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General Mach Discussion / Spindle
« on: July 16, 2013, 09:37:05 PM »
Hi Guy's
Need some help.
I am helping a friend hook up a spindle through Mach 3. He has purchased a C6 Variable Speed Control board and a parallel board from CNC4PC. We have installed the parallel board and loaded drivers. No problems. We have wired the C6 to the VFD. I can turn on the output I assigned in the control software, but cannot get the C6 to turn on. I am assuming that the Step and Direction pins have to match the Step and Direction ports. I have 1.05 volts from ground on Terminals Step, Dir.CW and EN CCW on the C6 coming from the Parallel port. I have 12 Volts on power supply to the C6. I again am assuming when you put in a RPM and toggle the Spindle, it should turn one of the Relays CW or CCW and output a voltage from the 0-10V terminals to the VFD. I cannot get anything from the C6. Am I missing a step? I installed the Parallel output board per the instructions on the disk for Windows XP 32 bit. That is what is on the Computer that is running the MACH 3 Software. Everything loaded no problem.
I hope I have explained this well enough to get some ideas.
Thanks
Need some help.
I am helping a friend hook up a spindle through Mach 3. He has purchased a C6 Variable Speed Control board and a parallel board from CNC4PC. We have installed the parallel board and loaded drivers. No problems. We have wired the C6 to the VFD. I can turn on the output I assigned in the control software, but cannot get the C6 to turn on. I am assuming that the Step and Direction pins have to match the Step and Direction ports. I have 1.05 volts from ground on Terminals Step, Dir.CW and EN CCW on the C6 coming from the Parallel port. I have 12 Volts on power supply to the C6. I again am assuming when you put in a RPM and toggle the Spindle, it should turn one of the Relays CW or CCW and output a voltage from the 0-10V terminals to the VFD. I cannot get anything from the C6. Am I missing a step? I installed the Parallel output board per the instructions on the disk for Windows XP 32 bit. That is what is on the Computer that is running the MACH 3 Software. Everything loaded no problem.
I hope I have explained this well enough to get some ideas.
Thanks