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HiCON Motion Controller / issue after Mach4 4.2.0.5036 upgrade...

« on: March 26, 2023, 12:16:55 PM »

I have the 7766 using Clearpath servos on a G0704. Updated the Mach4 and now when I attempt
to use the MPG (from Vital Systems), the movement is very choppy ending in a following error... all 3 axis, but under MDI it's smooth. I adjusted the accel/decel and the RAS antijerk... moves smooth under MDI, not MPG.
So, I went back to the previous version of Mach and all the MPG issues went away...
On a side note, with the newest one, I could get the HLFB to work and e-stop the system if a servo alarmed out, same lua code will not run with the older version... I will not run it until the alarms work.
What's up with the newest version of Mach4?
Thanks,
Mark

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HiCON Motion Controller / IMTS 2022

« on: August 26, 2022, 01:42:49 PM »

Is Vital Systems or ArtSoft going to be at IMTS 2022?

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HiCON Motion Controller / inputs for alarms

« on: May 20, 2022, 06:03:28 PM »

Anyone have any good ideas about how to map an alarm from a servo? If one servo stopped, it would be nice for the Integra to know about it and not keep driving the other axis... what about a low way lube level alarm?  I know I can run them to an input pin, then what? Unless I map it as an over travel, it'll just turn on an LED and not act upon the alarm.
Thanks
Mark