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Third party software and hardware support forums. / Spindle runs CCW when started manally

« on: September 23, 2018, 04:39:31 AM »

I have a rather odd problem running a spindle via a Huanyang VFD and a USB - RS485 com-port. I'm using Mach3 with the modbus plugin.

Everything works fine if I load G-Code and run it. The spindle turns on when it should and runs at the correct speed and in the correct direction.

If I start the spindle manually by first inputting an RPM and then pressing the screen-button it turns backward. My first thought was that I didn't make a setting somewhere but the problem is stranger. If I first start G-Code and press the stop button as soon as the spindle starts, I can then start it manually and it turns in the correct direction. If I change the speed, however, it reverts and turns backward again.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance,
DB

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Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. / Xbox 360 Button mapping

« on: August 02, 2018, 05:21:42 PM »

Thanks to the help I received here my controller is now working. For reasons of vanity, I plan on making a housing that looks like it belongs to a CNC rather than a toy. Before I engrave the faceplate I would like to hear how others have mapped the buttons. Please let me know what functions you have assigned to which buttons on a 3/4-axis milling machine.

@ mods - if this is the wrong place please move it to the correct sub-forum.

Thanks,
DB