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[TonyD]

Thanks Jazz, you're right, I meant the generic, it is as you say an PLCM E3 from Purelogic, a Russian company. I'm using the Zapp ZP5A-INT breakout board, I'm not planning to try and control the spindle speed using that but I do have a USB dongle that supports RS485 that I've read will work for speed control. We'll see, right now as you say I've got to explore the VFD manully and get that going, with perhaps a little less noise.

[Clive S]

You could put a pot on the vfd front panel to control the speed if its the standard Chinese one. ..Clive

[Clive S]

Fitting a pot to a vfd.

Here is the link to the way I did it http://www.mycncuk.com/threads/7388-...ighlight=speed ..Clive

[TonyD]

Great Thread, thanks Clive.

[TonyD]

I have two NPN NC bullet type proximity switches on my X Axis. Normally the inbuilt LED lights up when the target metal approaches and triggers the switch. As of last week, one of the proximity switches is lit the whole time, I cant change its state. Mach is reporting the error when I try to home the X axis. I've run a new switch to the same connectors as the faulty one and the new switch stays lit also. Note, in case it matters both switches were in parallel during this test. I can't spot any obviously loose wires in the control box. Before I start to tear into the control box, has anyone experienced this type of failure mode from the proximity switch before? Cheers. Tony.

[EddyCurrent]

Have you tried them on another input ? are they 3 wire or 2 wire type ? 3 wire likely.
Did you change the position of them so the end is more flush with the surrounding bracket ? (what I mean is that's a bad thing)

[TonyD]

Hi Eddy, thanks. 3 wire, I'll change the input and report back, no - no adjustment, cant see a good reason for the signal stage and the proxy in paralell shouldnt have triggered either it was hanging in mid-air, I should have said that too.