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Hello everyone,
I have a ELMO motor drive(http://www.elmomc.com/products/whistle-solo-servo-drive-gold.htm) and a brushless dc motor. I want to run these drive and motor using ROS.
I see people are using Pi and arduino for controlling.
How to do this using drive and motor only ?
Hi Piyush,
I have been working on it for the past 4 months, If you are still struck at the same issue above mentioned, The following information can be useful,
" SOEM is an open source EtherCAT master library written in c" which is available @ https://github.com/OpenEtherCATsociet... . After that try to go through the example codes in following link https://github.com/OpenEtherCATsociet...
1) Download the repository SOEM-master and create a build directory in the path according to you ../../SOEM-master/ 2) Then again crate a test directory in side your build directory ../../SOEM-master/build/test/ 3) Now compile the package alone using cmake .. & make commands in the path ../../SOEM-master/ 4) Then find the executables generated in the path ../../SOEM-master/build/test/ 5) Connect your motor drive using Ethernet cable to your PC 6) Try to run the simple_test executable with sudo permissions as follows sudo ./simpple_test eth0 or eth1 7) Try to understand the response got from the ethercat slave drive like name, id , revision and cross check with the manufacturer data sheet 8) Now decide yourself in which mode you want to run the ethercat slaves for example cyclic synchronous torque mode you can get the example code in the following link https://gist.github.com/manuelvonthro... 9) Below are the best web links to extend the application code for your requirement http://www.elmomc.com/support/manuals... https://www.google.co.in/url?sa=t&rct...
TraiBo or piyu23srma do you have a fully working etherCAT interface with ELMO motor controllers? I would like to use their Gold Twitter drivers with etherCAT. If you could share code I would be eternally grateful!
Asked: 2016-07-28 01:53:30 -0500
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Last updated: Nov 08 '16
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how things goes on? Can you share your views ?
I am able to run single bldc motor using SOEM, but controlling part is still need to be done to get it work in different different modes.
Did you choose any ELMO controller?
I am using elmo drive controller http://www.elmomc.com/products/whistl...
Can I controll a motor directly with my comper through ROS, without any controller(motion controller,something like that:http://www.elmomc.com/products/multi-axis-machine-motion-controller-g.htm),just motor drvier?