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Spindle ON/OFF UI Confusion
« on: April 25, 2023, 10:44:15 AM »
I just helped someone out (from another forum) who was pulling their hair out because they couldn't get their spindle working (ESS with C25X board)

It turned out that he was using the UI spindle clockwise/counter-clockwise button to try and start/stop the spindle.

I, being an old hand, know that the UI button won't work until the S word has been populated via MDI or via a program, so told him to type "S2000 M3" in the MDI window and press "CYCLE START" - which worked.

Apparently the CNC4PC guy didn't know this either; the two of them had been going back and forth on this for a week.

The UI button should fire a popup warning if it is clicked with the S word equal to zero....