connect to the 24V common. These inputs
(TB3 pins 1 through 11) map to GPIO hal pins
0 through 10

The information in a pin listing other than the pin name
is the pin type (bit S32 U32 Float), The state of the pin
(true or false for a pin of type bit), the pin direction,
and the owner

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4 years 10 months ago #228662 by salem747

Replied by salem747 on topic 7i96 Configuration Problems

OK, so added in the SSR type pin for torch on (hm2_7i96.0.ssr.00.out-00) and changed the pin for float to hm2_7i96.0.gpio.009.in. The same error comes up.

Attachment not found

There is no entry for the float in the connections.HAL file, can I just write in the float here? Why isn't the configurator doing this?

Attachment not found

Then if I go back to the configurator to reconfigure, I get this:

Attachment not found

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4 years 10 months ago #228663 by phillc54

Replied by phillc54 on topic 7i96 Configuration Problems

The connections.hal file looks totally wrong, it should have content similar to below.

what version of LinuxCNC are you running?

Warning: Spoiler!

Code:

# Keep your PlasmaC I/O connections here to prevent them from
# being overwritten by updates or pncconf/stepconf changes

# Other customisations may be placed here as well
# This file is built by the configurator in your configuration directory

#***** DEBOUNCE FOR THE INPUTS *****
loadrt dbounce names=db_breakaway,db_float,db_ohmic,db_arc-ok
addf db_float     servo-thread
addf db_ohmic     servo-thread
addf db_breakaway servo-thread
addf db_arc-ok    servo-thread
# for the float and ohmic inputs
# each increment in delay is a 0.001mm (0.00004") increase in any probed height result
setp db_float.delay     5
setp db_ohmic.delay     5
setp db_breakaway.delay 5
setp db_arc-ok.delay    5

#***** ARC VOLTAGE LOWPASS FILTER *****
#***** change to the cutoff frequency you require *****
setp plasmac.lowpass-frequency 0

#***** THE JOINT ASSOCIATED WITH THE Z AXIS *****
net plasmac:axis-position   joint.3.pos-fb                 =>  plasmac.axis-z-position

#***** MODE 0 CONNECTIONS ****
#net plasmac:arc-voltage-in  ***YOUR_PLASMA_ARC_VOLTAGE***  =>  plasmac.arc-voltage-in

#***** MODE 1 CONNECTIONS ****
#net plasmac:arc-voltage-in  ***YOUR_PLASMA_ARC_VOLTAGE***  =>  plasmac.arc-voltage-in
#net plasmac:arc-ok-in       ***YOUR_PLASMA_ARC_OK***       =>  db_arc-ok.in

#***** MODE 2 CONNECTIONS ****
#net plasmac:arc-ok-in       ***YOUR_PLASMA_ARC_OK***       =>  db_arc-ok.in
#net plasmac:move-down       ***YOUR_MOVE_DOWN_SIGNAL***    =>  plasmac.move-down
#net plasmac:move-up         ***YOUR_MOVE_UP_SIGNAL***      =>  plasmac.move-up

#***** COMMON CONNECTIONS *****
#net plasmac:float-switch    ***YOUR_FLOAT_SWITCH***        =>  db_float.in
#net plasmac:breakaway       ***YOUR_BREAKAWAY_SWITCH***    =>  db_breakaway.in
#net plasmac:ohmic-probe     ***YOUR_OHMIC_PROBE***         =>  db_ohmic.in
#net plasmac:torch-on                                       =>  ***YOUR_TORCH_ON***
#net plasmac:ohmic-enable    plasmac.ohmic-enable           =>  ***YOUR_OHMIC_PROBE_ENABLING_CIRCUIT***

#***** MULTIPLE TOOL ENABLE *****
# set to 1 to enable a scribe or spotting
setp plasmac.multi-tool 0

#***** SCRIBE CONNECTIONS *****
#net plasmac:scribe-arm plasmac.scribe-arm => ***YOUR_SCRIBE_ARMING_OUTPUT***
#net plasmac:scribe-on  plasmac.scribe-on  => ***YOUR_SCRIBE_ON_OUTPUT***

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4 years 10 months ago #228668 by salem747

Replied by salem747 on topic 7i96 Configuration Problems

It's version 2.8 I think.

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4 years 10 months ago #228670 by salem747

Replied by salem747 on topic 7i96 Configuration Problems

Does plasmac do a bunch of stuff the first time it runs? I have yet to run it because of this missing db_float dealy.

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4 years 10 months ago #228671 by phillc54

Replied by phillc54 on topic 7i96 Configuration Problems

It probably won't even load until that error is sorted.

The file contents I posted earlier is where that component is loaded.

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4 years 10 months ago #228672 by salem747

Replied by salem747 on topic 7i96 Configuration Problems

Should I try just adding that db float thing in?

The other thought I had was start over and try a fresh plasmac conversion from my base axis build.

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4 years 10 months ago #228673 by phillc54

Replied by phillc54 on topic 7i96 Configuration Problems

If you have a good base then I would be tempted to start a new PlasmaC config.

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4 years 10 months ago #228674 by phillc54

Replied by phillc54 on topic 7i96 Configuration Problems

BTW, it wasn't anything you did, I see a problem in the configurator when it trys to reconfigure.

I will push a fix for it shortly, but it won't fix your config, you would be best to make a new one.

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4 years 10 months ago #228675 by salem747

Replied by salem747 on topic 7i96 Configuration Problems

Oh, don't worry, I have done many things wrong!

On that wiring question, do I need to provide 24v to the 2 wire components? My drivers and stuff are 36v.

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