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dspMC/IP Motion Controller / Re: Welcome to the dspMC/IP board

« on: October 19, 2008, 12:49:08 AM »

hi Rick,

pls email your request to  sales _at_ vitalsystem _dot_ com   or   sales _at_ vsi99 _dot_ com.

thanks
Rufi

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dspMC/IP Motion Controller / Re: Welcome to the dspMC/IP board

« on: August 27, 2008, 12:27:25 AM »

hi eds,

the axis configuration, eg counter, DAC, enable, pid etc, are saved in the dspmc.xml file located at c:\mach3 folder.  you can use a text editor like notepad to change the config, or you can also change the config using the AxisWorks software tool.  the 7535 opto-isolated digital b/o board is for sinking (NPN) type i/o.  we are releasing a similar b/o board for sourcing (PNP) type i/o in the next few weeks.

thank you
Rufi
www.vitalsystem.com/dspmc

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dspMC/IP Motion Controller / Re: Welcome to the dspMC/IP board

« on: August 09, 2008, 01:27:48 PM »

No

Mach3 pp driver is not used at all.

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dspMC/IP Motion Controller / Re: Welcome to the dspMC/IP board

« on: July 24, 2008, 06:47:43 PM »

hi hunserv

all gcode moves are generated by mach and it is upto them whatever profile they select.  only when you do cont. jog and homing, the profile is generated by the dspmc board, which is currently also trapezoidal.

thanks
Rufi

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dspMC/IP Motion Controller / Re: Welcome to the dspMC/IP board

« on: July 23, 2008, 11:54:12 AM »

hunserv,

the dspmc follows the command positions generated by mach at a rate of 1000 per sec.  and these are generated using a trapezoidal profile. the dspMC board cannot change the profile as it has to follow the points as it is.  however the Jog profile is generated by the dspMC.  there we can use S-Curve profile. 

thank you
Rufi

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dspMC/IP Motion Controller / Re: Welcome to the dspMC/IP board

« on: June 29, 2008, 07:30:50 PM »

Hi!
 I have one question. Is this works whit stepper motors? Because in manuals " http://www.vitalsystem.com/web/motion/dspmc.pdf " on page 11 it is written that pins on J3 are for stepper motors outputs.

 Thanks!

sorry for the late reply.  somehow I missed that message in my mail box.

we have 6 stepper outputs on the dspmc board.  The software allows upto 5Khz of step pulse train.  so if your motor is 200 pulse / rev, you can get max speed of 1500 rpm.  when placing the order, pls specify stepper option.  this option is not available in standard dspmc boards.

thank you

Rufi
www.vitalsystem.com/dspmc

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dspMC/IP Motion Controller / Re: Welcome to the dspMC/IP board

« on: June 29, 2008, 07:17:06 PM »

so far, the existing customers have not flaged that as an issue, so thats why we have not added index pulse homing.  If a customer asks for it, we will add this feature asap, otherwise it is sitting in the things to do list backlog.  not sure when its turn will come.

for probing, pls email me directly some info about its operation and requirements so we can start work on it. I have to learn myself on how the probing works.

thank you
Rufi
www.vitalsystem.com/dspmc

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dspMC/IP Motion Controller / Re: Welcome to the dspMC/IP board

« on: June 07, 2008, 01:24:40 PM »

Homing and Joging operations are tested and confirmed by beta testers.  no more buffered motion.  also, feed hold now stops motion instantaneously.  will be adding index pulse homing as time permits.

thanks
Rufi

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dspMC/IP Motion Controller / Re: Welcome to the dspMC/IP board

« on: May 26, 2008, 04:04:24 PM »

Bill

we are fixing couple of bugs.  one system is live in Finland right now.  other palces are in the process of retrofit.  Milling feature is 99% operational.  homing code has some bugs.  should be working 100% in few days.  trying to add index pulse in homing as well. 

we had jog and homing implemented thru the plugin, but because of the buffred motion, the customers did not approve the operation.  thats why it is taking more time as we are moving these features into the dspmc board to avoid buffering.

future enhancement include threading, rigid tapping, and probing.

regards,
Rufi
www.vitalsystem.com/dspmc

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dspMC/IP Motion Controller / Re: Welcome to the dspMC/IP board

« on: May 17, 2008, 02:08:21 AM »

usfwalden

thanks for the suggestions and your appreciation for the document.  my experiance is that wiriting a user manual is much more difficult than coding and debugging.  takes lot of mind energy!

we are going to update the manual with more info on the xml pid settings. and hopefully will also add some basic steps for tunning the axis.

I will post a note as soon as we upload the latest manual on our website.

regards

Rufi
www.vitalsystem.com