thcad-300

I have a hypertherm powermax 900 with machine torch. I do not have the module for divided voltage. So far I've made a Arc-OK switch from a magnetic reed switch, and found the torch enable pins. My current issue though is the voltage my thcad seems to like to generate random numbers. The hm2_7i92.0.encoder.01.velocity pin is a constant random number when the device is powered up. Inside my hypertherm I mounted the device in the place the machine torch board would be. I also mounted a 5v ac power supply. I've gone so far as to take +5v/12v from my control box, power the thcad from +5 and put +12 into the sense terminals. The velocity is all over the place instead of being a nice stable number and this is with the noisy plasma cutter powered off. So Right now I'm at a loss as to what I need to try next.

Jumpers are 1/32 and unipolar. if set to 1/1 then I get a 0 for velocity

1. Do you get these random numbers when the THCAD input is unconnected?
2. Are you using differential signalling (that is FOUT+ to ENCA+ and FOUT- to ENCA-)
3. The THCAD should be powered by the encoder 5V power

1) yes. completely disconnected from the hypertherm output, I get random numbers
2) yes. differential signalling. I believe this is used to prevent noise. I've also taken the an encoder input and grounded it. swapping wires fout+ fout- wires to see if that helps. with and enc signal grounded, I get 0 for a reading and no response at all to a torch on.
3) I've tried running a cable with +5/0 from my control panel into the hypertherm. Same results

Can you plot the output in halscope?
When I mean disconnected I mean P2 unplugged
What encoder pin are you grounding?

What daughtercard are you using with the 7I92?

I just disconnected the output wires. I can unplug p2 is necessary
encb I believe. I'm using a cnc4pc C10 board of recent manufacture. It's on P1. P2 is hooked to a G540 so I don't have the option to use the encoder on that port.

a copy of the plot in halscope.

#hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 017 (P1-01): IOPort
#hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 018 (P1-14): IOPort
#hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 019 (P1-02): IOPort
#hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 020 (P1-15): IOPort
#hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 021 (P1-03): IOPort
#hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 022 (P1-16): IOPort
#hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 023 (P1-04): IOPort
#hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 024 (P1-17): IOPort
#hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 025 (P1-05): IOPort
#hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 026 (P1-06): IOPort
#hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 027 (P1-07): IOPort
#hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 028 (P1-08): IOPort
#hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 029 (P1-09): IOPort
#hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 030 (P1-10): Encoder #1, pin A (Input)
#hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 031 (P1-11): Encoder #1, pin B (Input)
#hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 032 (P1-12): Encoder #1, pin Index (Input)
#hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 033 (P1-13): IOPort

OK so with a C10 you don't have a differential input. so that may be an issue
For single ended signals you should only connect FOUT+ or FOUT-
to the ENCA signal on the C10 and the unused FOUT pin must be left
unconnected. You should also tie the encoder B input on the C10 to ground.

If you have a digital signal noise issue it may be fixible by setting the
encoder input digital filtering so be slower than the default

ok. that's what I currently have connected. Fout to ENCA (C10 Pin10) and ENCB (C10 Pin 11) to GND. I've got plasmac.lowpass-frequency set to 15

With this setup, I get a 0 reading with absolutely no change in the 0 value for encoder.01.velocity. I'm really at a loss here. Last weekend is the first time I've plugged in the plasma power supply and had everything doing it's thing.

Do you have encoder 01 set to "count" mode