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  1. Kelly McLaughlin

    Looking for some help with mach 3

    Hi John! I've had the 5v from my motor controller (this is a seperate connector on the box that is 5V + - and the yellow signal) connected all along, the yellow or signal is disconnected, you are correct the g540 ground is isolated from the pc as well as the power supply for the G540. I do not...
  2. Kelly McLaughlin

    Looking for some help with mach 3

    Hi John! had some chores that needed attending but One thing we have to consider is what I'm dealing with is not a VFD it is the three leads from the motor controller for the servo motor. they were run to a magnetic pot, probably the wrong name but you'll understand. so the red and black in that...
  3. Kelly McLaughlin

    Looking for some help with mach 3

    Hi John! I changed to this, I think thats what you meant? still no output. set hz to 5 no joy, I sent the output screen in case there's something I need to configure there? I get the feeling I've missed turning something on or setting a pin correctly.
  4. Kelly McLaughlin

    Looking for some help with mach 3

    Hi John! I had it set at 5 until I spoke to the fellow at gecko (it was what your screen shot showed) He told me it should be 50 I watched a video today where the fellow had his at 250, I think the software says from 100 to 500 so I'll set it back to 5 and we'll see what you get from your...
  5. Kelly McLaughlin

    Looking for some help with mach 3

    Here you go! I took one of anything I thought might help : )
  6. Kelly McLaughlin

    Looking for some help with mach 3

    I believe I have all the settings I know about correct. But..... we've supplied the 5V signal to the G540, the relay is connected properly as it fires when the spindle is activated. what makes the circuit between the 5V source and the reduced voltage pin (8) to adjust the motor controler? Pin 14...
  7. Kelly McLaughlin

    Looking for some help with mach 3

    I believe I have all the settings I know about correct. But..... we've supplied the 5V signal to the G540, the relay is connected properly as it fires when the spindle is activated. what makes the circuit between the 5V source and the reduced voltage pin (8) to adjust the motor controler? Pin 14...
  8. Kelly McLaughlin

    Looking for some help with mach 3

    Hi John! called Gecko wanted to be sure this was a straight through circuit, they verified that the G540 can use anything from 0 to 10 and should provide an output based on % he did say duty cycle needs to be 100% looking for that setting now.
  9. Kelly McLaughlin

    Bristol #0 with mods

    Hi Lee! looks like we have the same Lathe : ) I was hoping the stand kind of looked period for the machine.
  10. Kelly McLaughlin

    Looking for some help with mach 3

    when I hit enter the relay fires and the RPM screen begins counting but then returns to 0, in case thats significant. heading for lunch, back about 1:30 my time so no rush : )
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