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  1. Hello, I have developed an application using the PPMAC Development Kit in c# 2010. Currently I am trying to publish this to a target machine. I get the following error when the Display control tries to load: the type initializer for 'PowerPmacComLib.CommunicationsGlobals' threw an exception. Has anyone seen this when deploying applications created using the PPMAC Development Kit? Tech support at Delta Tau also referenced that somewhere in the documentation there are directions for distributing applications created with the PPMAC Development Kit. If someone would be willing to share this that would be great.
  2. I think that I solved my own problem by reading another post. Since you don't have hardware interrupts with an axis card you must use the cpu's built in timer interrupt. In this case the cpu, power supply and ethernet card are all that is required. Therefore, Sys.ServoPeriod to the desired period usually 1000msec or 500msec and Sys.CPUTimerIntr=1 then save and power cycle. You must order the EtherCAT option when ordering the CPU so that you get the EtherCAT compatible network card. I assume you have done this. Also there is the Power PMAC Etherlite product
  3. chuber

    HMI thoughts

    Thank you for the responses. I really appreciate the responses and experience shared
  4. I am attempting to Use a PowerUMAC with CT Drives through EtherCat. The Power sees the CT Drives (using an SM-Ethercat module). When I set the PMAC clock as under the Global Clock Setting and press the Accept button I get the error shown in the attached file (Master Gate Not Found . Has anyone seen this before or can point me to documentation concerning this error?
  5. Is the procedure outlined by bradp still the procedure for downloading a motion program from an HMI? Is this the case if the HMI resides on the PPMAC. Does the motion program need to be written in pmac script or will C perform the same? In the past with a standard PMAC2 we were able to download a program by sending a text file to the PMAC2, the text file was evaluated by the PMAC2 with the Open and Close statements opening and closing the program buffer. Is this not the case currently with the PPMAC?
  6. chuber

    HMI thoughts

    We are moving from PMAC2's to Power PMACS. In the past our HMI was written in Visual Studio. My question is two fold: As we move forward, based upon the experience of others is it a good idea to have the HMI run on the PPMAC? Secondly - what programming environments are people using, Visual Studio with MONO, Eclipse, GTK? Thank You
  7. In the past we have used the step command as Sina suggested. What we would like in the future is what Curt suggested. At this point we would not want bi-directional capability. When using the external time base would this also control setting of Outputs and reading in inputs in sync with the motion? In reading the section on external time base control. I have one further question. What would happen if the end user of the machine rotated the manual pulse generator in the negative direction a large amount? Would the PPMAC simply not move (hopefully for me this is correct) or would some instability arise?
  8. In the past we have used the step command as Sina suggested. What we would like in the future is what Curt suggested. At this point we would not want bi-directional capability. When using the external time base would this also control setting of Outputs and reading in inputs in sync with the motion?
  9. Has anyone used a manual pulse generator (mpg) to "step" through a motion program? If anyone has any experience on this and would want to share that would be great. This would be similar to what happens with a CNC machine tool as you increment the mpg the controller "steps" through the program. Thank You
  10. I am using a PMAC2 PC104 card. We are controlling two servo axes. The system has several PLC's, PLCC's and a motion program running. Most of the time the application performs well. Usually once in an 8 hour shift the controller will perform some of the I/O operations out of sequence, for example turning on an output, not the same one or at the same time all very random. I was wondering if anyone had seen this before. I am leaning toward resetting the device with a $$$*** and reloading all programs, maybe a program buffer corruption error. I would appreciate any advice from anyone that has seen this before. We have used Delta Tau for years running different variations of this same program, usually they are rock solid.
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