I was hoping i was going to have a better night tonight on this after your advice Jeff, but alas its still not doing what i want it to..
So this is what i've done:
> updated ESS plugin to latest
> In motor outputs used spindle pin = 16, dir = 1, step port=2, dir port = 5
> Removed output signals output2, and changed Output 1 to
(this is where im still guessing)..
Jeff - I'm missing something about your explanation above about this output, on my sketch in my first post, I only have the following output pins connected to my stepper board:
Port1
pins 2 to 9 = xyza motors
pins 11/12/13 = Inputs for homing xyz
pin 14 out - goes to a relay that if i make active signals all homing switches on the diagnostic page so im guessing this has nothing to do with spindle..
Port2
pin 16 out = pwm (and goes to C41 control board
pin 17 out = dir (also goes to c41 board)
So if i dont use the pwm pin (16) in the output signals page and dir isnt needed I dont seem to have any other outputs from my stepper board to use here???
Am i missing something?
What is strange is that the ONLY way i can make my spindle rotate is if i change my port to pin 16 (against spindle motor putputs) to 1 instead of 2, but this is where it goes straight up to max!
Now how can that be if pinout 16 on port isnt even used???
I had talked my self (at work today while stewing over this) that I could run this way short term and turn the pot down on the vcd (sunvar300a) but when i did this no reduction in rpm?
J
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