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Integrating a BCL-AMP capacitive sensor to LinuxCNC
2 years 6 months ago #297604
by PCW
Replied by PCW on topic Integrating a BCL-AMP capacitive sensor to LinuxCNC
Do you need direction on the PWMgens?
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2 years 6 months ago #297607
by Uthayne
Replied by Uthayne on topic Integrating a BCL-AMP capacitive sensor to LinuxCNC
No
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2 years 6 months ago #297609
by shasse
Replied by shasse on topic Integrating a BCL-AMP capacitive sensor to LinuxCNC
Uthayne-
I've attached a zip file with the relevant config files. I'm using QtPlasmaC so the .prefs file is important as well. Since QtPlasmaC puts some limits on what are acceptable for the Arc Voltage Offset and the Arc Voltage Scale (it basically expects a MESA THCAD of some sort), for scaling I used a combo of encoder scaling in custom.hal:
# The QtPlasmaC GUI does not allow voltage offsets higher than 5 digits, so scale this down here
setp hm2_7i92.0.encoder.00.scale 100
and the offset and scale in the laser_cutter.prefs file:
[PLASMA_PARAMETERS]
Arc Voltage Offset = 22900
Arc Voltage Scale = 0.10
This leaves me with a ~50-100 range for "arc voltage" in the QtPlasmaC GUI and is sensitive enough to hold height well, at least for the values in the table that Taloot published a while back (0.5-1.5mm).
You might also be interested in the fake "ohmic" probing and fake "arc OK" signals I implemented in the custom.hal file:
I've attached a zip file with the relevant config files. I'm using QtPlasmaC so the .prefs file is important as well. Since QtPlasmaC puts some limits on what are acceptable for the Arc Voltage Offset and the Arc Voltage Scale (it basically expects a MESA THCAD of some sort), for scaling I used a combo of encoder scaling in custom.hal:
# The QtPlasmaC GUI does not allow voltage offsets higher than 5 digits, so scale this down here
setp hm2_7i92.0.encoder.00.scale 100
and the offset and scale in the laser_cutter.prefs file:
[PLASMA_PARAMETERS]
Arc Voltage Offset = 22900
Arc Voltage Scale = 0.10
This leaves me with a ~50-100 range for "arc voltage" in the QtPlasmaC GUI and is sensitive enough to hold height well, at least for the values in the table that Taloot published a while back (0.5-1.5mm).
You might also be interested in the fake "ohmic" probing and fake "arc OK" signals I implemented in the custom.hal file:
Code:
# Make a fake Ohmic probe based on the capacitive sensor
# Use the .velocity-rpm so the .velocity can be left unused for arc_ok
loadrt comp count=1
addf comp.0 servo-thread
net fake-ohmic-probe-in hm2_7i92.0.encoder.00.velocity-rpm comp.0.in0
setp comp.0.in1 930000.0
net plasmac:ohmic-probe comp.0.out
# ohmic output is comp.0.out
# Fake "Arc OK" signal that is always true
loadrt not count=1
addf not.0 servo-thread
setp not.0.in FALSE
net plasmac:arc-ok-in not.0.out
# ---OHMIC SENSE CONTACT DEBOUNCE---
setp plasmac.ohmic-sense-off-delay 3
setp plasmac.ohmic-sense-on-delay 3
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2 years 6 months ago #297610
by shasse
Replied by shasse on topic Integrating a BCL-AMP capacitive sensor to LinuxCNC
and since I like to be able to re-gen the config from pncconf, I made a python script to set the relevant values in the prefs file:
Scott
Code:
from qtvcp.lib.preferences import Access
import os
machineName = 'laser_cutter'
configPath = '/home/sector67/linuxcnc/configs/laser_cutter'
prefsFile = os.path.join(configPath, machineName + '.prefs')
prefs = Access(prefsFile)
prefs.putpref('Arc Voltage Offset', 22900, float, 'PLASMA_PARAMETERS')
prefs.putpref('Arc Voltage Scale', 0.10, float , 'PLASMA_PARAMETERS')
prefs.putpref('Float Switch Travel', 0.290, float , 'PLASMA_PARAMETERS')
prefs.putpref('Height Per Volt', 0.002, float , 'PLASMA_PARAMETERS')
prefs.putpref('Use keyboard shortcuts', True, bool, 'GUI_OPTIONS')
prefs.putpref('Ohmic probe enable', True, bool, 'ENABLE_OPTIONS')
prefs.putpref('THC enable', True, bool, 'ENABLE_OPTIONS')
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2 years 6 months ago - 2 years 6 months ago #297612
by PCW
Replied by PCW on topic Integrating a BCL-AMP capacitive sensor to LinuxCNC
7I76E config with PeriodM on 7I76E encoder index and 2X 7I85S
each with 3 step/dir plus last stepgen channel replaced with
2X PWMgens. So 11 stepgens, 4 PWMgens and 9 encoders total.
each with 3 step/dir plus last stepgen channel replaced with
2X PWMgens. So 11 stepgens, 4 PWMgens and 9 encoders total.
Last edit: 2 years 6 months ago by PCW.
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2 years 6 months ago #297618
by phillc54
Replied by phillc54 on topic Integrating a BCL-AMP capacitive sensor to LinuxCNC
Most of QtPlasmaC is able to be customised.
You can change the range and the step rate of the spinboxes by having the following in a file named qtplasmac_custom.py in the config directory:
It would be nice to put together a custom file for use with fibre laser.
You can change the range and the step rate of the spinboxes by having the following in a file named qtplasmac_custom.py in the config directory:
Code:
self.w.arc_voltage_offset.setRange(-9, 9)
self.w.arc_voltage_offset.setSingleStep(1)
self.w.arc_voltage_scale.setRange(-9, 9)
self.w.arc_voltage_scale.setSingleStep(1)
It would be nice to put together a custom file for use with fibre laser.
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