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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 with analog drives not working.

« on: May 24, 2021, 06:10:45 PM »

Thanks for posting this, Zahir. 

I managed to get one of my 6 motors dialed in on my CNC machine.  My servo drives have 4 manual dial adjustments for Tachometer Potentiometer, Proportional Gain, Integral Gain, and Speed Adaptation...exponentially complicating the matter.  After 4 hours of reading manuals and tuning, one axis is jogging with encoder feedback within Mach 4.  Thanks again for the speedy reply to help me resolve this issue

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HiCON Motion Controller / Re: Hicon Integra 7866 + DMM Servos + DYN4 Drivers Wiring & I/O

« on: September 03, 2019, 03:07:32 PM »

Bharavi, thanks for joining me on teamviewer to diagnose the issue. After we were unable to pinpoint the problem, I reached out to Stephen from DMM. His first suggestion was to check the command input mode in the DMM tuning software. It was set to RS232 instead of pulse/direction. What a simple oversight....

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HiCON Motion Controller / Re: Hicon Integra 7866 + DMM Servos + DYN4 Drivers Wiring & I/O

« on: August 29, 2019, 04:34:29 PM »

Ok, the only thing that looks different that I changed was directing all 4 +24v (Blue-Pin 16) to a single OUT0 instead of OUT 0-3.  I now get a red light on the J15 output #0 instead of 4 red lights 0-3.  Maybe this picture can help you help me?  How are the Input & Output Signal settings under Control in Mach4?

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HiCON Motion Controller / Hicon Integra 7866 + DMM Servos + DYN4 Drivers Wiring & I/O

« on: August 29, 2019, 12:06:50 PM »

I have bit off a little more than I intended to chew by upgrading/retrofitting my 3 axis gantry machine with a Hicon Integra 7866 + DMM Servos & DYN4 Drivers.  The machine was operating on 1841oz Chinese stepper motors, which moved rather slowly and often missed steps as they were not powerful enough.  I first upgraded the controller from a $25 5 axis breakout board + Mach3 to the Hicon Integra 7866 + Mach 4.  There was no significant performance improvement on the machine, but the controller worked as expected once I figured out the e-stop. 

Fast forward, and I have finally wired the DMM 750W servos to receive power and bench test (big big thanks to Stephen over @ DMM who provided me with lightning fast email responses).  I have auto tuned all 4 motors with the rs232 connection, however I cannot get any action from my motors through the Ethernet connection of Hicon controller. I feel this is quite strange being that I had no issues with my stepper motors, wiring, and Mach4.  I (think) have followed the wiring diagram provided by DMM, but am having issues.  Why do they have DYN2 and DYN4 drives on the same schematic?  I am clueless and hope to have some guidance from someone who has working servos with Mach4 and the Hicon Integra.  How is it wired and how are the ports and pins designated in Mach4?  What about the hicon configuration settings in Mach4?  Any layman examples out here?  Thanks