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I'd like to add some other infos about this strange "jump": I am now testing the actuator in a fixed position in close loop, without any motion, and I get the same strange jump.

I used the i185, i186 and i187 variables. The compensation is equivalent to 0.2 microns (i185=400 == 0.2 micron) here all the variables, just uploaded while it is under test right now. ; Upload of PMAC I Variables 0 to 199. ; Device # 0 [uMAC TURBO] V1.945 07/02/2008: Ethernet Port ; Executed at Thu Jan 30 09:50:50 2014 ; I0=0;Serial Card Number I1=0;Serial Port Mode I2=1;Control Panel Port Activation ;I3=2;I/O Handshake Control ;I4=0;Communications Integrity Mode I5=2;PLC Program Control ;I6=1;Error Reporting Mode I7=0;Phase Cycle Extension Period I8=2;Real Time Interrupt Period ;I9=2;Full/Abbrev. Listing Control I10=3727928;Servo Interrupt Time I11=0;Programmed Move Calculation Time I12=0;Lookahead Time Spline Enable I13=0;Foreground In-Position Check Enable I14=0;Temporary Buffer Save Enable I15=0;Deg/Rad Control for User Trig. Functions I16=5;Rotary Buffer Request On Point I17=5;Rotary Buffer Request Off Point I18=10;Fixed Buffer Full Warning Point I19=6807;Clock Source I-Var. Number (Turbo PMAC2 Only) ;I20=$78400;MACRO IC 0 Base Address (Turbo PMAC2 Only) ;I21=$0;MACRO IC 1 Base Address (Turbo PMAC2 Only) ;I22=$0;MACRO IC 2 Base Address (Turbo PMAC2 Only) ;I23=$0;MACRO IC 3 Base Address (Turbo PMAC2 Only) ;I24=$60000;Main DPRAM Base Address I25=0;(Reserved) I26=0;UMAC Electrical MACRO Enable I27=0;Alternate TWS input format I28=0;(Reserved) I29=$0;(Reserved) I30=1;Compensation Table Wrap Enable I31=0;(Reserved) I32=0;(Reserved) I33=0;(Reserved) I34=0;(Reserved) I35=0;(Reserved) I36=0;(Reserved) I37=$0;Additional Wait States I38=0;In-Line CALL Enable I39=0;UBUS Accessory ID Variable Display Control I40=0;Watchdog Timer Reset Value ;I41=0;I-Variable Lockout Control I42=0;Spline/PVT Time Control Mode I43=0;Auxiliary Serial Port Parser Disable I44=0;(Reserved) I45=0;Foreground Bin. Rot. Buf. Transfer Enable I46=0;P And Q Variable storage location I47=0;DPRAM Motor Data Reporting Period I48=0;DPRAM Motor Data Reporting Enable I49=0;DPRAM Background Data Reporting Enable I50=20;DPRAM Background Data Reporting Period I51=0;Compensation Table Enable I52=23;CPU Frequency Control I53=12;Auxiliary Serial Port Baud Rate Control I54=12;Main Serial Port Baud Rate Control I55=0;DPRAM Background Variable Buffers Enable I56=0;DPRAM ASCII Communications Interrup Enable I57=0;DPRAM Motor Data Background Reporting Enable ;I58=1;DPRAM ASCII Communications Enable I59=0;Motor/C.S. Group Select I60=15;Filtered Velocity Sample Time I61=8;Filtered Velocity Shift I62=0;Internal Message Carriage Return Control I63=1;Control X Echo Enable I64=1;Unsolicited Responses Tag Enable I65=0;User Configuration Variable I66=0;(Reserved) I67=$0;Modbus TCP buffer start address (UMACs only) I68=15;Coordinate System Activation Control I69=$0;Modbus TCP software control panel start address(UMACs only) I70=$3333;MACRO IC 0 Node Auxiliary Register Enable I71=$3333;MACRO IC 0 Node Protocol Type Control I72=$0;MACRO IC 1 Node Auxiliary Register Enable I73=$0;MACRO IC 1 Node Protocol Type Control I74=$0;MACRO IC 2 Node Auxiliary Register Enable I75=$0;MACRO IC 2 Node Protocol Type Control I76=$0;MACRO IC 3 Node Auxiliary Register Enable I77=$0;MACRO IC 3 Node Protocol Type Control I78=32;MACRO Type 1 Master/Slave Communications Timeout I79=32;MACRO Type 1 Master/Master Communications Timeout I80=0;MACRO Ring Check Period I81=2;MACRO Maximum Ring Error Count I82=0;MACRO Minimum Sync Packet Count I83=0;MACRO Parallel Ring Enable Mask I84=0;MACRO IC Number for Master Communications I85=0;MACRO Ring Order Number I86=0;(Reserved) I87=0;(Reserved) I88=0;(Reserved) I89=0;Cutter Comp Outside Corner Break I90=$39;VME Address Modifier I91=$4;VME Address Modifier Don’t Care Bits I92=$FF;VME Base Address Bits A31-A24 I93=$7F;VME Mailbox Address Bits A23-A16,ISA DPR Address A23-A16 I94=$A0;VME Mailbox Addr Bits A15-A08,ISA DPR Addr A15-A14 And Control I95=$7;VME Interrupt Level I96=$A1;VME Interrupt Vector I97=$0;VME DPRAM Base Address Bits A23-A20 I98=$60;VME DPRAM Enable I99=$30;VME Address Width Control I100=1;Motor 1 Activate I101=3;Motor 1 Commutation Enable I102=$78420;Motor 1 Command Output Address I103=$350F;Motor 1 Position Address I104=$350F;Motor 1 'Velocity' Address I105=$35C0;Motor 1 Master Position Address I106=0;Motor 1 Master Follow Enable I107=96;Motor 1 Master Scale Factor I108=96;Motor 1 Position Scale Factor I109=96;Motor 1 Velocity Scale Factor I110=$100;Motor 1 Power-on Servo Position Address I111=1048000;Motor 1 Fatal Following Error Limit I112=52400;Motor 1 Warning Following Error Limit I113=2620000;Motor 1 + Software Position Limit I114=-2620000;Motor 1 - Software Position Limit I115=1;Motor 1 Abort/Lim Decel Rate I116=98;Motor 1 Maximum Velocity I117=0.262144;Motor 1 Maximum Acceleration I118=0;(Reserved) I119=1;Motor 1 Maximum Jog Acceleration I120=0;Motor 1 Jog/Home Acceleration Time I121=50;Motor 1 Jog/Home S-Curve Time I122=30;Motor 1 Jog Speed I123=-35;Motor 1 Homing Speed And Direction I124=$48001;Motor 1 Flag Mode Control I125=$3440;Motor 1 Flag Address I126=0;Motor 1 Home Offset I127=0;Motor 1 Position Rollover Range I128=300;Motor 1 In-Position Band I129=160;Motor 1 Output/1st Phase Offset I130=25000;Motor 1 PID Proportional Gain I131=840;Motor 1 PID Derivative Gain I132=840;Motor 1 PID Velocity Feed Forward Gain I133=18000;Motor 1 PID Integral Gain I134=0;Motor 1 PID Integration Mode I135=0;Motor 1 PID Acceleration Feed Forward Gain I136=0;Motor 1 PID Notch Filter Coefficient N1 I137=0;Motor 1 PID Notch Filter Coefficient N2 I138=0;Motor 1 PID Notch Filter Coefficient D1 I139=0;Motor 1 PID Notch Filter Coefficient D2 I140=0;Motor 1 Trajectory Filter Constant I141=0;Motor 1 Desired Position Limit Band I142=$0;Motor 1 Amplifier Flag Address I143=$0;Motor 1 Overtravel-Limit Flag Address I144=$0;(Reserved) I145=0;(Reserved) I146=0;(Reserved) I147=0;(Reserved) I148=0;(Reserved) I149=0;(Reserved) I150=0;(Reserved) I151=0;(Reserved) I152=0;(Reserved) I153=0;(Reserved) I154=0;(Reserved) I155=$0;Motor 1 Commutation Table Address Offset I156=0;Motor 1 Commutation Delay Compensation I157=2907;Motor 1 Continuous Current Limit I158=53;Motor 1 Integrated Current Limit I159=1;Motor 1 User Written Servo Enable I160=0;Motor 1 Servo Cycle Period Extension I161=0.04999995232;Motor 1 Current Loop Integral Gain I162=0.5499999523;Motor 1 Current Loop Prop. Gain (Forward Path) I163=4000000;Motor 1 Integration Limit I164=0;Motor 1 'Deadband Gain' I165=2000;Motor 1 Deadband Size I166=20000;Motor 1 PWM Scale Factor (PMAC2 Only) I167=4194304;Motor 1 Position Error Limit I168=0;Motor 1 Friction Feedforward I169=5815;Motor 1 Output Command Limit/Scale I170=6;Motor 1 Number of Commutation Cycles (N) I171=8388607;Motor 1 Counts Per N Commutation Cycles I172=1365;Motor 1 Commutation Phase Angle I173=0;Motor 1 Phase Finding Output Value I174=0;Motor 1 Phase Finding Time I175=6329465;Motor 1 Phase Position Offset I176=0.5;Motor 1 Current Loop Proportional Gain (Back Path) I177=0;Motor 1 Induction Motor Magnetization Current I178=0;Motor 1 Induction Motor Slip Gain I179=128;Motor 1 2nd Phase Output (DAC) Bias I180=0;Motor 1 Power-Up Mode I181=$100;Motor 1 Power-On Phase Position Address I182=$78422;Motor 1 Current loop Feedback Address I183=$78420;Motor 1 Commutation Position Address I184=$FFF000;Motor 1 Current-Loop Feedback Mask Word I185=400;Motor 1 Backlash Take-up Rate I186=400;Motor 1 Backlash Size I187=1500;Motor 1 Backlash Hysteresis I188=0;Motor 1 In-Position Number of Cycles I189=0;(Reserved) I190=0;Motor 1 Rapid Speed Select I191=$740000;Motor 1 Power-on Phase Position Format I192=10;Motor 1 Jog-To-Position Calculation Time I193=0;(Reserved) I194=0;(Reserved) I195=$740000;Motor 1 Power-On Servo Position Format I196=0;Motor 1 command Output Mode Control I197=0;Motor 1 Position Capture/Trigger Mode Control I198=0;Motor 1 Third-Resolver Gear Ratio I199=0;Motor 1 Second-Resolver Gear Ratio ; ** End of Upload **

it happens more or less once in 1 hour. It happens more often when I am holding the position, in very rare occasion (1 every few hours) when the actuator is moving. yes, the configuration has been running for months, but since we had few problems (noises etc), it has been decided to run long fatigue test, such as this one. I don't get this point: the current behavior seems ok to me, changing sign when holding position of different signs. When it "jumps" (or turns-off), the position is changing as well (probably due to the motor cogging torque). thanks, we can discuss of this at some point later, when I will have more data to talk about. thanks gigi

yes, sorry for that, I forgot to paste the part where I explain the curves. The first plot represent the commanded position (line in black) and the position read from the encoder (red). The red-dotted line is the difference between these two values. The commanded position is recorded by gathering M161 and the actual position is M162 (this is not accounting for the backlash compensation that you can see at t = 710s and 740s.) [plot is in microns] The second plot is the actual current flowing in the motor, gathering M175. [plot is in Amperes] I measured both the position loop and the PI loop of this system: the position loop has a bandwidth of ~70 Hz, that is reduced at ~20Hz when the actuator is InPosition (bandwidth reduced in the Open Servo algorithm). The PI loop has a much higher bandwidth, around 300 Hz. No, I cannot tell which came first; unfortunately, with this setup (ethernet connection to the UMAC) I cannot go faster than these 32 Hz. I could try to use the rotary gathering buffer, but I need some flag that I can poll to stop the rotary buffer. thanks gigi

On a side note, I'd like to share this strange behavior of the same actuator controlled by the same GeoMacro. Sometimes (once per hour), it seems that the power output drops and immediately restart. In attach a picture of a typical stress test that is running since few days here in the lab: 1 step of 1 um, wait for 30s, step back to 0, wait for 30s, repeat. In the middle of the plot you can see that the current suddenly "falls" (around 728s) and then the loop recovers this unexpected motion. I don't think this is related to the servoloop: this actuator is now running with an Open Servo algorithm that has an output filter at 20 Hz (when the actuator is in positon), and this sudden "jump" is clearly out of my bandwidth. Any idea? thanks gigi

yes, correct, the ring is over RJ45 and the drivers + CPU are in an electronic cabinet that contains many other instruments. I'm going to try the DC power supply in the next days on the spare driver. I have here in the lab only a limited-power DC PSUs, so yesterday I tried only to power up the spare GeoMacro and it seemed fine, without any error. Even if the power that I can deliver now is very limited, I tried only few actuator motions and it seemed to work fine. I'll let you know how this will evolve. Thanks to all gigi

so, more tests are ongoing here. In the next days I'm planning to run the GeoMacro only with DC. On top of the manual is written that to run the GMH152 in DC "optional DC power input (24 – 350 or 24 – 700 VDC)". It is really needed an option (that I don't see in any part of the document) or it is only necessary to connect DC to L2 and L3 (as stated in the section "Wiring AC Input, J1" at page 35?) thanks gigi

I need a method to permit the user (better say "remote host") to control my machine with a limited set of commands; these commands are basically a series of PMAC functions (such as "p1001 = 10; p1002 = 40; enable plc 30; disable plc 18; b1r; ") that I want to keep invisible to the user/RemoteHost. I already do this in what we call "engineering panel"; however, these functions needs to be commanded also by a remote host (usually a *nix machine where I have no control) that is in charge to control all the systems, not only my device. thanks, this seems interesting. I can put here all the infos that I want to make available to the user. thanks gigi

Hi all I have a newbie question on how to permit the control (and the data gathering) to the final user of my device (Hexapod) that is controlled by a PowerPMAC. In the old TurboPMAC, I make available to the final user a set of predefined command (e.g. 1 [move], 2 [halt], 3[stop], etc.). What the user (not a user but the process in the main control system) must do to run the proper command is to write in the DPRam the integer representing the selected command as well as the proper parameters, if any. Operatively, the user must complete the tagEthernetCmd (as explained in the Turbo PMAC User Manual, section "Turbo PMAC Ethernet Protocol") with the RequestType = 0x40 and Request = VR_PMAC_SETMEM and build a byte stream containing one integer (the command) and 6 float (the parameters of the command, if any). A PLC is constantly monitoring the area where the user can write and, when it sees any commands, start the proper PLC or motion program. To retrieve the data, I had a PLC that is copying the variables (that I want to make available to the user) on a particular area of the DPRam; then, the user must use the tagEthernetCmd to retrieve a fixed bytestream of data and then properly split the byte in order to rebuild the variables read (float or int or bool). This procedure was necessary for security/safety reasons, because we don't want to "teach" to the user the proper syntax to run our system (e.g. we don't want that the user is in charge to "enable plc xx" or "bxxr"), or to make the user to query for each single variable in a single packet. This "single big-packet" retrieving is also useful because with a single socket query we get all the status and variables needed, resulting in a high frequency gathering. That said, it is possible to have a similar system on the PowerPMAC? I have never used one, I am preparing for my first buy in a few weeks. It seems (from the manual) that the communication is way much simpler from the ethernet point of view. I suppose I can do almost the same of what I do in the TurboPMAC by connecting on telnet/ssh and then write a command (e.g. "MyCommand 1 1.2 -0.4") that is interpreted from a underlying script that launch the proper PLCs and Motion Program. To retrieve the complete bytestream containing all the variables that I need, I could prepare a script that builds the bytestream in a string, that is requested by the user in ssh (e.g. "GetStatus" and the pmac replies with a superlong string that is then split in the proper variables by the user). So, the question for you is: am I thinking something stupid with the PowerPMAC? Is there a more efficient way to perform these operations? Thanks a lot gigi

thanks for the infos. I will defenitely write our own routines to communicate with the heidenhain encoder. ciao! gigi

Hi all I'd like to use, for a new application, a Power Brick LV to control a 6-axis machine that embeds stepper motors and Endat 2.2 encoders. I already used turbo pmac to control this kind of machine; to gather the Endat 2.2 encoders I used the Acc-84. I know that the Acc84 is NOT able to read the Endat 2.2 additional information that can give the encoder (I am interested in the temperature reading). Is the powerBrick able to read these additional information via the endat 2.2 protocol? thanks gigi

ok, thanks for your help.

After several weeks of test, we finally have a real good candidate controller for our application. Unfortunately, the CPU time is quite high, and the thumb-rule that you explained is not working. In a single axis operation I have a Servo Interrupt CPU time of 14.9%. When I create the fake secondary axis, the servo Interrupt CPU time goes up to 27.3 %. Unfortunately, the system has 6 axis, so I expect that the servo time for all the system will go up to 90%. I think this is indicating that the open servo needs to be written directly in assembly. ciao gigi

Hi All are the 3d drawings of devices available for download? In particular, I need now the drawing of a GeoMacro GMH152 and a Geo Brick LV GBD8. thanks gigi

something is strange: a phase loss on a 380V AC would lead to a system that is always above the 97V AC. Am I doing the wrong math? Anyway, I have some more doubt on the system because I got all the other errors (Ring Fault, OverVoltage, DC/DC error). Is it possible that EMC noise can trigger all these faults? On the Ring Fault: how does the macro work? Does it have its own error correction algorithm or it trips a fault after a single faulty reading? If it is the second option, this is leading me to the EMC problems on the cabinet. ciao gigi

In this cabinet, the 380V is used only for the GeoMacros, anyway I was thinking about the same issues because in the same building there are a lot of other 380V high-current devices. I already already asked the people there to perform this measure, I am waiting for the results. BTW, I'm concerned about the bus protection thresholds of the GeoMacro. The manual states that the overvoltage fault trips at 828V DC, while the undervoltage trips at 20V DC. Are you sure about the UnderVoltage value? It seems pretty low! I tested a spare GeoMacro that I have here in the lab: the undervoltage fault trips when I cut off one of the 3 phases of the 380V ac. How it would be possible? Even with 2 phases the DC voltage should be much higher than the 20V DC. I tested this because I'm told that one phase-loss is a pretty common problem in this kind of power plant. What to you think about it? thanks gigi

I'm using 380V AC 3phase. The main line coming from "the wall" is passed through a filter (schaffner FN258 EMC/RFI 3phase filter) and the out of the filter is divided in the 3 GeoMacros. To recover from the fault I reboot the system (the customer does not have the option to send the ClearFault command to the driver, I can try only when I will be in front of the machine tomorrow). We have 3 racks, each rack contain a GeoMacro; each rack is sealed and it presents a connector to receive 380V ac 3phase and 220V. Inside the rack, all the grounds are brought to a terminal block and then return to the main ground coming from the connector. In the cabinet, we have a single ground point (for all the devices placed inside the cabinet). Inside each Geo Macro rack I have a 220V switching to get the 24V dc (passing through a common chocke) for the logic of the GeoMacro. thanks gigi

Hi All I am having some strange alarm on a macro chain composed of 3 GMH152. Sometimes one or more Geo Macro trip the UnderVoltage Fault or Ring Fault after I send the ENABLE command to the motor. This is really strange because the boot sequence is performed correctly without rising any error. Is it possible that the power supply of the room where the system is installed is that bad that it cannot supply current to the driver, blocking one or more? The current requested on the main line is quite small (less than 3 A) when the motors are energized. Can the measure of the DC bus so disturbed that it reads UnderVoltage even if the DC bus is correct? And, on top of this: does the Geo Macro have a sort of logging of the last NN errors occurred? thanks gigi

Hi All I just tuned an Open Servo controller on a 240 MHz UMAC that is controlling one axis. The CPU load (monitored via the PMAC CPU Resources from PEWIN) tells me that the % of FG time is near 22%. How can I scale this value to a system that is controlling 6 axis via this Open Servo? The 6 axis are all equals, so there's no need to add to the algorithm further computation. Should I expect a 6x my 22%? Or this percentage is fixed, regarding the number of axis connected? thanks ciao gg

Yes, I understand that. In my previous post, I made the TS + GS polys working as a standard PMAC "PI + D loop". Now I need a to build an ESA working as a normal PID (D working with the Error, not with the Actual Velocity), but it seems that I can't implement it because of some missing gain. I tested my actuator with a normal PID loop (to have D working with the error, I put i132 == i131), and I know it works fine. But if I try to put this PID in the only TS polynomial, my transfer function is completely different (way much slower). The TurboPMAC UserManual is quite cumbersome on this topic, can somebody help me regarding the theory of the control laws? Here's the list of things that are not quite clear in the manual: 1) GS poly: the diagram at page 178 shows GS(g0 + g1(1-z^-1)). I suppose the correct poly is GS(g0 + g1*z^-1 + g2*z^-2), as reported in the TUNING PRO sw. Am I correct? 2) D poly: the diagram shows 1/(1+d1*z^-1 * d2*z^-2), while the TUNING PRO sw shows 1/(1+2(d1*z^-1 + d2*z^-2)). I suppose the TUNING PRO sw is correct, but I'd like to have a confirm on that. 3) the Pmac PID Actual Algorithm (page 170): I start my conversion "PID to ESA" from the law on section "Actual PID/Feedforward Algorithm". Is that law correct? Shouldn't be there a *32 gain on top of everything (I suppose it is 2^-19*Ixx30*32*(..) ). Thanks a lot gigi

Hi thanks to all for the suggestions. I finally made an ESA working as a standard PID loop. Here in attach a matlab script file that implements the conversion (you can open it with a standard text editor). I tested the conversion on a real hardware, where I measured transfer functions and step responses: the PID and the ESA performances are almost equal. The major problem on this was a missing coefficient on the Ixx69 used on the ESA: I had to multiply by 3 (or 96/32) to make the loop working. EDIT: regarding the Ixx69: is there a way to have a limit on the output current? The Ixx69 in the ESA is used as a global Proportional Gain; I'd like to have a global limit on top of the loop (like Ixx69 on the classic PID), in order to be extra-safe on the maximum output current. Hope this can be useful to someone. gigi PID2ESA.m.txt

Hi All I am trying to implement a ESA instead of a standard PID, in order to have more flexibility regarding filtering. At first, I would like to implement the ESA exactly as my PID, just to see if I am doing everything correct. Unfortunately, it seems that my conversion algorithm is not working. This is the procedure I am following: 1) Compute the exact coefficient of Proportional, Integral and Derivative parts in terms of counts (input) and servo bit (output). I get the formulas from page 170 of "TURBO PMAC User Manual" UMAC.i130 = 10000; UMAC.i131 = 8000; UMAC.i133 = 60000; Kp = UMAC.i130 / (1 / (2^-19 * 96)); % = 1.8311 Kd = UMAC.i131 / (128 / (2^-19 * 96 * UMAC.i130 * UMAC.servotime)); % = 0.0509 Ki = UMAC.i133 / (2^23 / (2^-19 * 96 * UMAC.i130 * (1/UMAC.servotime))); % = 29.4676 2) Use the above coefficients to get a transfer function in z^(-n) domain. The transfer function is Kp * (1 + Integral_TransferFunction - Derivative_TranferFunction) This is what I get: 30.42 - 0.8983 z^-1 - 0.05086 z^-2 ---------------------------------- * 1.8311 1 - z^-1 I'm using the Kp as a global gain, as the UMAC does in its servo loop. 3) Insert the transfer function above in the ESA algorithm. It seems that I can use the only TS block to implement a simple PID. So, I compute the gains, paying attention to dimension correctly s0, TS, t0, t1, t2 and r1. The transfer function that I get is the same as above, except for the Kp (1.8311) that I'm going to use to dimension the Ixx69 4) Translate the Kp (1.8311) into the Ixx69, that I plan to use as the new global proportional gain. In principle, I would say that Ixx69 = Kp * 2^15 / 96 / 32; % 19 (96 and 32 are used because the ESA works in that unit, while the PID gains are computed as entire counts. 5) Download the configuration. Now the problems start. It seems that these coefficients are not representative of the stardard PID: in particular, the Ixx69 value is extremely low. With the Ixx69 computed, the ouput is quite low (no motion at all at level of actuator). I should multiply the Ixx69 value of a factor ~100 to get some output at level of the driver. Where am I doing wrong here? Am I forgetting some conversion? thanks gigi

I have news on this topic: with the help with the guys on DeltaTau Switzerland, we discovered that we had some problems deep on the Macro. The GeoMacro did not report anything, the front led was 0, the mi5 (macro counter) was 0, but the i6840 was set to $4077 instead of $4070. We then decided to replace the macro board (I had one here, that was supposed to be the spare for that machine) and it seems we fixed the problem: i6840 is now set properly to $4070 and we did not get any of this amp fault anymore (since last Monday). Now, I have here in my office the "bad" Acc 5E; I installed it in my system (UMAC + 1 GeoMacro) and i6840 magically changed to $4077 from $4070. Can we say now that this is a board issue?

see my other reply; it seems that the stabilization with different choke modules on the DC power supply and a better grounding fixed everything. Thanks a lot for all the answers ciao gg

I just returned from the mission on the machine: probably we fixed this problem by acting on the grounding scheme. In particular, we replaced the filter for the +24V DC of the GeoMacro and we hard-wired the DB25 connector to ground (we cannot trust the mechanical connection of the connector's hood). It seems now that we have 1/2 bit of noise on all the actuator without drift so far.