Integration of Digimatic measuring tool into LinuxCNC controlled milling machine by using MODBUS

Author

Pusman, Lukas ; Kosturik, Kamil

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of West Bohemia, Plzen, Czech Republic

fYear

2014

fDate

25-27 Nov. 2014

Firstpage

691

Lastpage

693

Abstract

This paper describes a custom-designed measuring system based on Digimatic indicator and its integration into LinuxCNC control software. The system is composed of a digital indicator equipped with Digimatic output and a MODBUS slave module which is connected to the CNC machine´s PC via MODBUS. Although, the described measuring system was primarily intended for the evaluation of mechanical parameters of a custom-designed CNC milling machine, it can be used more widely.

Keywords

Linux; computerised numerical control; field buses; milling; milling machines; CNC machine PC; Digimatic indicator; Digimatic measuring tool; LinuxCNC control software; LinuxCNC controlled milling machine; MODBUS slave module; custom-designed CNC milling machine; custom-designed measuring system; mechanical parameter evaluation; Computer numerical control; Graphical user interfaces; Hardware; Milling machines; Ports (Computers); Software; Software measurement; Classic Ladder; Computer Numeric Control (CNC); Digimatic; Digital absolute indicator; Graphical User Interface (GUI); Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL); Linux CNC; MODBUS; Milling machine; Python Virtual Control Panels (pyVCP);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telecommunications Forum Telfor (TELFOR), 2014 22nd

Conference_Location

Belgrade

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-6190-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TELFOR.2014.7034502

Filename

7034502