all sorted? youve gone quiet...lol
Sorry I have been on the phone with everyone it seems
I called Yaskawa (the VFD maker) and the tech explained to me that when the VFD sees 1v on the signal wire it goes a certain RPM, say 500RPM. The VFD sees that as a speed reference, then it takes care of keeping the spindle motor at that RPM, cutter load etc.. So setting it up as a JG (aka servo) isn't going to work, I have played with all the GalilTools settings (PID, FV etc.) and I can't get control over the drive. Every time Galil tries to loop the position error by adding or subtracting volts the VFD think the Galil want it to go slower or faster!!
So I think for now I'm out of luck for ridged tapping, until something is changed either in the Galil or the plugin (which I would think it would need to be Galil, since the way they handle the gearing).
For Smurph: Is there anyway you can add the SH command for the "E" drive also? I see in the debug that SH is only used for "ABC and D". I have the spindle RDY (aka amp enable) hooked up to the amp enable on my ICM-2900, but without that in the plugin it wont enable my spindle.
Many thanks to all,
Aero