Hey folks, last week, I was going though heck trying to solve an issue where turning on the spindle would crash Mach3. The solution ended up being to ground the spindle to the VFD itself. It no longer crashes Mach3 which is cool.
There is a new issue that is more settings related, which I'm sure you Mach3 experts can help me out with. When I do trigger it on, it starts to spin, but then immediately signals an E-stop. You can reset, and it'll do the same thing.
I'm using a C23 card, SmoothStepper, Hitachi VFD, and HSD spindle. The relay is connected to port 1, in a normally closed position on the C23 card. The settings in Mach are set to that pin, and active low. Once I tell Mach3 to turn on the spindle, it starts to spin, but immediately signals an estop.
If I set it to active high, the spindle will be on, and telling Mach3 to turn the spindle on, will turn it off. It won't signal an estop in this position though. The function though is reverse. I have tried a normally open position, on the C23 card, but don't see a difference in behavior.
Any suggestions?
Barry