Hi all,
Ok, I have my little Taig CNC Lathe torn apart, and I'm ready to fire up my MC60 treadmill controller with the Gecko G540. Now Peter Homann already helped me with the wiring (thank you Peter!) but I need to know exactly what changes to make for setting up Mach.
Just a bit of background info for you. I've already tried settings from a user on the "Zone" that worked when I benchtested this setup (although I don't think the speed is correct), HOWEVER, that was with a completely different G540 and treadmill controller, although they're the same exact units as what I have installed on my Lathe. It works perfectly on my benchtest setup, but for some reason, it's not working on my actual Lathe setup. Basically as you can see by the diagram below, the vfd connection from the G540 acts like the potentiometer. Peter gave me a great idea to install the switch to be able to manually control the speed, as a nice alternative.
Keep in mind, the PC is fine as this is what I use to run my Taig Mill and my Taig Lathe, every day, with no issues.
I'm thinking I should ask you guys before I go screwing something up as I've tried to understand what each setting means but I'm at a loss as to what is actually controlloing what. I'm actually wondering if the G540 VFD control may not be working on my Lathe controller but unfortunately I'm not that bright to know for sure,

I may just take the G540 from the bench test and try that one to completely rule that out, but then everything would have to be completely ripped apart for that.
Here's a diagram of what I have at this point for wiring (it's a bitmap so it will take a bit to download):
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Now while I'm sure changes would need to be made to get my motor running at the correct speed, here are the screen shots that I followed:





Thanks as always,
Dave