VFD Interference with Clearpath Servos

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Re: VFD Interference with Clearpath Servos

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opps, here is H4
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Re: VFD Interference with Clearpath Servos

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Here is the image with the H4 since I noticed I duplicated the above image. It might be time for glasses.
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Re: VFD Interference with Clearpath Servos

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You are supposed to SUPPLY 24VD to the 24 terminal on Acorn. Run a wire from the spare 24VDC terminal on the power connector to the terminal you are testing. It says 24V screened on the board

What you need to show/explain is how you wired the CP motor a sketch would do.

Did you follow the Centroid Schematic for the CP Drive/Motor?
(Unfortunately, I don't typically use them. I tend to prefer the motor and drive separate so I have very limited experience with them)

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Re: VFD Interference with Clearpath Servos

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Smoke is never a good sign. We call it "letting out the magic blue smoke". Is there any chance that you connected H1-Voltage IN or H4-Voltage IN to H2-Common? The Common signal is next to Step-2.

Here's a screen shot of page 47 of the Teknic ClearPath manual that shows where to add the resistors.
ClearPath_Resistor.png
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Re: VFD Interference with Clearpath Servos

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Your report also shows you have many Ethernet Communication Errors going back to May last year; you are still running the outdated CNC12 v4.20.1; and your RPMs/inch are set to X=0.25 / Y=0.0996 / Z=0.3143 which do not seem plausible
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Re: VFD Interference with Clearpath Servos

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I think my issues are depper- before the blue magic smoke it was working amazing. I will look at updating the program- the bad thing is that I did export a system file sometime ago , made some changes and thought I would go back to the settings that I know worked and it errored out!

Everyone- thank you for your help- stay tuned
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Re: VFD Interference with Clearpath Servos

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Nigelo wrote: Tue Jan 05, 2021 4:31 pm Your report also shows you have many Ethernet Communication Errors going back to May last year; you are still running the outdated CNC12 v4.20.1; and your RPMs/inch are set to X=0.25 / Y=0.0996 / Z=0.3143 which do not seem plausible
I will look into this a bit more, I know on my Y axis there is a 10:1 reduction drive but z does seem very odd, however it was dialed in near perfectly as far as axis travels.
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Re: VFD Interference with Clearpath Servos

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Richards wrote: Tue Jan 05, 2021 4:18 pm Smoke is never a good sign. We call it "letting out the magic blue smoke". Is there any chance that you connected H1-Voltage IN or H4-Voltage IN to H2-Common? The Common signal is next to Step-2.

Here's a screen shot of page 47 of the Teknic ClearPath manual that shows where to add the resistors.

ClearPath_Resistor.png
No chance of connecting those, I have been on the phone with Tecknic and I must say that they are top notch folk. I may be sending mine in for repairs as they did not pass the battery test which leads me to believe that they are my issue :(
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