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General Mach Discussion / Re: Troubles with PWM output Voltage
« on: January 12, 2014, 12:30:42 PM »
I use Port 2 for another breakout board and additional outputs for flood coolant and mist solonoid. And everything else works fine on g540, smooth stepper and c10 BB with no issues. But I do know that if the g540 vfd I/O gets smoked it it's isolated and won't effect anything else. I will ship it to gecko to test and fix the problem. Thank you very much for your help . Hopefully when It returns I can get this going.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Troubles with PWM output Voltage
« on: January 12, 2014, 10:48:39 AM »
I definitely don't get 0 volts it's A constant 6.5 - 7volts   no matter what change is made enabled or disabled.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Troubles with PWM output Voltage
« on: January 11, 2014, 06:55:41 PM »
I did change the motor tuning settings several times and did try your 50 steps per and maxed out acc.
Maybe my g540 vfd I/O is toast because i get no change  6.9vdc when i should at least be getting at max rpm (5000) 9volts or just a change when spindle is off m3/m5

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Troubles with PWM output Voltage
« on: January 11, 2014, 04:23:06 PM »
Checked Pulleys verified 1:1  0-5000rpm and also 1-5000
Tried M3 S5000, 2500 and 1000 still get 6.5 volts
unchecked special boxes same outcome then  rechecked spindle averaging to show rpm range
Reversed dir low active and step low active still no change

What I did notice that might not mean anything is that as I kept the meter hooked up and went back to check it, I found that it is increasing voltage at a very slow rate fro 6.51 to 6.72 and climbing as it sits. could this just be residual or is there a frequency that could be raised I have 50hz in ss and in mach set the same. I believe the g540 is setup for 50hz.

 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Troubles with PWM output Voltage
« on: January 10, 2014, 11:09:52 PM »
Spindle board x4

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Troubles with PWM output Voltage
« on: January 10, 2014, 11:08:03 PM »
x4 spindle controller daughter board

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Troubles with PWM output Voltage
« on: January 10, 2014, 11:04:19 PM »
Again Im not hooked up to any thing yet only g540 and a battery just trying to get a voltage change within A set rpm. I do not want to move on until I know the g540/vfd 1-10v output works and  then I can move forward.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Troubles with PWM output Voltage
« on: January 10, 2014, 10:51:34 PM »
Here is my xml file if this helps

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Troubles with PWM output Voltage
« on: January 10, 2014, 10:49:33 PM »
Ok so I tried the 9 volt battery test. I input 9.5vdc and Output turns into 6.5vdc. I have tried to change through mach and no change happens, 6.5v at all times measuring at the 7 & 8 terminals. Any ideas why this is not getting the full 9.5v output?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Troubles with PWM output Voltage
« on: December 22, 2013, 12:08:06 PM »
I may sound stupid but  I just need to make sense of this. Still not getting what I want. Does the gecko need 0-10v initially coming in then mach converts this according to my signal or does the gecko have a 0-10v freq and i just control it according to my settings 100rpm 1000rpm etc and voltage goes from there into my spindle board.
The x4 spindle board consists of Terminals marked +12,  +5,  AVI,  RUN/STOP,   F/R,  PWM,  GND.   
When I  jump PWM to GND. on the x4  I get a small burst of movement, which i'm assuming it needs to see pulses and not just a constant high or low signal. 
Basically tried most  settings in this spindle guide that you showed me and I'm still not getting any voltage from gecko. Is there anything through the smooth stepper that could be helpful.
Not giving up yet with the gecko but I dont think thats the problem. There are no connections from  the gecko to the x4 yet because no voltage output 0-10 from the gecko g540 means no movement. I feel no reason to try it until correct output voltage is achieved. I have A c10 bb laying around somewhere have to dig it up and possibly do some changes with my output 1& 2 on the gecko and see if this makes any difference. And maybe changing pins again to see if that works and eliminate existing outputs for coolant control from gecko to c10.

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