There was an old post with someone saying they had the Exact symptom I have, but there was no solution. I was working normally yesterday, but then when I ran the next job, I heard the spindle RPM fluctuating (pulsating) about +/- 400RPM swing according to the digital readout on the inverter. ..about 1 cycle per second of audible change in RPM swing.
Setup:
Mach 3. UCETH300 with CNC4PC C76 board. 2.2KW Huanyang spindle (110V) connected as per spec between the inverter and C76 board.
Arturo @ CNC4PC says he's never seen this issue before. I discovered the 0-10V analog outputs on the C76 board dropped from what used to be a working 0-10v swing to 0-4.2V AND The Spindle started pulsating RPM. Even though the voltage is not what it used to be when it was working, it does seem stable on my analog and digital meters. - so why the pulsating all of a sudden?
Tried a backup install of Mach3, same issue. Arturo suggested trying Mach4 in demo to see if the voltage/pulsating persisted, but I spent 2 hours trying to figure out why M4 wouldn't come out of E-stop, so I haven't completed that test yet.
Anyone have a similar issue? It seems to point to a hardware issue on the CNC4PC C76 BOB, but with the voltage "wrong but stable" I can't figure out why the spindle RPM isn't stable. When run manually (J1 jumper to VR and PD001=0 and PC070=1) the spindle works perfectly and steady from the inverter panel controls.
Lastly, and most oddly, I'm also not witnessing the voltage to S<rpm> commands reversed. S100 is commanding the 4.2V now, and S24000 is getting me 0V. Linear in between. This is causing the spindle to spin SLOW at S24000 commands and FAST at say, S100 commands. All this just happened out of the blue and I can't figure out why.