Micron position transducers

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15 Feb 2016 17:16 #70171 by daninaustin
I'm trying to get an old ExCello mill converted to Linuxcnc but i'm having problems with the the encoders (at least i thought they were encoders, they may be resolvers.) Does anyone have information on Micron position transducers? I'm running a 5i25 with a 7i77 and assumed that the Microns were quadrature and would be easy to setup. I don't have any documentation on them but they are model number 36-302-977-0252. I took off the cover and it has a Singer transducer that says: Stator Input 2 Phase 12 volt rotor output 1 phase 6 volt. It doesn't appear to be optical. Any ideas on what i need to interface these to Linuxcnc? Will the 7i77 work or would i need the 7i49 or something else?
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15 Feb 2016 17:22 - 15 Feb 2016 17:23 #70172 by PCW
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That is a resolver, so if you want to use mesa hardware, you would need a 7I49, a 50 pin FPGA card (say 5I24)
and some additional I/O
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15 Feb 2016 17:34 #70173 by Todd Zuercher
Tell us more about what you have. Specifically what kind of servo drives are paired with the motors. Often drives used with servos using resolvers may have a quadrature output for feedback to the control, so it is possible that other hardware may not be needed.

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15 Feb 2016 18:56 #70177 by daninaustin
I have A-M-C servo drives. They are a custom version but i think they are basically a 20a20. The servo's have tach's on them but i was told that i shouldn't use them.

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15 Feb 2016 19:06 #70179 by PCW
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Are the tachometers currently connected to the drives?
If so, I would not change this

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15 Feb 2016 19:26 #70183 by Todd Zuercher
If the drive is an AMC 20a20, I'd do exactly as PCW says and keep the tach feed back to the drives, and then follow his previous advice about the other hardware.

Good Luck.

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15 Feb 2016 19:50 #70187 by daninaustin
The original drives were old Westamp's. I'm trying to retrofit it with the AMC's and Mesa.

Thanks!

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