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HiCON Motion Controller / Re: Need spindle orientation for tool changer

« on: January 23, 2018, 10:34:08 AM »

Hi Tom,
thank you for your quick answer. That's what I thought, too. Switching between speed and position control should work. But I don't know how to move to index position.
Maybe there is a Kollmorgen specialist here who knows how to trigger this via a second input.
Unfortunately, I don't find the software "Drive" very intuitive.
Greetings from Lower Bavaria 
Florian

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HiCON Motion Controller / Need spindle orientation for tool changer

« on: January 23, 2018, 09:08:43 AM »

Hello,
for my planned toolchanger I need spindle orientation.  Actual I only use the analog output on J12 for spindle speed control. My drive is a Kollmorgen servo motor with a S600 amplifier. 
The S600 supports a incremental-encoder interface output with A, B and Z
Has someone experience of how to do something like this
Many thanks in advance
Florian

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dspMC/IP Motion Controller / Re: Need VB6 Sample Projects for dspMC/IP Version 1

« on: January 06, 2016, 02:08:40 PM »

No help needed. The C# sample I got from Rufi works fine.
Maybe I was wrong and there was never an example in VB.


Thanks anyway!
Florian

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dspMC/IP Motion Controller / Need VB6 Sample Projects for dspMC/IP Version 1

« on: December 06, 2015, 07:39:42 AM »

Hello All,

does anybody have a VB6 Sample Project for the dspMC Version 1?
On vitalsystem.com the files for Version 1 are no longer available.
I seem to remember, that former such samples are available, but Rufi from vitalsystems couldn't find them.

Thanks
Florian

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HiCON Motion Controller / Re: Closed Loop with HiCON Integra

« on: December 04, 2014, 04:09:55 PM »

Let me explain it with an example. Maybe it helps you for understanding me.

G-Code in Mach3:
N10 G01 X0Y0Z0
N20 G01 X20Y20Z0

Configuration in Mach3:
1000 Steps / mm

In case of linear motion the controller have to move more than one axis at the same time so the axis follows a straight line to the destination.

In this example how many times the HiCON controller checks the position befor the next step was executed? 
Two times on row N10 and N20 or every single Step (ca. 20.000 times)?

regards,
Florian

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HiCON Motion Controller / Re: Closed Loop with HiCON Integra

« on: November 27, 2014, 04:47:05 PM »

Is this good? I think about driving curves.

regards
Florian

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HiCON Motion Controller / Re: Closed Loop with HiCON Integra

« on: November 27, 2014, 01:26:33 PM »

Hello,

thank you for your quick reply! I think I understand it :-)
First i will try to use the encoder output on the servo drive.
In a second step I will use a linear encoder together with the servo driver in
full-closed mode. In full-closed control the servo drive works with an external scale for position feedback.
The encoder output source is mapped to the external scale.
Let's see if this works....

Is the closed loop fuction of the HiCON across all used axes?
In other words: Will a second or third axis wait until the first axis finished the previous move?

Yours sincerely
Florian

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HiCON Motion Controller / Closed Loop with HiCON Integra

« on: November 25, 2014, 04:58:55 PM »

Hi Guys,

I am using the HiCON Integra Motion Controller with Panasonic Servo Systems MINAS A5 and Mach3 for a milling machine. Today all works fine  
As a next step I want to activate and use the closed loop feature of the HiCON Controller, but I have no idea what is useful and possible.
In the attached PDF file you can see the actual configuration and two potential options.
Currently I do not understand what the advantage when I use the pulse output of the Servo Controller for the HiCON feedback. (Similar the Drive Interface Board EPx-DIB from Vitalsystems)
I think the use of an additional linear encoder is much better because of direct measure of the axis and backlash compensation...
Is it possible to configure this? Rotary- and Linear Encoder has different resolutions!
Has anyone experience with closed loop?

Many thanks in advance for your help
Florian