I am having trouble with "fallowing errors" on my Z axis and I am running out of hair to pull out.
I have retrofitted an old Anilam Crusader M to EMC2 using the fallowing hardware configuration.
5I23 i/o card
7I33T servo interface.
Z axis
Encoder is Renco 662237-72 and is mounted on a .200" per/rev ball screw
Drive is Westamp 30060-75 velocity control with resolver feedback
Motor is SEM MT304-59
Motor sheave is 10 tooth
Ball screw sheave is 18 tooth
These are some pics of my machine.
This is my Z axis parameters file
The idea of this project is to use the Mesa boards with the existing linear encoders and servo motor/drives. I have discovered that to use linear encoders I will have to set up a dual feedback system,Not interested in doing that right now. So I am trying to set up my Z axis with one encoder on the the ball screw. If this works I will install encoders on the x and y axis ball screws. I prefer not to mount the encoders on the motors due to space constraints.
Please advise before I go bald!
John