Spindle and VFD control in LINUXCNC
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22 Oct 2025 21:37 #336896
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22 Oct 2025 22:08 - 22 Oct 2025 22:15 #336903
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What you need to do depends entirely on your interface hardware.
What interface hardware do you have?
If this is for a parallel port interface with the particular breakout card pictured,
you would use stepconf to add a spindle PWM generator to pin 1 for the spindle
analog speed control, and perhaps use the breakout cards relay output for spindle
enable (pin 17)
What interface hardware do you have?
If this is for a parallel port interface with the particular breakout card pictured,
you would use stepconf to add a spindle PWM generator to pin 1 for the spindle
analog speed control, and perhaps use the breakout cards relay output for spindle
enable (pin 17)
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22 Oct 2025 22:29 #336905
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Yes, I have the same breakout board from the picture. I thought that the spindle speed is controlled by an analog signal with 0 V to 10 V. I found about this in the documentation (spindle control) but I don't know how to implement it.
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22 Oct 2025 23:02 #336911
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So I have to connect pin 17 to the VFD? Thank you!
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22 Oct 2025 23:42 - 22 Oct 2025 23:42 #336917
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Pin 17 on the parallel port activates the relay on the breakout board
That was a suggestion based on the fact that the VFD in your picture
is connected to the breakout boards relay contacts.
That was a suggestion based on the fact that the VFD in your picture
is connected to the breakout boards relay contacts.
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22 Oct 2025 23:57 #336918
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It's working! Thank you!
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