[Recover AbortAll]

Yes, enable the motor works. Thank you.

[Recover AbortAll]

Hello,

I am using a Normally Close switch for Abort Input signal. Does anyone know how to recover the AbortAll signal after the switch is in healthy state? I know one way to do it is to do $$$ but I don't want to reset the controller.

[EtherCAT communication lost when close/disconnect PowerPMAC IDE]

Hi,

I use IDE 4.6.0.14 and the CK3M firmware version is 2.6.1.0.

By the way, it seems that I found how to fix it: After 'save' the project, I have to launch $$$.

[EtherCAT communication lost when close/disconnect PowerPMAC IDE]

Hello,

I am using CK3M as a master to connect to a EtherCAT device. When I close the PowerPMAC IDE or disconnect the IDE from CK3M, the EtherCAT communication lost. Do you have any idea?

[Changing Resolver's direction on PowerBrick LV]

Hi,

I would like to ask how to change the resolver direction in PowerBrick LV.

I followed the User's Manual:

Motor[].PhaseOffset = – present value
Motor[].PwmSf = – present value
PowerBrick[].Chan[].EncCtrl = the opposite decode of the present value (e.g. 7 or 3)
If using resolver or halls absolute power-on phasing:
Motor[].AbsPhasePosSf = – present value
Motor[].AbsPhasePosOffset = 2048 – present value
If using resolver absolute power-on position:
Motor[].AbsPosSf = – present value

After that, I downloaded the code, read absolute position, did manual phasing. Phasing successfully

However, the resolver direction did not change.

Do you have any idea?
 

[Project Upload from PowerPMAC]

Hi,

I am using the PowerPMAC IDE version 4.5.2.9. I have just noticed that the "Upload Project from PowerPMAC" does not exist anymore. Does anyone have any idea? Thanks

 

 

[New Tuning Package for Point-to-point Tuning]

Hi,

I am using the PowerPMAC IDE 4.5.2.9. I think it doesn’t allow me to do the Point-to-point tuning (Trapezoidal Tuning) with the message requires New Tuning Package. Do you have any idea?

[Index into structures]

Can I use index structure L0 or Ldata.motor in a PLC?

 

My intention is to make a loop for 8 motors in a PLC. In this loop, I need the index for Motor[index], kill, jog, etc. I also want to use the index L0 for indexing my global array.

[True DAC output on CK3M]

Hi,

 

I have a CK3M and a AX1515P. Do you know how to set them to have true DAC output (+/-10V)?

 

I also need to configure SSI encoder with them. I think it should be the same way as setting up in PowerBrick LV, right?

[Dual loop setup]

Hi,

 

I have a stage with:

- DC Motor on channel 1.

- Linear incremental encoder on channel 1. (Position loop)

- Rotary incremental encoder shaft mounted on channel 2. (Velocity loop)

 

How I can do to setup the dual-loop control in GeoBrick LV for that stage. I couldn't find anything in the TurboPMAC user manual. Thanks

[Safety relay of GeoMacro Drive]

Hello,

 

I would like to ask if there is a way to monitor the status of the Safety relay of the GeoMACRO Drive by software (e.g. M-variable)

[Problem when downloading project]

Hi,

 

I always get AmpFault and I2TFault errors every time I download the project into PowerBrick. The only way to clear them is to save it and $$$.

 

Has anyone experienced this issue?

[limit not affect "out" command]

Hi everyone,

 

Has anybody seen the issue that the limit switch cannot stop the "out" command moving even though it can stop the jog command? It's on PowerBrick lastest firmware 2.4.0.180.

[PFM output with 16-Axis MACRO CPU]

Hello,

 

I want to control stepper motors which receive the PFM output from 16-Axis MACRO CPU to Stepper Drive. That MACRO CPU is controlled by PowerBrick LV via MACRO link

 

I have followed the PowerPMAC Users Manual, section "Setting up the MACRO Ring" but I could not have PFM output.

 

Do you have any idea?

[PowerPMAC and 16-Axis MACRO CPU]

Thank you for your answer.

 

I have followed that user manual but I still cannot achieve my goals:

1. Having PFM output from MACRO Station to external stepper drive.

2. Control GPIO of MACRO Station.

 

Do you have any ideas about those? Thanks

[PowerPMAC and 16-Axis MACRO CPU]

Hi everyone,

 

I have read the User Manual of 16 Axis MACRO CPU. It's stated that it could be connected to Turbo PMAC2.

 

Is it possible to connect 16-Axis MACRO CPU to PowerPMAC via MACRO ring?

 

Thanks

[Virtual, Simulated, or Phantom Motor]

Does this method work for Power Clipper only?

 

Yes this is a virtual (simulated or phantom) motor without using any hardware channels, only as a software motor usable on any Power PMAC platform.

 

As quoted in the document, there are two methods:

1. Pulse-and-Direction Stepper-Motor

2. Virtual Motor with No ASIC Hardware

 

I have tried both on a Clipper. Only the Virtual Motor with No ASIC Hardware is working. The PFM method doesn't work. I assume that it lacks some hardware to run PFM. Am I right and what do I need more to run PFM?

[Virtual, Simulated, or Phantom Motor]

Does this method work for Power Clipper only?

[Motor unactivated after reset]

Hello everyone,

 

I am trying the new firmware 2.4.0.180 for PowerBrick LV and new PowerPMAC IDE 4.0.3.0.

 

Somehow after launching "save" command and "$$$" command. My motors become unactivated. I had a look at the file "pp_save.cfg". Suprisingly, it didn't save some variables e.g. Motor[x].ServoCtrl or Motor[x].PowerOnMode even though I am sure that I had set it up in my header files in Global Includes folder and downloaded all of them.

 

Is it the new feature of firmware or IDE?

Does anyone have any idea?

[Changing Microstepping]

Hello everyone,

 

As I know, the microstepping of PowerBrcik LV is 1/512. It means for a standard stepper motor 1.8 deg (200 steps/rev), we get 102400 microsteps/rev.

 

I would like to ask if we can change this parameter. For example, I want to change to 1/50 so that I can get 10000 microsteps/rev.

 

Can someone help me. Many thanks

 

Xuan