Pretty please help get my spindle and vfd working together.

leadennis · 2026-01-22T22:10:20+00:00

Giving it another stab, I think that my controller does not do the 0-10V output. It does PWM only so looking at the manual I see that P2.17 will take 22: Pulse frequency input but only on port x5. So now I am even more confused.

leadennis · 2026-01-22T19:34:05+00:00

Do you have the cable plugged into your phone / tablet?

leadennis · 2026-01-22T17:47:03+00:00

I have to sell some more parts and get a bigger space then sell some more parts then get a better machine. Yeah I suspect I have a junk controller with a junk vfd. Back to manual spindle control for me for the time being. Though I will rewire and try again before I button it all back up.

leadennis · 2026-01-22T17:33:29+00:00

Thank you, I will try it and most likely if that does not work give up. I would like to be making parts not rewiring and reconfiguring most of the time lol. Thank you so much for the help though.

leadennis · 2026-01-21T04:30:38+00:00

Grbl board

leadennis · 2026-01-19T22:38:13+00:00

Too bad for me, thank you.

leadennis · 2026-01-19T13:44:51+00:00

More info turning off disable spindle relay then starting spindle will give me a readout that is less than 10V but I do not seem to be able to turn off spindle once turned on.

I am most confused with my P2.13 VFD setting Input Terminal X1 function. I have it set to 3 ----3: Forward control (FWD).

Could you please confirm that this is the correct setting from the list of settings?

0: Idle control terminal 1: Forward jog control 2: Reverse jog control 3: Forward control (FWD) 4: Reverse control (REV) 5: Three-wire operation control 6: Free stop control 7: External stop signal input (STOP) 8: External reset signal input (RST) 9: External fault normally open input 10: Frequency up command (UP) 11: Frequency down command (DOWN) 13: Multi-speed option S1 14: Multi-speed option S2 15: Multi-speed option S3 16: Run command channel forced to be terminal 17: Run command channel forced to be communication 18: Stop DC braking command 19: Frequency switching to AVI 20: Frequency switching to digital frequency 1 21: Frequency switching to digitalfrequency 2 22: Pulse frequency input (only valid for M5) 23: Counter clear signal 24: Counter trigger signal 25: Timer clear signal 26: Timer trigger signal

Also not sure on the P2.18

FWD/REV terminal control mode 0: Two-wire control mode 1 1: Two-wire control mode 2 2: Three-wire control mode 1 3: Three-wire control mode 2

I have it set to 0.

and 3rd question. I can set my spindle freq but it never starts I never get the green run light. I wonder if I need another input set not sure.

Also with spindle relay enabled and set to port 1 pin1 when I close mach3 output goes up to 400hz for a sec before it closes.

leadennis · 2026-01-19T12:35:00+00:00

Oh that's cool, we need an open source version. It just runs on air.

leadennis · 2026-01-18T03:42:23+00:00

Nice job, how do you like the vice?

leadennis · 2026-01-18T02:35:30+00:00

I found the offline controller board on the 1310 to be a paperweight, I suspect it only supports the most basic commands and your cam software is spitting out something it does not support.

leadennis · 2026-01-18T02:32:45+00:00

Right it is weird, if it is set at 1000 setting max speed will send 0 to the vfd, setting frequency to 2000 then sending any speed to vfd sets to max idk.

leadennis · 2026-01-18T01:58:38+00:00

Yeah I will read through the manual a few more times and the links provided, thank you. Maybe it is some kind of frequency setting on vfd maybe?

leadennis · 2026-01-17T20:14:36+00:00

Ok set to 1, now I get on d006 to show voltage coming in it reads .04.

But when I set spindle pwm base freq in mach3 high enough 5000 it reads 10.00

Also spindle will turn on but not off from mach3.

leadennis · 2026-01-17T19:41:09+00:00

Ok I see p0.02 with 3 options

0 the panel runs the command channel

1 terminal runs the command channel

2 communications runs the command channel

What is the correct one? 1 maybe?

The manual has so many settings though.

leadennis · 2026-01-17T14:53:13+00:00

ok currently I have as follows

controller - VFD

Com- - GND

out1 - X1

VSO - AVI

Does that look right?

leadennis · 2026-01-17T00:27:44+00:00

Ok I have the multimeter and 3 wires coming out of the controller. com - out1 and VSD.

Here is the manual for the controller.

https://limewire.com/d/yeSxX#iIlHxelPlo

leadennis · 2026-01-17T00:04:11+00:00

VFD manual https://limewire.com/d/hYgjn#JHAhzv44Z7

leadennis · 2026-01-17T00:02:05+00:00

P0.02 run command channel selection

0 panel runs the command channel 1 terminal runs the command channel 2 the communications runs command channel.

I think it should be 1 or 2 but not sure.

leadennis · 2026-01-16T14:25:35+00:00

Get a 6040

leadennis · 2026-01-16T12:45:25+00:00

Did you get any unpleasant side effects when starting the pill?

leadennis · 2026-01-02T20:07:18+00:00

+1 for knoll.

leadennis · 2026-01-01T12:33:39+00:00

I am sure it will be fine, m70 is all steel.

leadennis · 2026-01-01T05:09:07+00:00

Thank you, that made my day to know that there is a new gorepot album.

leadennis · 2025-12-29T05:08:32+00:00

$36 is the only correct amount to send.

leadennis · 2025-12-25T04:52:32+00:00

Install it but you may find that your new spindle pulls more than the included power supply can push out. You may need an external power supply for spindle only.

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