I am in the US. That vibration on analogout3 is the million dollar question. If I disconnect the wires on analogout0 the vibration completely goes away on analogout3.

I am using original wiring except for 8-10inches of twisted pairs for both analog signals to connect the original wiring to the mesa boards.

Let's wait for PCW I guess. There's no way I can get a replacement for this fast enough. If I can repair it it will be a great help.

Thanks for the response! I’ve followed that outline pretty carefully but get stuck at setting P. It doesn’t matter what I set it to I can’t get rid of the vibration in the motor. If it’s too high or too low I get following errors but no value reduces the vibration to an acceptable level. The screenshot in the first post shows the minimum level of vibration I can get by changing P. I’ve tried increasing the dead band but that doesn’t seem to help unless it’s so big that it gives following errors.

No. It's just as before. I Think you didn't get that it's voltage output that has changed. it's sending out 2V instead of 1V. This one has been untouched since 2021. Mesa card is acting up.

Hi, This is a weird issue. For some reason analog output of the spindle of my 7i76D has changed overnight. It's roughly giving out twice the correct voltage at the low end and the error gets less at the top (10,000rpm)

This has worked fine since 2021 and I haven't touched any INI, HAL settings. Out of curiosity I measured the 10V power (which is bang on at 10.00V) and the output. If I command 1000rpm its giving out 2.1V which is way above. 0-10,000 rpm spindle (0-10V) It should be at around 1V @1000rpm right?
Never came across anything like this before. 

Is the digital potentiometer in the 7i76 failing? what should I do?

ok now hal_bridge has ok/cancel buttons that will close the notify error messages (if showing) or if a dialog is showing, enter ok / cancel or close.

Also the shutdown dialog can be set to have a countdown timer to automatically close the screen without clicking it.

Docs have been updated.

let me know how the ok/cancel pins work for you.

I’m working on a retrofit and I’m having trouble with oscillation on an analog velocity-controlled axis using existing Fanuc DC motors and drives.I have a Mesa 7i77EU for the FPGA, 7i85 for the encoders, and 7i83 for the analog outputs. I am using two outputs for each drive. one for a velocity command and one for a virtual tachometer. This is similar to how the original Fanuc controller was doing it.Current status:

• I have the analog outputs scaled correctly as far as I can tell. I measured the voltages going to the drive and they match the drive specs. 7V/2000RPM for velocity and 3V/1000RPM for the tachometer signal.
• With the velocity command wires disconnected from the drive, the system appears stable. The motor holds position well and resists manual twisting of the shaft.
• As soon as I connect the analog command wires to the drive, the axis begins oscillating even when all PID values are set to 0.(I was expecting this to act the same as when the wires were disconnected. The motor oscillates and drifts until i get a following error.
• Increasing the PID P gain to about 0.5 prevents the following error, but the oscillation is still present. 
  
  Does anyone have any suggestions on why the drive would be stable without the velocity command wires hooked up but unstable with them connected even with no movements?Any suggestions on where to start troubleshooting would be appreciated.
  

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rodw wrote:

Also be very careful when reading the docs that you are reading the ones for your version. I got caught with this a lot when I started. The docs spumco shared are for version 2.9. The warning he found is not in the 2.7 docs. Not saying it does not apply, but it could be different today.

Always sound advice.

In this case the bug was found under 2.7.8:

And the 2.8 docs were updated with the warning, but not 2.7.

Hi,

I installed and tested the new driver.
The installation went smoothly, and the driver is working.
I’ll be testing it thoroughly over the next few days.
I can’t comment on the jitter or synchronization issues, as I haven’t experienced any problems in that regard.
Nevertheless, I’d like to provide some feedback.

Great work

Actually I had done this in February:

 
 

I don't think so but I can make it when I get a chance.