The CypCut software is what mine had on it. Mine is only a 1 KW
but it works for testing. It is a 5' X 10' so it is using a bunch
of my shop :) . My goal is not to make something "better" than the
CypCut software. I want to make software that can do anything with
the lasers. The software they have is fine for cutting plate but
if you need to do some fancy stuff it falls apart quickly. The
capacitance height control is working now, it is just talking to
the power supply that is the issue and I seem to have a contact
that can get me some data! I hope to be making parts again next
month.
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On 2/22/2022 4:49 PM, Brian Martin
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Ok, it is running CypCut which has some
nice features but I’d rather run Mach4!
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Thank-you!
Brian Martin
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That is using step and direction if it is running the Chinese
control software. I took that all out of my laser and have
been putting in Mach4 with Ethercat :) . We are working on
trying to talk to the Raycus fiber generator now ... That is
NO fun to try and get support from them
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On 2/22/2022 2:21 PM, Brian Martin wrote:
That mostly makes sense, I have a Senfeng
4KW laser that has a mixture Yaskawa and Delt drives on it.
I will do some more reading on Ethercat.
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Thank-you!
Brian
Martin
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Hi Guys,
EtherCat is basically a distributed motion controller. So
picture an ESS that? is in the drives as well as in the IO
blocks . Its sort of like a Modbus setup but is all in
realtime. You can mix and match hardware in an Ethercat
system. So you can have drives from Yaskawa , Elmo, Omron ,
Delta , Leadshine and so on all on the same network. The
drives could power Steppers or servos (the system has no
idea what one it is..) You can also use IO from in the
drives OR add IO modules as well. The Ethernet cable just
goes from drive to drive and IO to IO. With the Kingstar /
Mahc4 setup you can also to ABS encoders so you do not need
to home the machine when you start it. This is REALLY cools
because you don't need to have home switches or any of that
other hardware. You can also read as much data about the
drive as you would like. So you can see what current the
motor is using for example .
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Now you can do this without the Kingstar software and add a
hardware master like the board Vital systems has. This is a
little more limiting but is much more flexible as to what PC
it will work with. This is not the be all end all but it is
the best way to make a high end system. It is the future...
Well it really is here and the prices have been dropping
like crazy.
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Okay I think that made more confusion than it helped ;)
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Thanks
Brian
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On 2/22/2022 10:11 AM, o1bigtenor
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On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 7:02
AM Brian Martin <bmm@...>
wrote:
No
problem, o1bigtenor. I want to know more
about Ethercat also. Go ahead with the
discussion!
Does
an Ethercat drive network directly to the
PC, or is there still a motion control
interface/card?
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My phrase is 'what I know I
can write on paper with big block letters and
there is still plenty of room?
inside the thimble, after
inserting the paper, for my finger' - - - -
which is to say - - precious little.?
AIUI its a ethernet
modification - - - to speed communications
between devices, specifically?
- - again, AIUI, for drives
to controls. There is a master info source at:?
my search engine (duckduckgo)
included this with that address:?
The?EtherCAT?technology overcomes
the system limitations of other Ethernet
solutions: The Ethernet packet is no longer
received, then interpreted and copied as
process data at every connection. Instead, the
Ethernet frame is processed on the fly.
So
- - - it would seem that the value is in high
speed connections.?
I'm
not sure at what level ethercat comes into its
own - - - haven't been able to?
find
anything like 'a noobs guide to ethercat' . As
usual one is expected to be?
at
least sorta of a master form the get go - - -
- docs are so tedious to write?
is
what needs to be remembered (NOT - - -imo!).
So the whole seems like it?
could
be useful - - - but exactly how - - - well - -
- that's why I was asking for?
(One
more technology to master)
From
the still quite befogged mind of?
