well i'm at work now thought i would throw this out there see if any body has an idea how to fix my spindle problem before i get to the shop.
from what i can remember it was giving a broken pipe error on the spindle when i used pncconf. there are +- buttons and when pressed spindle doesn't work. so i'm a little confused as to what is wrong. my notion is that i don't have a index or encoder hooked up yet. Other than the spindle all i can say is wow, love the mesa combo. Took less than 15 minutes to set up and calibrate 4 axis. i did alot of research and i've tried mach3 with just motors spinning and i have to say i found this virtually painless.
i do like mach3 but the motors are turning silky smooth with mesa/linux combo.
If it helps here are the specs:
Spindle Control
http://littlemachineshop.com/instruc...UpgradeKit.pdf
Mill
HiTorque Mini Mill, Solid Column - LittleMachineShop.com
CNC Conversion
CNC Fusion
Mesa 5i25 + 7i76
for spindle index pin refer to the following great work by djbird3
XMT500C Closed Loop Control-1.pdf
http://www.cnczone.com/forums/924725-post129.html
my thought was to use this for the index pulse and to somehow try to figure out a way to get encoder output from hall sensors hooked to control board (flacky im sure):banana:.
please look over my pinout and see if anything is wrong.
TB4-Pin2 is connected to 0-10v input on control
TB4-Pin6 is connected to start/stop input on control
TB4-Pin8 is connected to Forward/Reverse input on control
there is a Fln pin on control 4th pin from bottom, what is that for(Fault?).