Hi, I have just set up my spindle in mach3. I must have wired it wrong or I'm misunderstanding something because when I enter a M5 command the spindle starts and when I enter a M3 it stops, which is backwards? I'm new to this as you can probably tell.
My set up is a breakout board HG08 connected to a Spindle VFD 2.2KW. I've connected two wires from the BOB relay to the DCM and FOR terminals on the VFD.
I have changed the DirLowActive settings and the StepLowAc settings in ports and pins>motor outputs through various combinations with no different results.
I have swapped the wires around that connect the relay to the VFD.
Clicking the button "Spindle CW F5" in Mach3 Program run does start and stop the spindle.
Also the spindle will run whether or not the EStop buttons are pressed or reset is pushed in Mach3, is this normal?
The VFD Manual says to set the control to PD001 "set by external terminals" which I think allows the spindle to be controlled by a relay, I have done this although I do wonder if it's a setting in the VFD rather than in Mach3 that is wrong.
Any advice gratefully received
Joz