Background/what/why: I've worked for a CNC machine builder in the past, so I have a decent background with Yaskawa drives. I'm starting a build with a X2 bench top machine. I'm using servos partly because I'm familiar with them, partly because they are better, and mostly because this is to prove out the system and for experience. I'm using the X2(unless something better comes along real soon and real cheap) since I have it. I have some 50W and 100W Omron servos that I got years ago for almost free, a little small and will require belt reduction for torque, but are around the right wattage. I just got 3 SGDA-01AS. I will be using Linux EMC with a card providing +/- 10v control and encoder feedback for closed loop. I've have not been involved with servos and drives regularly for 5+ years and need a refresher course.
What I've got:
3 x Yaskawa SGDA-01AS
4 x Omron R88M-U05030HA-S1 50W 200V
4 x Omron R88M-U10030HA-BS1 100W 200V
I've read these servos are re-branded SMG Yaskawas, and the drives were picked out from cross referencing the manuals for hours. The numbers and connectors match up.
I still need drives for the 4th axis 100W and the 50Ws.
Questions: Some are assumptions, please correct if false.
1) I did get the right drives for my servos? Pretty sure I got this right.
2) Does anyone have a cross reference from Yaskawa to Omron and BrandX? It would make scrounging easier, and there is more info available for the Yaskawas. I've found a newer one, but it doesn't include the R88M-U series.
3) I can't get my head around what is what as far as the evolution of the SGDx and SMGx series drives and servos.
4) Driver/servo families, in chronological order are
1 Servos SGMG and SGMS belong to SGDC series drives.
2 Servos SGMB belong to the SGDB series drives.
3 Servos SGM and SGMP belong to the SGDA series drives.
4 Servos SGM belong to the SGD series drives.
5)It appears that a newer series drive will drive an older series servo in the above list. Providing voltage/power is correct. Older series drives might drive a new series servo if the encoder type and resolution is compatible.
6) This one is driving me nuts, since I know I did it before under instruction. Can a the drive be set to run a lower power servo? ie Can I set the above 100W drives to run my 50W servos? I would like to find some higher power drives for the 100W ones for use in a much larger future machine and put these in a lathe. I have looked over the SGDB manual several times and can't find such a setting,
Thanks for any help here. After 3 days of reading PDFs and posts, myself and this little netbook, have a CPU ache.
Thanks for any help
Cory