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Mach4 VFD Spindle setup
« on: February 15, 2016, 03:37:01 PM »
I am completely lost, I have no idea what to do here, I have a VFD Spindle, which I think is serial or Modbus, is there a difference between serial and Modbus or are they the same?

I cant figure out how to set this up in Mach 4 have been fumbling around with this for about a week now.

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Re: Mach4 VFD Spindle setup
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2016, 03:53:37 PM »
Perhaps post the make and model of the VFD.

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Re: Mach4 VFD Spindle setup
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2016, 09:35:45 AM »
Perhaps post the make and model of the VFD.

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The VFD is Teco 7300CV from FactoryMation.com with the RS-232 interface card
http://www.factorymation.com/Products/7300CV_230V/CV-2002-H1.html
http://www.factorymation.com/Products/7300CV_Accessories/SIF-232.html

I have found info on making a brain for mach3 and some other stuff geared towards mach3, but it doesn't seem to make sense on mach4
Re: Mach4 VFD Spindle setup
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2016, 01:22:33 PM »
Ok, I followed up with the distributor for TECO, and it looks like now I'm stuck with the Mach4 portion of this project:
I am not sure how to proceed with incomplete manuals.  I cant find documentation on this ModBus Plugin with Mach4.

Mach4 Scripting Manual.PDF
5.7 ModBus ....  Completely blank Chapter

Mach4 installation Manual.PDF
All Plugins included as Appendices.... Nothing for Modbus Plugin.

I have the registers now for the VFD that I need to write to, and I found the info for using LUA to script.

I need info for creating Modbus functions, what is the difference between:
Read Coils
Read Input Discreats
Read Input Registers
Read Holding Registers
Write Coils
Write Registers

Also, I need to know how to use one of these functions in LUA after i name it inside the MODBUS plug in.

This Is what I need to do:
For TECO 7300CV JNTHBCBA0002AC-u-
1. Control Start/Stop   Write to Register 101H, Bit 0
2. Control FWD/ REV   Write to Register 101H, Bit 1
3. Set the Frequency   Write to Register 102H
4. Read the Frequency  Read Register 124H
5. Monitor the drive for error codes Read Register 121H
Re: Mach4 VFD Spindle setup
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2016, 05:28:25 PM »
I found some really helpful info,

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The name is what you would like to name the register.. In Mach4 you refer to the registers by name not by number!

The rest of it is:
Slave ID
Register (we have all the tables so sometimes you need to drop the first number.. for example I am working on a Mitsubishi drive now and I had to remove the 40000 because we know it should be in table 4.

Here are some examples of how I read and write:

Function from my RB1 to jog the head up by setting the HeadJogDir and HeadJogOn:
Code:
function HeadUp()
    local inst= mc.mcGetInstance();
    --Get the hReg handle of the modbus analog register
    local HeadUp = mc.mcRegGetHandle(inst, "modbus0/HeadJogDir");
    local HeadOn = mc.mcRegGetHandle(inst, "modbus0/HeadJogOn");

    if (HeadUp ~= 0 and HeadOn ~= 0) then
        mc.mcRegSetValue(HeadUp, 0);
        mc.mcRegSetValue(HeadOn, 1);
    end
end

Reading the Hz from the inverter from the Hz register:
Code:
   local inst= mc.mcGetInstance();
    local Hz = 0;
    local HzReg = mc.mcRegGetHandle(inst, "modbus0/Hz");
    if (HzReg ~= 0) then
      Hz =  mc.mcRegGetValue(HzReg);
    end

You can also set it to be an input or an output on a register.. The register types are important.. you need to select the correct type (this is a modbus standard)
Hope that helps..
Brian

I think this kind of answers my questions for a little while at least, Ill post back if I get stuck again.