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  1. Kelly McLaughlin

    Looking for some help with mach 3

    Hi John! made those changes. No output at pin 8 could I have something configured incorrectly? I made the changes to the step dir as suggested and entered S1000. I reset the over ride and it changed to 100% is there something else I need to do? I will research this afternoon.
  2. Kelly McLaughlin

    Looking for some help with mach 3

    Hi John! I'll make those changes today and let you know this evening how I did. The one downfall of the G540 manual is there's no real explanation of how things work. I guess it's written assuming you have an electronics background. I'll be back : )
  3. Kelly McLaughlin

    Bristol #0 with mods

    Got the second coat of paint on the base today. having trouble figuring out what to do with the unused realestate : ) a set of drawers for tooling?
  4. Kelly McLaughlin

    Looking for some help with mach 3

    Checked Voltage at 8,9 all 0 between 7,8 and 7,9. so the light is slowly coming on, my motor controller should be treated like a vfd. Terminal 7 is the ground / black from my controller. Terminal 8 is my yellow or the output from the VFD terminal 9 is the 5 volt supply from my controller. so...
  5. Kelly McLaughlin

    Looking for some help with mach 3

    probably tomorrow I'll go do the tests and record findings. I'm home all day tomorrow except for lunch so I'll get setup in my shop so I'm not running back and forth. Thanks for your help with this. let me know when to be available tomorrow when you have a chance.
  6. Kelly McLaughlin

    Looking for some help with mach 3

    Ok 1 thing at a time, remember you're dealing with an electronic child : ) I ignore the 5V supply and ground in my motor controller but I will use the signal (yellow lead) to receive the output from pin 9 which I will configure somewhere to give 5V instead of 10 (I'll need a ground somewhere)...
  7. Kelly McLaughlin

    Looking for some help with mach 3

    Ok but I don't understand where the pwm signal comes from? it was my understanding the power supply was separate? in my "box" that the G540 is located in the power supply for the G540 is inside, the 0 to 48V supply is pin 11 and 12. according to the pinout 7 is vfd grounf 8 is vfd output and 9...
  8. Kelly McLaughlin

    Looking for some help with mach 3

    I was thinking it was the pwm out put from mach 3? could I get my manual and give you a call? I don't want to waste your time.
  9. Kelly McLaughlin

    Looking for some help with mach 3

    Pin 7 and 8 of the G540 the diagram shows them going to the VFD that I don't have. : )
  10. Kelly McLaughlin

    Bristol #0 with mods

    Tonights progress, step 1 in the lead screw repair. This will allow me to install the table right way round and have the handle on the right where it belongs : ).
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