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Galil / Re: Help setting up a spindle for Galil 2143
« on: April 09, 2010, 07:39:10 AM »
Kenny

I figured it out. I had the speed set to 0 and was trying to adjust the speed with the + and - buttons (feel pretty stupid).

Matt

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: My Big Project am I crazy
« on: April 09, 2010, 07:35:07 AM »
Figured out the spindle issue.

I had the speed set to 0 and was trying to change the speed with the + - buttons (feel pretty stupid about that). Sometimes things are so obvious that you just don't see it.

You were right about setting the accel and deccel in smart terminal. Have movement using the pr command now.

Thanks



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Galil / Help setting up a spindle for Galil 2143
« on: April 07, 2010, 08:49:57 PM »
Trying to get a spindle working with a Galil 2143 controller with the ICM-20105 Board.

This is for a VFD that needs 0 to 10 volts for speed control. There is no encoder feedback.

I have a meter currently connected to the motor cmd and ground pins on the w axis to see what voltage is there (shows 0 volts when the spindle is turned on and set to any speed)

The spindle is setup in the Galil Plugin as the W axis set to servo.

The spindle is enabled in the ports and pins motor window in Mach (not sure what ports and pins need to be set to)

Not sure what the settings need to be in the spindle setup window (pwm or step direction) have tried both but no luck.

I can get 9.98 volts if use the OF command in smart terminal.

Thanks for the help,

Matt

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: My Big Project am I crazy
« on: April 07, 2010, 07:52:37 PM »


do you have the spindle configured in motor tuning in mach? speed, acceleration etc

is there a feedback pulse from your vfd? or are you going to run the spindle open loop?

your spindle may not respond to tl1 1 volt output. burn it at 9.98 for axis 4 on galil (your vfd may be set for minimum rpm for example 8000rpm )
do you have the spindle configured in motor tuning in mach? speed, acceleration etc
is there a feedback pulse from your vfd? or are you going to run the spindle open loop?

your spindle may not respond to tl1 1 volt output. burn it at 9.98 for axis 4 on galil (your vfd may be set for minimum rpm for example 8000rpm )


I have a meter connected to the ground and motor cmd pins on axis w on the ICM Board to see what voltage there (trying to get 0 to 10v)

I have tried different settings in motor tuning with no luck

No feed back so will have to be open loop.

I can get 9.98 volts if I use the OF command in smart terminal.


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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: My Big Project am I crazy
« on: April 07, 2010, 07:04:46 AM »
I had set the TL to 1 but did not burn it in and had cycled power on the Galil controller before I switched to Mach. Good suggestion to burn it in until the testing is done.

When the PR 1000 and BGX commands are entered there is no movement. The limit switch state is off on the galil box and no errors are showing.

I did not wire the limit switch to the Galil Controller because the machine has 1 limit switch that rides on each axis so I'm not sure how the Galil would work if the same switch is wired to both + and - limit. Also with the power being removed from the servo amp when the limit switch is active it seems the galil box would have nothing to control.

The only axis that was originally wired up to for dynamic braking when the power is removed is the z axis, but it might be worth changing the other axis to work that way also.

Any thoughts on setting up the spindle?

Thanks for the help.

Matt

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: My Big Project am I crazy
« on: April 06, 2010, 08:20:17 PM »
The ICM 20105 board is here and is all hooked up.

The 24 volt inputs and outputs are working.

It has taken some time to get controlled motion on all three axis. Had some problems with the encoder voltage but Galil tech support has been very helpful with how to get the right voltage out of the ICM board. I have been unable to get Smart Terminal to move the axis with commands but can use Mach to move the axis.

Made a big mistake today while jogging the X axis in Mach. Not sure what I did but some how moved the X axis at full speed (39 inches per second). The 1000 lb head flew past the limit switch into the physical stop block, ripping out (4) m10 bolts and finally hitting the side frame of the machine making a dent in the very thick steel plate.

The way the limit switches are originally wired  is to cut the main power to the servo amps when the switch is tripped. I think this will have to be changed so there can be some control to decelerate the motor and stop the head instead of cutting the power and letting it just coast to a stop or slam into the side frame of the machine.

Trying to figure out how to control the spindle with the Galil 4th axis and Mach. I have it wired up to the 4th axis but not getting the 0-10v that is needed. I have the spindle mapped to the 4th axis in the plug in but not sure how to configure it past that. Do ports and pins need to be mapped, if so what are the numbers and what else needs to be set up. I have been searching the forum but not finding answers other than a script that somebody made for the Galil Controller but it seems there should be a better way.


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Galil / Re: Printer port drivers and Galil Ethernet
« on: March 28, 2010, 06:16:44 PM »
Thanks, Kenny

Trying to keep the install as streamlined as possible and use only what is needed.

Matt

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Galil / Printer port drivers and Galil Ethernet
« on: March 24, 2010, 10:47:00 AM »
When installing Mach is it necessary to install the printer port drivers if using a Galil controller or RIO talking over Ethernet?


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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: My Big Project am I crazy
« on: March 24, 2010, 09:46:06 AM »
The controller is here but, the icm board will not work for my needs. It is a icm-20500 d sub board and it looks like I need a icm -20105. The icm - 20500 with the d sub connectors can only control 2 axis, if it has the screw terminal connectors than it can control 4 axis :(. The good news is the controller has the 18-36v dc power option installed so I can use the 24v power that is in the control cabinet.

I have called Galil and ordered a icm-20105 board  that should be here next week.

Just finished loading a new version of xp pro on a 2.8 p4 computer.
The controller is hooked up with a crossover cable.

I downloaded and installed Gaili Tools lite so I can talk to the controller but did not see a way to register the it with windows or configure it the way the Galil plugin pdf shows. Went back to the Galil website and found Smart term in the older software section. That works just the way the plugin pdf shows.

Installed the latest version of Mach, did not install the printer port drivers because the controller is connected over Ethernet (is this correct?)  

Do I need the printer port drivers for mach to work with the Galil over Ethernet?
I noticed that driver test is not there either, is this because the printer port drivers were not installed (do I need this?)

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: My Big Project am I crazy
« on: March 18, 2010, 08:18:30 PM »
Waiting on controller, should be here on Friday. Purchased a Galil DMC-2143 with an ICM-20105 board from athomemarket on ebay. I think this should work to get started. Thinking of adding some Galil RIO's in the future to get more IO's and moving the spindle control over to it to free up one of the axis so an indexer can be added.

First question in a long list soon to come.

Can I use the 12v+- and 5V+ from the Mach computer power supply or should I add a separate power supply for the Galil Board?

Thanks,

Matt

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