Zenford Zeigler Retrofit

i was thinking the same. Just needed someone say to go for it... haha.

I have to head to Melbourne on the weekend. might offer $200 and see how i go. I guess they can only say no.

Didnt bother asking to lower the price. just bought them.

Surely i can get 3 drives working with the 9 drives i will have available...

Hi Andy.

Got the drives. They ended up being removed from the same machine as i have. That was nice to know. The guy i got them off retrofitted to Mach 3.

I have been playing with the toolchange drive and motor, and have got them operational.

I have also installed linuxcnc on a pc and installed my 5i24 with 7i49 connected.

Was just wondering what process you recommend for doing some initial setup and testing using the 1 drive and motor i have at home? Im using the toolchange motor and drive as it is single phase and i can work on it at home easier.

I have flashed the 5i24 with the 5i24_sv6_7i49 configuration.

Should i now setup a config in the wizard with 5i23 and edit as required by hand?

Will i need a different firmware when connecting 5i24, 7i49, 7i44, 7i84??

Sorry about all the questions. If there is any reading you suggest i do, that would be great.

Cheers

Matt

snoozer77 wrote: Was just wondering what process you recommend for doing some initial setup and testing using the 1 drive and motor i have at home? Im using the toolchange motor and drive as it is single phase and i can work on it at home easier.

Does PnCConf know about the 7i49? If it does then everything will probably be fairly easy.
Even if it doesn't you have a fairly easy-to-configure set of components (compared to some).

I have flashed the 5i24 with the 5i24_sv6_7i49 configuration.

If you can find something like 5i24_RMSVSS6_6.bit then that would be better:
The pin layout looks like this:
github.com/LinuxCNC/hostmot2-firmware/bl...N_RMSVSS6_6_8_72.vhd
I have exactly the right bitfile for your hardware, but it is at home on my lathe. I will try to remember to find out what it is.

Should i now setup a config in the wizard with 5i23 and edit as required by hand?

That's probably the best place to start.

Thanks Andy. Will have a read and bit of a play.

I can't find the bitfile I used. (Which is something of a worry).

It looks just like 5i24_16_rmsvss8_8 though, but without the encoder / pwm things on the middle connector.

You need to choose 5i24_16 or 5i24_25 based on the size of the FPGA on your 5i24.

The anything with RM and SS in the name will run your 7i49 (I think). I don't believe that you explicitly need 7i49 in the file name.

I have attached my lathe HAL and INI. They will only be partially helpful because I use brushless motors and software commutation and emulate absolute encoders in HAL and only have two axes...