linuxcncAllWasm/configs/by_interface/vitalsystems/motenc_pidtest.hal

# PID loop test HAL config file for servos
#
# Do not run this script while you are running emc!
# Run it with:
#    halrun -I motenc_pidtest.hal

# first load the motenc driver
loadrt hal_motenc
# and create a 1mS thread
loadrt threads name1=motenc.thread period1=1000000

# then load the PID module, for three PID loops
loadrt pid num_chan=3

# and load the signal generator module
loadrt siggen

# hook functions to realtime thread
addf motenc.0.encoder-read motenc.thread
addf motenc.0.digital-in-read motenc.thread
addf siggen.0.update motenc.thread
addf pid.0.do-pid-calcs motenc.thread
addf pid.1.do-pid-calcs motenc.thread
addf pid.2.do-pid-calcs motenc.thread
addf motenc.0.digital-out-write motenc.thread
addf motenc.0.dac-write motenc.thread

# create three position feedback signals

# connect position feedback signals to encoders
net Xpos-fb <= motenc.0.enc-00-position
net Ypos-fb <= motenc.0.enc-01-position
net Zpos-fb <= motenc.0.enc-02-position

# set feedback scaling
# this is just an example
#   8192 counts/rev * 10 turns per inch = 81920 counts/in
#
setp motenc.0.enc-00-scale 81920
setp motenc.0.enc-01-scale 81920
setp motenc.0.enc-02-scale 81920

# NOTE: you may want to comment out everything after here,
# and run it... manually move the machine X axis by 1 inch
# and verify that Xpos-fb changes by exactly 1 inch.  Then
# do the same for Y and Z.  Change the scale factors above
# as needed until it is right.  Once you know that the 
# scaling is correct, uncomment the following stuff and
# continue on.

# connect position feedback to PID loop
net Xpos-fb => pid.0.feedback
net Ypos-fb => pid.1.feedback
net Zpos-fb => pid.2.feedback

# create PID to DAC output signals

# connect output signals to DACs
net Xoutput => motenc.0.dac-00-value
net Youtput => motenc.0.dac-01-value
net Zoutput => motenc.0.dac-02-value

# set offset and scale so that +/-1.00 on output 
# signals is +/-10V at the physical DAC pins
setp motenc.0.dac-00-gain 10
setp motenc.0.dac-01-gain 10
setp motenc.0.dac-02-gain 10
setp motenc.0.dac-00-offset 0
setp motenc.0.dac-01-offset 0
setp motenc.0.dac-02-offset 0

# connect output signals to output of PID loops
net Xoutput <= pid.0.output
net Youtput <= pid.1.output
net Zoutput <= pid.2.output

# set PID loop output limits to +/-1.00
setp pid.0.maxoutput 1
setp pid.1.maxoutput 1
setp pid.2.maxoutput 1

# set PID loop gains
# NOTE: eventually these will be non-zero values as
# needed to tune the performance of each axis.  The
# initial values shown here are extremely conservative
# to prevent unexpected behavior.  After this file 
# has been "executed" by halcmd, the gains can be
# interactively adjusted using commands like
# "halcmd setp pid.<channel>.Pgain <value>"
# Once the axis has been tuned to your satisfaction, 
# do "halcmd show param | grep pid" to get a listing 
# of the tuning parameters, and enter those values here.

setp pid.0.Pgain 0.01
setp pid.0.Igain 0
setp pid.0.Dgain 0
setp pid.0.bias 0
setp pid.0.FF0 0
setp pid.0.FF1 0
setp pid.0.FF2 0
# deadband should be just over 1 count
setp pid.0.deadband 0.000015

setp pid.1.Pgain 0.01
setp pid.1.Igain 0
setp pid.1.Dgain 0
setp pid.1.bias 0
setp pid.1.FF0 0
setp pid.1.FF1 0
setp pid.1.FF2 0
setp pid.1.deadband 0.000015

setp pid.2.Pgain 0.01
setp pid.2.Igain 0
setp pid.2.Dgain 0
setp pid.2.bias 0
setp pid.2.FF0 0
setp pid.2.FF1 0
setp pid.2.FF2 0
setp pid.2.deadband 0.000015

# create three position command signals
# eventually, these will come from EMC

# connect position commands to PID input
net Xpos-cmd => pid.0.command
net Ypos-cmd => pid.1.command
net Zpos-cmd => pid.2.command

# connect the signal generator sine and cosine outputs
# to X and Y position commands
# this will make the machine move in a circle
# Note that Z isn't connected to anything, so its position
# command will be zero.
# NOTE: once the PID loops are tuned, you might want to 
# connect the position commands to the triangle or even
# square wave outputs, to see how well the machine responds
# to direction reversals (triangle) or step changes in 
# position (square).  Note that step changes in position 
# will in general run the motors full blast in an attempt
# to get to the new position as quickly as possible.  
# Proceed with caution, keep siggen.0.amplitude small 
# until you know that the movement is stable, then increase
# it in small increments only.
net Xpos-cmd <= siggen.0.sine
net Ypos-cmd <= siggen.0.cosine

# set the siggen parameters for a 0.5" diameter circle, once every 10 seconds
# once the PID loops are tuned, the size and/or speed can be increased
setp siggen.0.frequency 0.1
setp siggen.0.offset 0
setp siggen.0.amplitude 0.25

# create a bit signal to enable/disable the PID loops

# connect the signal to all three PID blocks
net pid-enable => pid.0.enable
net pid-enable => pid.1.enable
net pid-enable => pid.2.enable

# you can either turn pid-enable on and off using the
# "halcmd sets" command, or you can connect it to a 
# digital input and turn it on and off with an external
# switch
# The line below sets the signal to 0 to ensure that the PID
# loops are off until you explicitly turn them on.
sets pid-enable 0

# The line below connects the signal to a digital input.
# Uncomment and change the input number if that's what you
# want to do
#linksp pid-enable <= motenc.0.in-00

# load realtime portion of scope
loadrt scope_rt
# start up scope user interface
loadusr halscope

# start realtime execution
start

# end of halcmd file, at this point the motors are "live"
# and if you ran this script with "halrun -I"
# you can do tuning and other experimentation
# to shut down and clean up, simply exit halcmd.