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17 May 2015 07:48 #58771 by fc60
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Greetings,

Within the Axis program are two radio buttons to start/stop the spindle manually and control fwd/rev. These buttons are no longer active on my screen. You can pick them and they toggle; but, no spindle movement.

I can operate the spindle via MDI commands.




Cheers,

Dave
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17 May 2015 19:18 #58784 by BigJohnT
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Did you press the + key after selecting a direction? Default is 1 rpm which usually means it won't turn.

It always helps to tell us what version of LinuxCNC your running...

JT

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17 May 2015 22:10 #58793 by fc60
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Greetings John,

Sorry for the omission. LinuxCNC 2.5.4.

Yes, the RPM indicator at the upper right toggles to "1" by pressing either + or -. Repeated pressing does not increase the RPM values nor does the spindle turn on.

With kind regards,

David

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17 May 2015 22:20 #58794 by BigJohnT
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In Axis open Show Hal Configuration and select the watch window tab then drill down the pins list to motion.spindle-speed-out and add that to the watch window. Press CW and it should read 1, for each press of + it should increase by 100. I'm assuming that works, as I have a lathe with 2.5.4 and it functions.

I assume your drive is not getting the speed signal, how did you configure your spindle?

JT

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19 May 2015 06:58 #58843 by fc60
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Greetings John,

I did as you suggested and all appears to be working well now.

It seems I was clicking the forward button to death and not using the plus and minus keys just below.

I think it is time to start buying a better grade of wine when working with the machine. (Joking, of course)

Cheers,

Dave

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