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HiCON Motion Controller / Re: Download System Config Error
« on: August 04, 2017, 05:23:59 PM »
Hello,

We have a default Mach4 profile available for download on our website with the configurations necessary for the HiCON controller to work with Mach4. Using this profile, you should be able to connect to the HiCON controller from Mach4.

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Hello,

The closed loop operation is not just for Maxsine motors that we sell, we have many customers that use this option with other brands like Yaskawa, and Teco.  As long as you can get encoder feedback that is 5volts differential quadrature type, you can set it up with our Integra or DSPMC controllers.

If your drive supports differential step and direction signals, that is the best way to avoid loosing steps.  If the motor and driver are closing the position loop themselves, then you do not need closed loop setup.  However, if you have linear scale on the table, using closed loop with the controller will give you better precision.

Using AC servo motors will give you more precision, speed and torque compared to a stepper motor/drive.  eg, with Yaskawa servo drives, you can set extremely high counts per rev in the range of 50000 or even higher, which I don't think you can ever get with stepper systems.


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can you make sure the Step/Dir is disabled for both J7 and J8?  You will need to vsiDeviceManager software to check that.

see attached picture.


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Run Mach 4 from the C:/mach4industrial folder. It will then ask you to select a profile. also there will be an option to import a profile. Click on import profile and browse to the location where you downloaded the Integra profile. Once  the profile is imported you will see it in the available profiles list. Select the new profile to launch Mach 4 and you should be good to go.

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Have you downloaded example mach4 profile from the integra web page. Looks like you're missing the basic configuration.

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are you using the 7737 breakout board with Integra?

can you open the diag->hicon status window and see if the StepGen is counting when the command position is moving.

regards
Rufi

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HiCON Motion Controller / Re: Mach4 - hicon pn7766 - an0, an1 in J6
« on: July 12, 2017, 03:01:08 PM »
That is the correct activation key you would need.

Yes, the information in the prior post about reading the values from AN0 and AN1 in Mach is correct.

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HiCON Motion Controller / Re: Mach4 - hicon pn7766 - an0, an1 in J6
« on: July 10, 2017, 07:42:05 PM »
If you want to read the AN0 or AN1 ADC input you would need to activate the Analog Input feature.  You can purchase the activation key from the website.

The HiCON plugin diagnostic/status window displays a readout of the ADC input from 0-3300mV. You can also add a DRO using the screen editor and read the ADC registers using code similar to below:

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local inst = mc.mcGetInstance() --Get the instance of Mach4
local hReg = mc.mcRegGetHandle(inst, 'HiCON/VADC_0');
local ADCCount = mc.mcRegGetValue(hReg);
scr.SetProperty("droADC0", "Value", tostring(ADCCount));


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HiCON Motion Controller / Re: Servo feedback for accurate homing?
« on: July 08, 2017, 02:16:31 PM »
you would need the closed loop option.  We have the CL4/CL6 combo that include the interface board to tie in differential encoders.

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yes you can use ENC2 for spindle.  only problem is that it is single ended and long wires to the spindle will corrupt the signal.  short wires under a meter are ok.  The differential encoder on J11 can go longer lengths.

ENC2 can only take 3.3v signals as it is directly coming form the FPGA pins.  Any static discharge on these pins can kill the FPGA chip instantly.

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