JeffB

I looked at the formulas for converting the motor tuning but the resultant values seem very low: ..................…..Turbo.....Power ServoKp......…...18990 ….9.495E-16 ServoKi…………. 16000 ….8E-20 ServoKvfb...........1800 ….1.7091E-19 ServoKvff………….2060 ….1.95597E-19 ServoKaff………..49000....4.65255E-18 ServoMaxInt..4194304....3.98249E-13 Does this make logical sense? Note that PosSf and Pos2Sf are 1 on both PS I tried lining up the columns uses tabs and spaces, both to no avail. Hence the dots.

Belated thanks. The link method works well for other hardware too. I tried to get at an ACC-5E3 working. I knew the manual didn't exactly match because it was talking about 12bit analog inputs, but I assumed the rest was valid. When double clicking the board puts up the screen showing the ADCs it also had a link from which I downloaded the new manual. Strangely, from the Delta Tau website it will describe the new board but link to the old manual.

Thanks for your information. I definitely want the -2 option so I can read the global variables. Are the gpascii option flags documented anywhere? The plot utility can receive a lot of data; does it do this all through ASCII or is there a way to read in binary? An array of 20,000 values may take much more time to send and parse as ASCII. The plot utility is the most analogous activity performed by the IDE so I thought whatever method DeltaTau is using internally should be the best method. Thanks again.

Thanks for the advice. Now using ssh, I'm able to read/write variables and execute plc/motion programs. I wonder if there's any more efficient way to read a lot of variables, like a binary mode. How does the PMAC IDE upload all the chart data? also, what does the -2 option mean when running gpascii?

So is there a recommended way for non .NET?

So the recommended alternative for non .NET languages is via a SSH server, correct? Can the variables be sent in binary mode or only in ASCII? Thanks

So is there an underlying com interface or something like that, that can be called directly from C/C++? I mean normal C++ not .NET C++. Thanks

Previously I used the pewin 32 pro's pcomm32W.dll to interface with our C++ program. Now we switched from Turbo PMAC to Power PMAC. Is there something similar for Power PMAC. It looks like the PDK is only for C# but maybe it has some com or C++ callable dll? Thanks

It seems like even the latest version of the IDE manual doesn't match with latest version of the IDE, there are significant changes in where features are located and it is difficult to follow any of the app notes. I'm thinking of installing v2 of the IDE so the manual makes sense. Then upgrade to the latest version of the IDE later.

I have the same problem. I uninstalled the 3 power PMAC programs, rebooted, and ran the setup.exe as administrator and launched the IDE as administrator. When I try to create a new project I get a "Could not find file 'C:\Users\User\Documents\PowerPMAC IDE\PowerPMAC1'.". When I try to open an existing project I get the "The PowerPMAC1.ppproj project is to old for conversion. Please upgrade your project manually be creating a new project and transferring all of your files to the new project. Using Power PMAC IDE 4.3.0.107, Win 10 1903