[fmfchop]

The ClearPath servos have built in drivers that take step and direction signals just like a stepper, so he doesn't need to feed the encoder signal back to the mesa board or controller if he doesn't want to. The essentially work just like a stepper.

This is correct, and it's one of the things that I like about their system actually.

[lcvette]

The ClearPath servos have built in drivers that take step and direction signals just like a stepper, so he doesn't need to feed the encoder signal back to the mesa board or controller if he doesn't want to. The essentially work just like a stepper.

Ah cool... Would it not be beneficial still to be able to return the encoder feedback to Linux?

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[fmfchop]

Ah cool... Would it not be beneficial still to be able to return the encoder feedback to Linux?

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https://www.teknic.com/products/clea...-servo-motors/

Complete closed loop systems.

[109jb]

Ah cool... Would it not be beneficial still to be able to return the encoder feedback to Linux?

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The only reason I can see would be so that the controller can sense a following error and shut down. The clear path servos can be configured to output a "all systems go" signal to a single pin on a simple BOB that linuxCNC can read to see if a problem arises. If it does, the clear path output changes state and notifies LinuxCNC and LinuxCNC can shut down.

[lcvette]

https://www.teknic.com/products/clea...-servo-motors/

Complete closed loop systems.

Yup I'm familiar with it, run closed loop steppers Erich are very similar, loop is closed outside of the controller, just want sure if it would be beneficial to feed Linux for future options or functionality (if any requires feedback, not sure if anything really does)..



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[fmfchop]

Yup I'm familiar with it, run closed loop steppers Erich are very similar, loop is closed outside of the controller, just want sure if it would be beneficial to feed Linux for future options or functionality (if any requires feedback, not sure if anything really does)..



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Ah, I read the first part and responded. My mistake. Yes, they are a closed loop past the controller, correct.