indexer control

[powerr]

when is the indexer control going to be implemented. in the GD tool

[Xerxes]

Due to low demand, we haven't pushed it much forward. However, we have made small separate app that can be used to upload simple indexer programs in drive.

Please describe what kind of indexer behavior you would need so we'll know if the current solution would work for you.

[powerr]

I want to hook the servo to a ball screw. give the drive a switch input make it move 20 inches or so as an example. use another input to the drive to bring it back to zero. and ready to start over again. I am making a indexer for a t shirt press.

[Xerxes]

That simple indexed should be doable with the software that we currently have. Do you have VSD-E/XE drives where you could try it?

[powerr]

yes i have a VSD-E that I have been playing with. I would love to try your software, it may make my life easy for this project.

Thank You
Rob

[Xerxes]

I will create you indexer program that you can use (its manual work currently). Just make sure, do you need just something like this?

-2 digital inputs
-Pulse on input 1 dirves to 0 position
-Pulse on input 2 drives for example to 10000 counts position (this can be scaled to match your need)

[powerr]

yes that would work great. I guess the home input could be used for position 1 and another input for position 2. Will the i be able to control the ramping rate. Is there a target reached output, say when the encoder reaches 10000 it sets a output line?

[Xerxes]

Just update: I'm planning to create utility program to create and modify indexer programs easily. Now it's done with drive raw commands so it doesn't serve users very well as programs are hard to modify. I'll post my progress here.

[powerr]

Thank You