[etherlab-users] PDO writing problem at 1ms

[Sebastien Blanchet]

Hi,

I do not have Elmo servo drives, but I have Kollmorgen AKD servo drives running 
with official IgH EtherLab EtherCAT master on Linux kernel 3.14 PREEMPT-RT
My control loop runs at 500Hz (but I have tested that it works also at 1 KHz)

I have noticed that in the DS402 state machine, the status word does not change 
immediately when you send a new control word. Therefore, I have to check the 
status word before sending a new control word.
It makes the control loop slightly more complex, but it works.

See my example for AKD servo drive in attachment


Regards
--
Sebastien BLANCHET

On 2/5/20 3:22 PM, BUSSIERES Vincent wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I’m using etherlab master with *Gavin **unofficial patch for kernel 4.9 *to 
> command an Elmo servodrive using CiA DSP 402 protocol.
> 
> I mapped useful PDOs to command the servodrive. These PDO include controlword 
> and statusword objects below:
> 
> The master cycle loop period is 1 ms.
> 
> Reading object seems to be OK, I can read successfully encoder position 
> (Position Actual Value).
> 
> But when I change controlword value, it doesn’t seem to be any effect. The state 
> in state machine below doesn’t change (statusword doesn’t change).
> 
> However when I change controlword value using sdo download in ethercat command 
> lines tool, statusword immediately change. It seems to be a problem with writing 
> PDOs.
> 
> When I increase master cycle loop period to 100ms, controlword updates seem to 
> be take into account after several send commands.
> 
> You can see in attachement a part of my source code in C++ / Qt. Init method for 
> PDO mapping and a while loop for send/receive PDO.
> 
> Best regards
> 
> *Vincent BUSSIERES*
> 
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