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Third party software and hardware support forums. => Modbus => Topic started by: markyparky on January 03, 2022, 07:24:48 AM

Title: Arduino to read spindle speed via modbus
Post by: markyparky on January 03, 2022, 07:24:48 AM

Hello all, may I ask other members experineced in MODBUS if it's possible to read spindle speed set via S command by Arduino via modbus? I am building a custom VFD controller and 0-10V is not a way here. All I need to do is to read the speed that is set in Mach3 either manually or in gcode so I can interpret the information further.
Thanks in advance!

Title: Re: Arduino to read spindle speed via modbus
Post by: subnoize on January 18, 2022, 10:20:59 PM

*** Oops! I missed the part about you using Mach3 but the idea is the same ***

You mean write to the Arduino hosted holding register? Arduino's can't read but Mach4 ModBus plugin can write the value to the Arduino.

All I know is Mach4 and Lua. Which is nothing more than the following;

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local inst = mc.mcGetInstance()
local hreg = mc.mcRegGetHandle(inst, "MBUS/hr0")
mc.mcRegSetValue(hreg, spindleSpeed)

You would have to look up the call to get the spindle speed but writing to a ModBus holding register is as simple as writing to any other register in Mach4.

Hope that helps.