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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Configuring Mach4 with Hitachi WJ200 without Modbus

« on: March 17, 2020, 11:19:13 AM »

I SUPPOSE you could say it's not controlled via PWM! It's controlled by 0-10v which is, in turn, controlled by PWM!! I actually own that inverter and it works just great with PWM/0-10v controlling it.

Would you explain how you have the WJ200 configured and how you have configured Mach4.
Thanks
bill a.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Configuring Mach4 with Hitachi WJ200 without Modbus

« on: March 16, 2020, 11:07:21 PM »

I have a problem with a Gecko 540 and a WJ200-022SF. After going through the manual I determined that the WJ200 doesn't recognize PWM input to control it. It does however recognize pulse train inputs. "The WJ200 inverter is capable of accepting pulse train input signals, that are used for frequency command, process variable (feedback) for PID control, and simple positioning.
The dedicated terminal is called “EA” and “EB”. Terminal “EA” is a dedicated terminal." pg40 WJ200 quick ref. manual.
I have not been able to figure out what the signal has to look like or how to configure Mach4 how to deliver it through a pmdx411 and a gecko 540. If anyone has done this or knows how I would really appreciate if you would share what you did.

thanks
bill a.

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CS-Lab / Re: Hitachi vfd

« on: March 16, 2020, 10:55:05 PM »

I have the same problem with a Gecko 540 and a WJ200-022SF. After going through the manual I determined that the WJ200 doesn't recognize PWM input to control it. It does however recognize pulse train inputs. "The WJ200 inverter is capable of accepting pulse train input signals, that are used for frequency command, process variable (feedback) for PID control, and simple positioning.
The dedicated terminal is called “EA” and “EB”. Terminal “EA” is a dedicated terminal." pg40 WJ200 quick ref. manual.
I have not been able to figure out what the signal has to look like or how to configure Mach4 how to deliver it through a pmdx411 and a gecko 540. If anyone has done this or knows how I would really appreciate if you would share what you did.

thanks
bill a.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Mach 4 freezes computer win 7 32

« on: October 04, 2019, 05:24:57 PM »

I am trying to reinstall Mach 4 Industrial on a HP/compaq DC 7800 it had failed to install before and I upgraded to a GT-710 video card still freezes. Can't even Cntrl/alt/delete have to remove power. attached is a snapshot of my environment. Any suggestions?

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Newfangled Mill Wizard / Re: Turn wizard / Linux

« on: April 24, 2015, 05:19:52 PM »

Thanks Ron, if you need testers for anything Linux related consider me a willing participant. Opensuse 13.2 Kde4

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Newfangled Mill Wizard / Turn wizard / Linux

« on: April 24, 2015, 12:00:03 PM »

I understand from reading various posts and replies on Mach3 andMach4 boards that wizards for mach4 will be standalone like the NFS Mill wizard.

Will there also be a turn wizard for mach4?

Will the Mach4 wizards run under Linux?

I am finding that Windows contributes greatly to the intermittent, unrepeatable quirks that I experience in both Mach3 and Mach4

 

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SmoothStepper USB / Re: Mach3/USB SmoothStepper will not control spindle speed

« on: April 24, 2015, 11:29:26 AM »

I have had that runaway with a M3 startup also. I think I fixed it with changing the step/dir active high/low settings. I haven't been playing with that for awhile.

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SmoothStepper USB / Re: Mach3/USB SmoothStepper will not control spindle speed

« on: April 11, 2015, 05:05:35 PM »

Sorry Jeff, you seemed to be the only one providing any type of support for the Smooth Stepper so I thought you worked for them. The same topic has been raised on the warp9 board several times.

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SmoothStepper USB / Re: Mach3/USB SmoothStepper will not control spindle speed

« on: April 11, 2015, 09:47:15 AM »

Yeah, I agree, why did he ask for the xml if he was only going to spout off about reading the documentation which we have done a hundred times. I am beginning to think he doesn't have a clue either.

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SmoothStepper USB / Re: Mach3/USB SmoothStepper will not control spindle speed

« on: April 10, 2015, 10:21:07 PM »

Did you ever get a response from Jeff about your configuration xml?