What have I missed? When I get home, I will measure that Gecko actually puts out a voltage of something between 0 and 10V on the Vi. The VFD display is not showing any difference. So when I turn on the spindle by command: M3 S10000 - nothing happens. Spindle step is set to 1000, acc set to 1. PWM is turned on, and base freq is set 50 (should this be 400?) and min PWM is set to 0%. In Mach3, spindle is turned on, and step is put on pin 14, dir on 0. I also changed the PD070's to the correct values.

The VFD was setup to correctly run from the VFD panel first (so I know its working on its own). Ive connected the +10V, Vi and ACM from VFD to the 7, 8 and 9 pins on the G540 as of the manual. Im attempting to set the spindle to run through Mach3. Doesn't happen on the same line of code everytime but it is always an estop condition, can't see anything on the diagnostic screen but then again I wouldn't know what I was looking for anyway lol.So I've searched all day both on google and on this forum for someone explaning how to control the huanyang VFD+spindle from mach3 via gecko540, without any luck. If I load some gcode & start mach3 then the spindle starts, the machine moves to the correct starting position & then starts to cut the job, it then seems to just stop for no reason, the estop will be flashing & I need to reset it again. Now if I just try to start the spindle there is a click & the estop starts flashing, tried reducing the speed but same thing just keeps happening. I've read about people having problems with usb to serial converters because of the 2 different chip sets used the FTDI chipset is suppose to be the one to use & that is what I have on another computerused, it is also set up as a virtual serial port & has never given me any problems.Īfter starting mach3 & getting a couple of error messages I get the successfully installed message & can reset the stop button that flashes when mach3 opens. Last edited by JayPunchbuggy 26-03-2013 at 11:16 AM. Mine did, so I was in luck and didn't have to solder one on. One gotch to look out for: Make sure the the Huanyang VFD's interface board board has the transevier populated. The instructions on website are excelent, so I won't bother re-writing them here.Īs I understand it, I can also add a custom readout to the Mach3 screen to show the current current being drawn by the spindle. Installed the plugin and it worked! I can set the spindle speed in Mach3 and get a readout of what the actual speed is.

This item: Huanyang Vector VFD Variable Frequency Drive,Single to 3 Phase,7.5kW 10HP 220V AC 34A for Motor Speed Control,GT Series 279.99 (93.33/kg) Usually ships within 6 to 10 days. I got a cheap RS-232 to RS-485 converter (about £3 from ebay) and wired it up with an old cut up usb cable (connected the shield only at the converter end. SKU: GT-220V- Category: Spindle & VFD Inverter Tags: drive, Inverter, VFD, VFD inverter. Worked right out of the box, very pleased! But didn't like the manual control of the spindle. I reciently picked up one of those Chinese 6040 routers you see on eBay.

Huanyang vfd plugin for mach3