So I got up the nerve to unhook the pot and hook the
X2 control board to my G540. After stumbling a little
bit with the configuration it is up and running. One thing
I noticed is that the button that an operator can use to turn the
spindle on from the main prog run screen has a yellow led
on each end flashing while the spindle is running. The yellow led
is also flashing on the toolpath screen only it is larger. Is this
flashing an indication that the spindle is running under Mach control
or is it an indication that I have not set something up correctly? I have
what sounds to be full speed on the spindle motor. I bought a
tach on fleabay today so I can actually measure the speed. I did measure the output of the G540 and it was 10 voltsdc. It varies as I change the spindle speed as I expect it would.
Next step is to move the motor control PWB to my controller.
RWW