There is no potentiomenter on the control panel, so i am thinking of doing some more hal stuff for the MPG encoder, namely, when in mode Manual jog joints/axis, and when in mode auto do feed override.
Pretty sure there are pins for that, so more time programing stuff, standing in place in front of the monitor. I never sit when working, never, but standing in one place makes my spine hurt a lot (injury from 35 years ago), while moving all the time does not hurt at all.
Also, need plenty of other hal stuff for when in auto mode to open and close chuck, start part catcher in forward and sometimes reverse (still dont know why), coolant for tools and inside the chuck (there are thick pipes on the back side of the chuck/spindle for that), etc.
Yeah, need to fix the pedals wiring from the "mouse attack" and figure out as all the wires are blue with nothing wrriten.
And, the axis servos are still waiting to figure out the wiring, bud i did find out that tachos were going to the control and just passing through to the drives, so 4 wires easy to figure, just some 30 more left!
Have to open the old control to see what is up with +15V 0 -15V going or comming from servo drives, i really hope not to have to add more power supplies, there are to many as it.
And there is a drive to power interlock to stop the machine when drives fail that is impossible to find out without dismantling the power supply/rectifier/caps for the drives, to big and to high inside one of the cases so holding that by hand while looking at it is a no go.
Today, more wiring, plenty left, oh joy !
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