Originally Posted by
clockstick
OK,
I have set all the parameters as suggested. The jumper was incorrectly set, that must have been my fat finger when I was checking that they were properly jumpered.
Now;
F03=400
F11=120
F12=0
F014-F021 = 5/7s (accel/deccel)
F027=30
F041=6
F073=100
BUT NOW Mach3 will not start the spindle, I was concerned that I killed my spindle without knowing it. I checked the breakout board spindle off = 0.0V SPindle on 24,000rpm = 10.01V So not mach3 or the breakout board.
So I next tried to set the VFD back to the front keyboard and potentiometer, and manually selected run on the VFD and set 120-400hz and worked properly.
Now that I know the VFD and SPindle work properly I went back and set;
F001=1
F002-1
Tried to start the spindle from Mach3 again and failed. Did nothing, no reaction for the spindle, but the VFD front screen does indicate 400hz, and when I turn off the spindle in mach3 it does return to 0 but no reaction to the spindle.
Can you gentlemen see anything that would cause the odd behavior above? I am beginning to think more and more that my VFD is bad out of the box.
Thanks for your help, I thought I had a good grasp on this but apparently NOT!