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General Mach Discussion / Re: Homing Slaved Axis?

« on: June 10, 2019, 08:13:27 PM »

That's just a breakout board, not a motion controller.

What version of Mach3?

What's in your Homing macro?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Homing Slaved Axis?

« on: June 10, 2019, 07:34:19 AM »

Are you using a chinese motion controller?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Help can't Reset "Emergency Mode Active....." Mach3

« on: June 08, 2019, 02:55:44 PM »

If the reset button doesn't work, go into ports and pins and change the active low setting for the Estop input.

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Mach Screens / Re: Screenset 2010 M3 not setting output

« on: June 07, 2019, 03:10:46 PM »

I would take a good look at  your wiring, and electronics. The only issue I've seen with Mach3 is that the spindle will not start at all. I don't think it's a software issue.

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Mach Screens / Re: Screenset 2010 M3 not setting output

« on: June 07, 2019, 09:48:42 AM »

Is it not starting because the speed is 0? How are you manually setting the speed. You should use S### in MDI to manually set the speed.

Not when I use the Spindle icon or a MDI command.

Does this mean it works with the button or MDI, or it doesn't work?

If it didn't work at all, I would guess a corrupt M3.m1s file. Some people seem to get this issue a lot.
But because it's random, I don't think so

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Servio motor Delta adas b2 Software and electronic gear ratio

« on: June 07, 2019, 07:45:35 AM »

I don't think so, but testing will be required to prove otherwise.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Servio motor Delta adas b2 Software and electronic gear ratio

« on: June 07, 2019, 06:59:18 AM »

I think that P1-46 is to configure a digital output, not the actual encoder count used by the drive.

I found a quick start guide that states that there are 160,000 counts. If P1-46 defaults to 2500, then this guide would be incorrect if P1-46 actually set the encoder count that the drive uses.

https://www.damencnc.com/userdata/file/1559_ASDA-B2_Quick_Start_Guide.pdf

If you could change the resolution with P1-46, then why would you need electronic gearing?

I'll have to do some testing when I get one.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Servio motor Delta adas b2 Software and electronic gear ratio

« on: June 06, 2019, 03:30:18 PM »

I seem to recall coming to the conclusion that there is 131,072 lines and therefore with quadrature 524288
counts per rev. In effect the encoder count is synthesized from this potential. If memory serves the default
configuration is 10,000 count per rev. So for all the extra resolution which the servo is capable is discarded,
which is still 2.16 arc min.....plenty fine enough for me.

I think your mistaken, as it clearly says on the image I posted 160,000 ppr.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Servio motor Delta adas b2 Software and electronic gear ratio

« on: June 06, 2019, 12:01:56 PM »

Hi,
still trying to digest the details but that encoder count doesn't sound right.
A 17 bit encoder I think has a count of 131,072 per rev. Double and triple check the manual
about that count number.


Craig

Sorry for digging up an old thread.
I'm getting ready buy a set of these, and was confused about the 17 bit encoder count. Yes, what I've read tells me it should be 131,072, but everything I see tells me it's 160,000. Including the spec sheet from Delta.
I guess they use "17 bit" as a ballpark value? It's actually a little higher, but much less than 18 bit would be???

Also, I think that P1-46 is a configurable encoder count output, not the actual encoder count used by the drive.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach program and an industrial pc with com ports questions

« on: June 06, 2019, 09:40:19 AM »

No, I would not recommend using Mach3 and parallel ports today, as Mach3 has been made obsolete by Mach4, which only has limited functionality with a parallel port.

You can run Mach4 on any modern small PC when using a motion controller.