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CAROUSEL(9) HAL Component CAROUSEL(9)

NAME

carousel - Orient a toolchanger carousel using various encoding schemes

SYNOPSIS

loadrt carousel pockets=N[,N] encoding=ssss[,sss] num_sense=N[,N] dir=N[,N]

Use up to 8 numbers separated by commas to create multiple carousel components.
gray, binary, bcd, index, edge or single. Default = 'gray'
Default = 4.
Default = bidirectional
Default = 0 (even)

DESCRIPTION

This component is intended to help operate various types of carousel-type toolchangers. The component can be configured to operate with binary, binary-coded decimal (BCD) or gray-coded position feedback, with an individual sensor for each tool position or with a sensor at each tool position and a separate index.

Both unidirectional and bidirectional systems are supported and those that reverse against a stop when in position.

The number of carousel component instances created depends on the number of entries in the 'pockets' modparam. For example

loadrt carousel pockets=10,10,8

Would create 3 carousel instances with 10, 10 and 8 pockets. The other parameters are optional. If absent then defaults will be used. Any missing entry will assume the previous value.

When the enable pin is set to true the component will immediately set the "active" pin to true and then (for a bidirectional instance) calculate the shortest path to the requested pocket number. The appropriate motor direction output pins will then be set. Bit outputs for forward and reverse are provided as well as a three-state velocity output for driving a DC motor PWM or a velocity-mode stepgen.

The component will monitor the carousel position and, when the correct position is reached, set the motor-control pins to 0, set "active" to 0 and set "ready" to 1.

In index mode the behaviour is slightly different. The first time that the "enable" pin is set; the carousel will rotate forwards until both the index and pulse inputs are true. If there is no pulse line at the index position then a HAL "or2" function can be used to allow the index sensor to toggle both inputs. Setting "enable" low does not halt the homing move, so if homing on first tool change is not needed then the enable pin can be toggled by an axis homing pin or a script. edge is a special case of index mode for tool changers with pockets on both the rising and falling edges of the position sensor. (Seen on at least one Denford Orac.)

For tool changers which lock the carousel against a stop the rev-pulse pin can be set to a non-zero value. The motor-rev pin will then be set for this many seconds at the completion of the tool search and at the same time the reverse duty/cycle velocity value will be sent to the motor-vel pin.

FUNCTIONS

PINS

The pocket to move to when the .enable pin goes high. If the value passed is higher than the number of pockets specified in the "pockets" modparam then modulo arithmetic is used. This is intended to allow the use of multiple tools in the same holder, as is sometimes useful with lathes.
Set this pin high to start movement. Setting it low will stop movement
indicates that the component is active
This pin goes high when the carousel is in-position
Use this pin to indicate that the position feedback is valid. Often provided by binary encoders
Some encoders supply a parity bit, if this is connected then the parity-error output bit will indicate parity errors
Carousel position feedback pins. In 'index' mode there will be only 2 pins. sense-0 is the index and sense-1 is the pocket sensor.
The duration in seconds for which a ratchet changer (Boxford, Emco) should pulse the reverse pin to lock the holder
Velocity or duty cycle when forwards rotation is desired

Velocity or duty cycle when reverse rotation is desired
Duty cycle when carousel is in-position (to hold against stop)
Jog the carousel forwards one tool position
Jog the carousel in reverse (only if dir = 2). It is very important that these pins should be debounced and should probably also be interlocked to only operate when the machine is idle.
Indicates the motor should run forwards (bigger numbers)
Indicates the motor should run reverse.
Indicates a parity error
This pin indicates the current position feedback
The duty-cycle or velocity to drive a DC motor or stepgen

PARAMETERS

Current component state
Shows that homing is in progress. Only used for index mode
Shows that homing is complete. Only used in index and edge modes
Shows the value of the internal timer

AUTHOR

andy pugh

LICENSE

GPL

2022-04-06 LinuxCNC Documentation