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Galil / Re: Old Dynapath System 10 upgrading to Galil CS 18420 ICM 2900 No idea on wiring???

« on: April 30, 2014, 09:34:23 AM »

California

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Galil / Re: Old Dynapath System 10 upgrading to Galil CS 18420 ICM 2900 No idea on wiring???

« on: April 30, 2014, 02:11:14 AM »

What do you suggest for my drifting x,y,z? They hold steady with no signal. Maybe new servo drives and a vfd would make my life easier...

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Galil / Re: Old Dynapath System 10 upgrading to Galil CS 18420 ICM 2900 No idea on wiring???

« on: April 30, 2014, 01:43:52 AM »

Also can anyone give me information on this spindle controller?

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Galil / Re: Old Dynapath System 10 upgrading to Galil CS 18420 ICM 2900 No idea on wiring???

« on: April 30, 2014, 01:34:08 AM »

It is still drifting unfortunately...  would it be easier to upgrade these dump servo controllers?

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Galil / Re: Old Dynapath System 10 upgrading to Galil CS 18420 ICM 2900 No idea on wiring???

« on: April 25, 2014, 08:27:51 PM »

Thank you, I got them to stop drifting when no signal is sent. I'll try your suggestion and report back.

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Galil / Re: Old Dynapath System 10 upgrading to Galil CS 18420 ICM 2900 No idea on wiring???

« on: April 19, 2014, 08:29:03 PM »

After I have done some reading I have three issues to resolve. 1: Wiring the spindle. Right now the signal to turn on the spindle comes from a PLC which the Dynapath talks to. I could try to send the same signals ( I did this with jumper wires last night) but the signal the Dynapath sends is on three wires 24v+ and is a momentary signal. Almost a full second is needed for the PLC to latch and power up the spindle. Another option is just to bypass the PLC and allow mach3 to run it. 2: When the Servos hit their limits, they shut down, The servo amps some how allow the dynapath to move them off their limits, but I can't get mach to do it. This could due to issue three.... 3: The servos seam to not respond correctly to commands, in fact they are moving as soon as they are turned on, see post above. I've went through both the galil manual and the westamp manual, I cant seam to find a solution. I did run into this and I'm wondering if this is my issue...

http://www.galilmc.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=6309

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Galil / Re: Old Dynapath System 10 upgrading to Galil CS 18420 ICM 2900 No idea on wiring???

« on: April 19, 2014, 02:53:41 AM »

Ok, well I thought I had this under control, but the spindle is being difficult. Does anyone have any information on this dude??




Also once I turn on the servo amps x, y, and z all start drifting around until they hit the limits (which I have not wired into the I/O yet. I can't get them to stop. Within the galil status window the positions are way out there.. Is this why the axis are moving? Or is it because I have the servos or encoders wired in reverse?

Poor man screenshots... Actually it's past midnight and I'm too tired to open word pad.

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Galil / Re: Old Dynapath System 10 upgrading to Galil CS 18420 ICM 2900 No idea on wiring???

« on: April 18, 2014, 11:04:11 PM »

So after reading the manual.... I found out the index +/- is not where I connect my encoder, once I moved the two wires to A+ and B+ the encoders respond!!! Now I just need to wire a bit more up and start tunning... I'll be back once I start that lol

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Galil / Re: Old Dynapath System 10 upgrading to Galil CS 18420 ICM 2900 No idea on wiring???

« on: April 18, 2014, 09:31:42 AM »

Both options under "motor options" are unchecked. Otherwise my screen is identical.

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Galil / Re: Old Dynapath System 10 upgrading to Galil CS 18420 ICM 2900 No idea on wiring???

« on: April 18, 2014, 02:46:14 AM »

No, Within the dynapath controller there was a delay that needed to read zero, You adjust via pots on the boards. The servos/axis never drift.

Any Ideas on the Encoders not reporting? I have them configured as 0 and 0 in the ports and pins. With them check marked green. I also checked the wiring, the encoders are getting the voltage they need, so the Galil is supplying it.