Pre-Turbo PMAC
Discussion about PMAC Products earlier than Turbo PMAC (including PMAC2, PMAC, PMAC-PC, and more) along with their software, including PeWin32, PCOMMSERVER, PCOMM32, and more.
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Hello I have an application that is using Pcommserver (4.2.0.11). It's talking to a PMAC-VME 8 axis firmware 1.15T. I know that PewinPro2 suggests to change firmware due to I63 & I64 not available for this firmware version. But I can still use it & communicate with PMAC. Sometimes Pcommserver hangs with the following message: **** Watchdog as tripped or Reset Pressed.Communication to Pmac stopped. Close all applications including PmacServer. If watchdog tripped please do a hard reset or recycle power first. **** The problem is that the watchdog isn't tripped. So what is happening, a Pcommserver bug ? Thanks four help.
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Hello guys, I am totally new with PMAC. I have PMAC1 Lite PCI. And, I am just wondering how to generate a sine wave of high frequency (more than 1kHz is good) without a coarseness, and the output voltage is between 0V and 10V. Actually, I already built a code but it is not still satisfied for me. My code is only satisfied for low frequency ranges. Because, I want to drive a piezo actuator in open-loop condition with sine wave of high frequency more than 1kHz using PMAC. Any suggestions are very welcome! Best Regards, Rendi close ;close any buffer opened delete gather ;erase unwanted gathered data undefine all ;erase coordinate definitions in all co…
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I have troubles communicating with a Pmac2A/PC104 through Acc-2P. I am able to program the IP address, the card replies to ping (both from Pewin32Pro2 and "dos" command) but refuses to communicate. The CPU is a 80 Mhz 5CF option. Since I have another identical CPU (with opt12 added) I tried with this one and.... this way it works, so it's not a fault of the ACC2P. I tried resetting the card with E3 jumper with no result. Swapping the CPUs I noticed that with the "bad" one if I plug the USB cable with the PMAC already powered windows says that the USB device could not be recognized, but if I power the device with the cable already inserted it is correctly recogn…
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I'm using Pmac2A/PC104 with OPT12. 12bits ADC input, I wish to use this input as the motor feedback device. I did follow the instruction set the following CPU Analog Inputs I903 = 1746 ;Set ADC clock frequency at 4.9152 MHz WX:$C014, $1FFFFF ;Clock strobe set for bipolar inputs M105->X:$0710,12,12,S ;ADCIN_1 on JMACH1 connector pin 45 M205->X:$0711,12,12,S ;ADCIN_2 on JMACH1 connector pin 46 During set-up encoder conversion table, there are only "Acc28 A/D register (no rollover)" in conversion type. Source Address "$C005 PMAC2(ADC1A)" But, I found that the value at position not tally to the value M105. The origin position feedback is 16 bits data, how t…
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Does anyone have any experience trying to run PEWIN32 V2.38 Under Windows 7 - 32 Bit? The program loads but does not install the Driver properly. Tried using MotionX to add the card but there is always a conflict. We are using PMAC-PCI Board.
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I am using Pmac2, I need to set-up a stepper motor with encoder feedback. Encoder counts x4 decode is 8192cts/rev. Most of the stepper driver do not have exact matching step size, example stepping set to 12800 pulse/rev. When running the motor, it seems that require very long settling time to reach the actual position. Any parameter need to change instead Ix30 servo loop gain?
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New User here , I'm using a 8-axis PMAC machine controller with G/M code gui. I have been using the machine for quite some time indexing into position and static drilling aerospace parts , (5-axis motion) XYZBC rotary tilt (B) being the 4th axis and (C ) being the 5th axis. My problem is that I have developed a post that is using all 5-axis motion to laser cut a profile or contour but the controller is treating the radial axis in degrees p/minute and the linear axis in feedrate mode G94 "cutting mode" I need to maintain constant surface speed. When executing just a linear move x,y,z the machine traverses in the programmed feedrate , but when there is a B or C move asso…
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Any idea about how to access DPRAM on PMAC PCI mini form a DOS based program?
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Any thoughts if this product might work with PMAC1-ISA http://www.arstech.com/item--usb2isa.html
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hardware: pmac2 pc104 non-turbo I have a machine where I need axis 1 to follow axis 3's encoder during a jog move of axis 3. I have successfully pointed I105 to channel 3's encoder conversion table entry at Y:$0722. I have properly setup the ratio I107 and I108. I am using a plc to give the user the ability to toggle I106 on and off to enable/disable the following. When following is enabled, the axis 1 stage has a slight "clunk" at the beginning and ending of the jog move. Is there any way to remedy this? Thanks.
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Just bought another backup board for my ancient press brakes. 1. This board is sn 8417 and it has a much larger eeprom for the firmware on the daughter board. Can I flash this with my pe win just like the other ones I have? 2. The board arrived without the metal tab that wraps around the 60 pin connector and locates it in the PC backplane. Can I buy one? If so where?
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Hi, I make an application using PCOMM32W.DLL to communicate with a GEOBRICK. I'm using wxWidget library, I can load the PCOMM32W.DLL ( at this point PcommServer.exe is starting ). Communication with GEOBRICK seems OK but each time I'm doing a GetResponse ( or GetResponseA, or GetResponseEx or GetResponseAEx ) the memory used by my aplication is increased by 4Ko ! Here the prototyping of the dll function I use: typedef long (_stdcall * GETRESPONSEEXA)(DWORD dwDevice,char* resp,UINT maxchar,const char* quest); And here my function to read the GEOBRICK: int IPmacDevice::GetResponseExA(long dwDevice, wxString* resp, wxString quest) { int ret; …
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I think I need auto tuninig for my servo drive with adv 400. I read form the adv 400 book, auto tunining need serial connection. I install pmac suit 32 bit. but there is no serial connection settings. there is only ethernet settings. How can I connect adv 400 with pmac suit on seril connection=?
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Hi, I have Adv 400 cnc unit. We have a servo motor problem. And we change the servo motor and drive. We use analog mod. I change I230 paramater on the terminal. I can control motor with mpg. it seems normaly. I use Jog mod f5 or f6 motor start work but when the motor stoped 1 or 1/2 cycle turns in the opposite direction. why? the problem is 2. motor. you can see the motor 2 setting from pictures
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I see some parameters for motor settings Is any one can explain me what is I230 I231 I232 I233 I234 parameters on the adv 400 ? thanks.
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I need license for the following .ocx files. Some seem to be specific to PMAC. These are for VB6 running on ME2000 and I need to install the license on my developer's machine so that we can make some changes for my production machine. Where and how do I obtain license' for these files? And no we aren't going to upgrade. SSTABS32.OCX CTFRAME.OCX BTN32X10.OCX THREED32.OCX PTALK.OCX PTERM.OCX CONTAINER.OCX GRAPHS32.OCX. Thanks in advance as usual
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Hi, can anybody help me! A customer has a crashed PC that they use to perform tests of devices but the hard driver has crashed and it can't be recovered and they don't have the original discs. When tring to load a backup version of the software it ask's for a dll called 'pmac.dll'. Part of PMAC User Panel, part of PMAC Motion Control for LabView 5.0 for a ISA slot fibreoptic card (Delta Tau Data Systems Inc. PMAC 2-PC ULTRA-LITE). Looking at 'www.deltatau.com' website, the software there is only for products changed to the PCI format, minus the 'pmac.dll' which I think is for the ISA cards. Do anybody have an ftp site or something similar where I can download or get ac…
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I have a customer using a PMAC2PC104 card and he wants to talk Linux with it. Farooq kindly provided us a file with 2.4 version for a PCI card but my customer is using 2.6 and as Farooq pointed out the PC104 would be an ISA compatible system. I was looking to see if anyone knows of any OEMS, or end customers that might have implemented a Linux driver with a PC104.
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Hi everyone, I am using the PMAC2-PC/104. I want to use the pluse and direction format input with pseudo-closed loop (simulated closed loop). Which variables I should set ? Please tell me if you know. :) Thanks. kalensino
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We have a small stockpile of old PMAC Lite ISA cards that should work (I'm actually in the middle of testing them). These cards are mostly (or all) used cards that were returned from customers during troubleshooting or upgrades, and in most cases there is nothing wrong with the card. Since ISA capable PCs are so hard to find now, we are strongly considering mounting these cards on a homebrew backplane, and using RS-232 to communicate. I have RS-232 communications working on the card on my bench, but I notice that the communication is almost unbearably slow. I removed the E45 and E46 jumpers to set the port speed to 38400, and have changed the port speed in the PCOMM32 …
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I have several old electric presses, all with Pmac pc 4 channel boards in them. As a part of risk management I bought a used Pmac pc with a pmac pv cpu to have as a swap out replacement just in case. From the limited reading I have done it appears as though it is 8 channel. The question is, if I set the jumpers the same as the old board, load the same firmware as the old board (everything is flash and I have the motion program), download the pmac programs, and plug it in should it work? Thanks in advance
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Hi! I've got RED LED and GREEN LED at the same time. It looks like whatchdog tripped. The card vintage 1999. Who can help me to solve this problem?
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This calculator aides the PMAC user in setting up and understanding various clock settings. Keywords: Servo Clock PWM Frequency Phase Clock PFM Clock (Pulse and Direction) Encoder Sample Clock Note: Make sure you check Non-Turbo PMAC2 on the upper righthand side.
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Several PMAC memory locations are used when generating “machine position” registers for a given application. For axis number one the following registers can be used, M161->D:$0028 ;commanded postion (cts/[Ix08*32]) M162->D:$002B ;actual position (cts/[Ix08*32]) M164->D:$0813 ;position bias (cts/[Ix08*32]) M167->D:$0813 ;master position (cts/[Ix08*32]) M169->D:$0046 ;compensation correction (cts/[Ix08*32]) M174->D:$0840 ;following error (cts/[ix08*32])in memory map! Machine Position = Actual Position + Position Bias + Compensation Correction If using the handwheel offset mode (bit 16 of Ix05 is set i.e. Ix05=$010730) then, Machine Position = Actual Positio…
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