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Re: Photos-index pulse sensor
--- In mach1mach2cnc@..., Andy Wander <awander@v...>
wrote: I like it, except I'm clumsy enough that I would be sure todestroy it while sliding something thru the spindle bore.It clears the bore area. Bending the wires a little more will give extra clearance, and a smaller/different sensor may fit better. For me, the system will stay clean here. John (bloy) |
Re: Question on index pulse
Les Newell
Hi Andy,
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If you average a steady state PWM signal (apply a low pass filter) you get a DC voltage. At 0% PWM you get 0V, at 50% PWM you get 1/2 voltage and at 100% PWM you get full voltage and so on. Now if you slowly change the pulse width your DC voltage will slowly change to follow it. A VFD changes the pulse width in a sinusoidal pattern and the motor inductance acts as the filter. As long as the PWM frequency is much higher than the sine wave frequency (say 10kHz or highter) all the motor will see is the sine wave. By varying the pattern the VFD can control the sine wave frequency and voltage. Les Andy Wander wrote: Les: |
Re: Photos-index pulse sensor
Andy Wander
I like it, except I'm clumsy enough that I would be sure to destroy it while
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sliding something thru the spindle bore. Andy Wander Verrex Corporation -----Original Message-----
From: Bloy2004 [mailto:jmnotions@...] Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 1:04 PM To: mach1mach2cnc@... Subject: [mach1mach2cnc] Photos-index pulse sensor Uploaded to "Bloy2004".... an idea for mounting sensor to Lathe spindle of 3 in 1 machine (Shoptask specific) _____ Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: <> * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: mach1mach2cnc-unsubscribe@... <mailto:mach1mach2cnc-unsubscribe@...?subject=Unsubscribe> * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of <> Service. |
Re: Question on index pulse
Andy Wander
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Thanks for the explanation-what I still don't understand about it is how the "Sine Wave", which is generated by the "filtering" of the motor, will vary in frequency, if the only thing that is done to it is to change the PWM duty cycle. This would seem to me to get us to a "Sine wave" which has different values for it's Positive and Negative half-cycles, but I can't see how the frequency would change unless the frequency of the PWM changed. Andy Wander Verrex Corporation -----Original Message-----
From: Les Newell [mailto:les@...] Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 12:54 PM To: mach1mach2cnc@... Subject: Re: [mach1mach2cnc] Re: Question on index pulse A VFD creates an approximation of a sine wave by pulse width modulating a high frequency carrier. The carrier frequency is high enough that the motor effecively filters it out, leaving the sine wave. The frequency of the sine wave is varied to control the speed of the motor. This is not really much use to Mach2 as it is only the commanded speed to the motor. It does not mean the motor will actually turn at that speed. The best thing to do is fit a sensor on the spindle and have done with it. That way Mach2 always knows the true speed of the spindle. Les Andy Wander wrote: I can't speak about the intricacies of the VFD, but PWM is Pulse Widthdoes NOT change, just the ratio of ON-time to OFF time of a (quasi) squarewave. you would NOT have PWM, you would have FM(frequency modulation) of a square Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT Click HereClick Here < /S=:HM/A=2019528/rand=293473797> _____ Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: <> * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: mach1mach2cnc-unsubscribe@... <mailto:mach1mach2cnc-unsubscribe@...?subject=Unsubscribe> * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of <> Service. |
Re: Question on index pulse
Les Newell
A VFD creates an approximation of a sine wave by pulse width modulating a high frequency carrier. The carrier frequency is high enough that the motor effecively filters it out, leaving the sine wave. The frequency of the sine wave is varied to control the speed of the motor.
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This is not really much use to Mach2 as it is only the commanded speed to the motor. It does not mean the motor will actually turn at that speed. The best thing to do is fit a sensor on the spindle and have done with it. That way Mach2 always knows the true speed of the spindle. Les Andy Wander wrote: I can't speak about the intricacies of the VFD, but PWM is Pulse Width |
Re: Question on index pulse
Andy Wander
Of course, by changing the width of the ON pulkse, while the frequency stays
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the same, the width of the OFF pulse is changed also, in the opposite direction. For example a 50% PWM pulse train will look just like a square wave at that frequency, because the ON pulse will be 50" of the period, and so will the OFF pulse. A 20% PWM will have the ON time at 20" of the period, and the OFF at 80%. Etc.. Andy Wander Verrex Corporation -----Original Message-----
From: Andy Wander [mailto:awander@...] Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 12:40 PM To: 'mach1mach2cnc@...' Subject: RE: [mach1mach2cnc] Re: Question on index pulse I can't speak about the intricacies of the VFD, but PWM is Pulse Width Modulation, where the ONLY thing that is varied is the width of the "ON" pulse(not both ON and OFF). This means that the frequency of the pulses does NOT change, just the ratio of ON-time to OFF time of a (quasi) square wave. If the width of both the ON and the OFF pulse changed(and was identical, you would NOT have PWM, you would have FM(frequency modulation) of a square wave. Andy Wander Verrex Corporation -----Original Message----- From: washcomp [mailto:jeff@...] Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 12:36 PM To: mach1mach2cnc@... Subject: [mach1mach2cnc] Re: Question on index pulse Unless I'm mistaken, (wouldn't be the first time), the way the frequency variation manifests itself is by modulating the pulse width. Pulses shorter and closer together = higher frequency. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Jeff --- In mach1mach2cnc@..., Andy Wander <awander@v...> wrote: Of course, VFD means Variable Frequency, so is this actually a PWMsignal? I'm so confused...VFD be used for this? If so, can it be scaled in MACH2 to correspnd tothe numeric value of one will not be the same as the other.<> > M=274551.4550177.5761904.1261774/D=egroupweb /S=:HM/A=2019528/rand=446470174><> < <> > <<> < <> > > subject=Unsubscribe> of < <> <<> > > Service. _____ Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: <> < <> > * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: mach1mach2cnc-unsubscribe@... <mailto:mach1mach2cnc-unsubscribe@...?subject=Unsubscribe> * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of < <> > Service. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT Click HereClick Here < /S=:HM/A=2019528/rand=704545992> _____ Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: <> * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: mach1mach2cnc-unsubscribe@... <mailto:mach1mach2cnc-unsubscribe@...?subject=Unsubscribe> * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of <> Service. |
Re: Question on index pulse
Andy Wander
I can't speak about the intricacies of the VFD, but PWM is Pulse Width
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Modulation, where the ONLY thing that is varied is the width of the "ON" pulse(not both ON and OFF). This means that the frequency of the pulses does NOT change, just the ratio of ON-time to OFF time of a (quasi) square wave. If the width of both the ON and the OFF pulse changed(and was identical, you would NOT have PWM, you would have FM(frequency modulation) of a square wave. Andy Wander Verrex Corporation -----Original Message-----
From: washcomp [mailto:jeff@...] Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 12:36 PM To: mach1mach2cnc@... Subject: [mach1mach2cnc] Re: Question on index pulse Unless I'm mistaken, (wouldn't be the first time), the way the frequency variation manifests itself is by modulating the pulse width. Pulses shorter and closer together = higher frequency. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Jeff --- In mach1mach2cnc@..., Andy Wander <awander@v...> wrote: Of course, VFD means Variable Frequency, so is this actually a PWMsignal? I'm so confused...VFD be used for this? If so, can it be scaled in MACH2 to correspnd tothe numeric value of one will not be the same as the other.M=274551.4550177.5761904.1261774/D=egroupweb /S=:HM/A=2019528/rand=446470174><> <<> > subject=Unsubscribe> of < <> >Service. _____ Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: <> * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: mach1mach2cnc-unsubscribe@... <mailto:mach1mach2cnc-unsubscribe@...?subject=Unsubscribe> * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of <> Service. |
Re: Question on index pulse
No, it is the same base frequency. The width of the pulse ( length of time
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it is high ) determines the energy it can deliver. 80% PWM = 80% of the time it high and 20% is low. Jim ----- Original Message -----
From: "washcomp" <jeff@...> To: <mach1mach2cnc@...> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 11:36 AM Subject: [mach1mach2cnc] Re: Question on index pulse Unless I'm mistaken, (wouldn't be the first time), the way the |
Re: Question on index pulse
washcomp
Unless I'm mistaken, (wouldn't be the first time), the way the
frequency variation manifests itself is by modulating the pulse width. Pulses shorter and closer together = higher frequency. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Jeff --- In mach1mach2cnc@..., Andy Wander <awander@v...> wrote: Of course, VFD means Variable Frequency, so is this actually a PWMsignal? I'm so confused...VFD be used for this? If so, can it be scaled in MACH2 to correspnd tothe numeric value of one will not be the same as the other.M=274551.4550177.5761904.1261774/D=egroupweb /S=:HM/A=2019528/rand=446470174>subject=Unsubscribe> of <> Service. |
Re: Still problem w/ Pulse Frequency
You may need to try the special driver. I believe there is a .BAT file that
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will install it. Jim ----- Original Message -----
From: "bartelian" <bartelian@...> To: <mach1mach2cnc@...> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 9:56 AM Subject: [mach1mach2cnc] Still problem w/ Pulse Frequency I just downloaded Mach2Mill and tried to configure it. The manual |
Re: Question on index pulse
Andy Wander
Of course, VFD means Variable Frequency, so is this actually a PWM signal?
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I'm so confused... Andy Wander Verrex Corporation -----Original Message-----
From: washcomp [mailto:jeff@...] Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 8:42 AM To: mach1mach2cnc@... Subject: [mach1mach2cnc] Question on index pulse I notice that "index pulse" can be checked on the parallel input to pick up the true speed of a machine. Can the PWM frequency of a VFD be used for this? If so, can it be scaled in MACH2 to correspnd to the speed (I believe speed is a linear function to frequency, but the numeric value of one will not be the same as the other. Jeff Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT Click HereClick Here < /S=:HM/A=2019528/rand=446470174> _____ Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: <> * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: mach1mach2cnc-unsubscribe@... <mailto:mach1mach2cnc-unsubscribe@...?subject=Unsubscribe> * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of <> Service. |
Re: Still problem w/ Pulse Frequency
Art
Hi Bill:
Sounds like some driver or application is shutting down the timer. I would do a msconfig from the run button and uncheck everything in the startup tab. Then try again. If all else fails, reinstall Windows on top of itself at that point, it sometimes helps... Art www.artofcnc.ca |
Re: Still problem w/ Pulse Frequency
Robert W Williams
I would start in your services app and shutdown any services that are not
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necessary. Possibly change from automatic to manual for those services that can be changed. It sounds as if some apps are running in the back ground. Are you connected to a network, if not such down those services with network involvement. -----Original Message-----
From: bartelian [mailto:bartelian@...] Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 10:56 AM To: mach1mach2cnc@... Subject: [mach1mach2cnc] Still problem w/ Pulse Frequency I just downloaded Mach2Mill and tried to configure it. The manual says I should have about 24,600 Hz. My Puse Frequency starts high but goes down to 1100-1200 Hz., the program will keep running (very slowly) until the screen saver kicks in. Then when I hit a key to return to the regular screen the P/Freq will go up to 25,500 Hz for about 15 sec and then drop dramatically low again. I cannot maintain a consistant Pulse Freq. over about 1300 Hz. I am running M2M Release 1.90 on a Compaq 2.6GHz, 512 Mb. So far I checked to make sure Quicktime (Qtask.exe) is not installed, made sure LAN is set to 100Mbps, disabled the screensaver, cleaned the system with SpyBot, and started with a clean boot. So far nothing works. Thanks in advance for any help. The Program is just what I want, but don't know if it will work on my computer. Bill B Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT Click HereClick Here < /S=:HM/A=2019528/rand=763117604> _____ Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: <> * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: mach1mach2cnc-unsubscribe@... <mailto:mach1mach2cnc-unsubscribe@...?subject=Unsubscribe> * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <> . |
Still problem w/ Pulse Frequency
bartelian
I just downloaded Mach2Mill and tried to configure it. The manual
says I should have about 24,600 Hz. My Puse Frequency starts high but goes down to 1100-1200 Hz., the program will keep running (very slowly) until the screen saver kicks in. Then when I hit a key to return to the regular screen the P/Freq will go up to 25,500 Hz for about 15 sec and then drop dramatically low again. I cannot maintain a consistant Pulse Freq. over about 1300 Hz. I am running M2M Release 1.90 on a Compaq 2.6GHz, 512 Mb. So far I checked to make sure Quicktime (Qtask.exe) is not installed, made sure LAN is set to 100Mbps, disabled the screensaver, cleaned the system with SpyBot, and started with a clean boot. So far nothing works. Thanks in advance for any help. The Program is just what I want, but don't know if it will work on my computer. Bill B |
Re: Question on index pulse
Art
Jeff:
there a way to scale in MACH2 between the pulses and the RPM?the read out make sense in RPM. Is YEs, Mach2 will scale the input automatically and display RPM. I believe even Mill can do this as long as the index or timing mark inputs are hooked up and activated. Have you hooked them up yet?? Thanks, Art www.artofcnc.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "washcomp" <jeff@...> To: <mach1mach2cnc@...> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 10:32 AM Subject: [mach1mach2cnc] Re: Question on index pulse Olivier: |
Re: Raster to Vector Converion
Ted Gregorius
I have been using WinTopo and I have had great results
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Ted Gregorius (Pres) TAG Systems Racing Products, Inc. www.tagrace.com ----- Original Message -----
From: Robin Szemeti To: mach1mach2cnc@... Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 11:02 PM Subject: Re: [mach1mach2cnc] Raster to Vector Converion On Sunday 02 March 2003 14:27, Robert Campbell wrote: > Peter, > > I have used Adobe Streamline in the past. It worked very well. I have also > done a manual trace with Rhino. Corel Has a program called Corel Trace. google for 'raster vector' and there is a freeware program called 'win topo' .. seems to work for me. > > Bob Campbell > Bob@... > www.campbelldesigns.com > Breakout board > THC board sets > CNC router plans > Stepper Motors > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter Cruickshank" <crankshaft_sg@...> > To: <mach1mach2cnc@...> > Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 12:50 AM > Subject: [mach1mach2cnc] Raster to Vector Converion > > > Hi; > > > > Rather than me re-inventing the wheel, has anyone evaluated the > > varoious utilities for converting raster images to vector ?? > > > > I am interested in this primarily to use MACH for engraving and > > since it's a hobby the best balance of functionality & price are of > > course important. > > > > I'm not sure what features I should look for, I guess the ability to > > clean up images, smooth curves etc would be useful, i guess they all > > export in .dxf format which is compatible with MACH ??! > > > > Any recommendations greatfully accepted ! > > > > Thanx > > > > PeterC > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > -- RapidCut CNC Technology CNC Plasma Cutter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: mach1mach2cnc-unsubscribe@... c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. |
Vb6/OCX - Motor tuning ?
Mark Tucker
Art
Is it possible to access the motor tuning through the ocx and vb6?. I know i can call the motor tuning dialog but there is no way of passing variables or reading variables is there?.Other than through manual input once the dialog is on screen.If there is a possible route using this method i could write a vb6 prog to tune the motors and give graphs of results etc.Interesting don't you think. Regards Mark |
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