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General Mach Discussion / Re: Can't get spindle to turn on, for 2 years!
« on: February 22, 2013, 09:37:59 AM »
Update:
With LOTS of help from Jeff I have made some progress, but it is still not working.
I THINK all of Mach settings are correct, but I am open to ideas!
What happens now is when I call for a spindle speed in Mach the spindle will turn on for maybe 1 or 2 seconds, then turns off.
We can measure voltage on the VFD of 5V when it turns on, then it rapidly drops off to zero.
It still works fine in manual mode, but only if you call for a spindle speed in mach and turn the relay on.
Any thoughts?
Jeff:I misspoke in my private email to you, one wire to the manual/program switch was wired wrong, we fixed that.
With LOTS of help from Jeff I have made some progress, but it is still not working.
I THINK all of Mach settings are correct, but I am open to ideas!
What happens now is when I call for a spindle speed in Mach the spindle will turn on for maybe 1 or 2 seconds, then turns off.
We can measure voltage on the VFD of 5V when it turns on, then it rapidly drops off to zero.
It still works fine in manual mode, but only if you call for a spindle speed in mach and turn the relay on.
Any thoughts?
Jeff:I misspoke in my private email to you, one wire to the manual/program switch was wired wrong, we fixed that.