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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 strange behaviour Z axis on lathe
« on: April 17, 2020, 05:43:50 PM »
Hi Tweakie, you can substitute M3 throughout my post, with Mach3, I was just too lazy to type it
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It would certainly be a guess, but I suspect that the problem was caused by the ESS plugin. I could have disabled the ESS plugin, but I would have needed to setup a parallel port then to see if I was right. I also suspect there is more to it, because I have successfully run both the ESS and the VFD spindle, using the PP on the Ess to turn the spindle on and off, as well as to control the VFD spindle speed (with 0 - 10V) previously.

It would certainly be a guess, but I suspect that the problem was caused by the ESS plugin. I could have disabled the ESS plugin, but I would have needed to setup a parallel port then to see if I was right. I also suspect there is more to it, because I have successfully run both the ESS and the VFD spindle, using the PP on the Ess to turn the spindle on and off, as well as to control the VFD spindle speed (with 0 - 10V) previously.