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    Thanks madman. For my first attempt at doing anything like this, I'm quite pleased at how its turned out. And more than pleased that I haven't burnt my shed down... yet :)


    Had a lot of "fun" re-wiring all the limits on my 6040 yesterday. Wired the pump and probe, too. They are all working with the controller.

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    Apart from tidying a few things up, I'm pretty much done. Just the spindle to wire. Was going to buy a new VFD, but to save me 80 quid I've decided to use the Nowforever VFD from the old control box.

    On the underside the VFD has terminals for R S E U V W.

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    I've traced the wires back and the R and S power inputs go back to, what looks like, an EMI filter. The filter looks like it goes back to the 240v AC mains power. I'm guessing I should re-use that filter, but I'm also not sure that I must use it (I've seen people use VFDs without one).

    I take it that R=live, S = Neutral. Guessing that E = Earth - although it wasn't wired in my old box (Also found my spindle wasn't earthed to pin 4.)
    I take it that U = pin 1 on the spindle, V = pin 2, and W = pin 3.

    Spindle control on the Nowforever uses the terminals behind the hatch:

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    I believe the wiring from the DDCS is as follows:

    M3/M5 on DDCS goes to X1 on the Nowforever
    Ground on DDCS goes to Com
    VSO on DDCS goes to Ain1 (10v)

    Any help/advice or corrections with the above, appreciated.
    Last edited by Rye; 14-04-2018 at 12:57 PM.

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