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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 Homing/SoftLimits Home Off Column?

« on: October 18, 2017, 02:49:38 PM »

Cool, thanks Gerry!

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General Mach Discussion / Mach3 Homing/SoftLimits Home Off Column?

« on: October 18, 2017, 09:50:12 AM »

In Mach3 Homing/Softlimits, can someone tell me what the "Home Off" field is used for?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 with VFD Spindle Speed Control Setup

« on: May 30, 2016, 07:59:33 AM »

My BOB is very basic with no speed pot.  It only has a small terminal strip to access signals.  Do you control spindle speed with Mach3 and just fine tune with the pot?

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General Mach Discussion / Mach3 with VFD Spindle Speed Control Setup

« on: May 29, 2016, 07:44:33 PM »

Hi All,

Trying to hook up a new VFD to control my router spindle on-off and speed.  Im new to this so I could use all the help I can get.

I have Mach3 running on a PC and feeding a Xylotex controller via the DB25 parallel port with the Xylotex DB-25 breakout board in between to access my other signals (home switches, and probe).  My VFD has inputs for both 4-20ma and also 0-10 volts.

So these are my questions if anyone can help educate me

1. Should I use 4-20ma or 0-10 volts for the control?
2. Witch ever I go with, can I get my signal straight from the DB-25 brake out board, if so which pins do I use?
3. What configurations are required in Mach3 to set it up?

Thanks much for any help.

John.