Cncst4060

[petesos]

Have traced the 2 wires from the rocker switch to the vfd
Red wire goes into vfd UX1
Black wire goes into GND on vfd

[Clive S]

Have traced the 2 wires from the rocker switch to the vfd
Red wire goes into vfd UX1
Black wire goes into GND on vfd

Not sure if this is relevant or not.

Looking at ports and pins outputs they appear to be on port 3 and everything else is on port 1

[petesos]

Now, spindle speed control. This assumes F002 = 1, also. (You've not confirmed this yet)
If you do confirm its set to 1, then changing to 3 should, according to the manual, give you speed control through the built-in pot. Try that and report back.

Will do it now bud

[petesos]

Now, spindle speed control. This assumes F002 = 1, also. (You've not confirmed this yet)
If you do confirm its set to 1, then changing to 3 should, according to the manual, give you speed control through the built-in pot. Try that and report back.

Will do it now bud

[JAZZCNC]

Why is the outputs set to port 3.? I'd expect them to be set to Port 1 like the motor outputs.!

[Doddy]

Jazz - the outputs aren't in use, though - I agree - strange setting, but the M3/M4 relay outputs = OUTPUT1, but that's ignored with the wiring from the VFD 'X1' input (factory default : Run fwd) through the VFD switch to ground - confirmed by OP with the VFD switch switching the Run indicator on/off.

I'm more curious of : configuring the VFD to use the pot (F002 = 3, as factory, rather than original 1 - analogue input) seems to cause the VFD to crap out with an error - at the first time that it's able to present a none-zero demand. At this stage I'm wondering if the VFD has been configured for the spindle, or if there's a fault in the spindle or the wiring.

[petesos]

Have traced the 2 wires from the rocker switch to the vfd
Red wire goes into vfd UX1
Black wire goes into GND on vfd

[Doddy]

Oh. Interesting, and an unambitious design there. That means that the front panel VFD switch is essentially your Spin-Forward On/Off control. There's a couple of options to extend the use of that, however, the job at the moment is to get the spindle turning.

Mach3 was set to use OUTPUT#1, but we now know that is irrelevant for the wiring that you describe.

The above assumes that function parameter F001 is set to 1. (You've not confirmed this yet)

So, you should know how to turn the spindle on/off.... albeit at zero speed. Can you confirm any visual difference on the VFD display with the VFD switch On and Off - I would expect the "Run" LED to illuminate when switch = On, and extinguish when "Off".


Now, spindle speed control. This assumes F002 = 1, also. (You've not confirmed this yet)
If you do confirm its set to 1, then changing to 3 should, according to the manual, give you speed control through the built-in pot. Try that and report back.

If you want spindle speed control through Mach3 - I'm keen to know if you have a DMM and are comfortable using it. Simply - I'd rather see the behaviour of the board rather than the spindle (just removes a potential source of confusion). If I said that I'd like you to measure the output to the AI1 input, wrt ground, are you happy to do so?, and similarly from P12 to ground? (all references are to the VFD).

Where I'm going with this is to verify that, for different spindle demands you can get an analogue voltage out of the board to the VFD. If that doesn't work then no amount of smacking the VFD is going to work. But I'd like you to confirm the above before I start writing an essay. Also, screen shot of Mach3 Pulley set-up window.

[petesos]

So, you should know how to turn the spindle on/off.... albeit at zero speed. Can you confirm any visual difference on the VFD display with the VFD switch On and Off - I would expect the "Run" LED to illuminate when switch = On, and extinguish when "Off".


YES

[petesos]