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Parallel Port breakout boards, motherboards, and dedicated accessories / PMDX-107 connect to Colombo Spindle
« on: October 07, 2015, 04:05:04 PM »
HELP!
Have been retrofitting a machine and have been stuck on a problem for just WAY, WAY too long. Somewhere on this forum there are Q&As with Bob & Steve helping me while trying to connect my spindle back in the spring/summer. Tried to reply to it but I guess the topic is closed or something. So .... here goes again.
Everything else is connected and working properly except for controlling the spindle speed am still in desperate need of help on that. Only thing I can think to do is rip everything out and start from scratch with fresh information.
Here is what I am running.
- MACH 3 (latest rev)
- ESS - Ethernet Smooth Stepper
- PMDX-126
- PMDX-107
- A/C Servo drives on X,Y&Z (working)
- GE/FUJI AF-300E$ spindle drive w/ 18,000 rpm 10hp colombo spindle.
I've been able to get my Mach3 setup pretty far along for someone who doesn't know the first thing about electronics, but please disregard that thought. I really need a remedial lesson in the simplest form.
Thinking the problem is the PMDX-107. But not sure. YES I did perform the spindle test/adjustment.
My spindle is wired and set according to the PMDX-107 Manual and all the software is set according to the AN002 addendum as far as I can tell. Have played with the numbers and pulley ratios etc, but it never seems to change things. All settings are back to original recommendations.
There has been NO changes to my spindle drive firmware since connected to the previous controller. As this is a retrofit, the spindle has worked properly on the old controller and have seen it run myself even at a fairly low RPM.
My problem is that the spindle will not run on my mach 3 setup at anything less than exactly 3600 rpm. It will go up to max RPM, but there does not seem to be any science to the RPM after 3600. And it appears to run high, not low.
Don't know if I have wired something wrong, set something wrong in Mach, set something wrong in my ESS or should have put in some resistors or what???
Attached are some pics that may be relevant.
Have been retrofitting a machine and have been stuck on a problem for just WAY, WAY too long. Somewhere on this forum there are Q&As with Bob & Steve helping me while trying to connect my spindle back in the spring/summer. Tried to reply to it but I guess the topic is closed or something. So .... here goes again.
Everything else is connected and working properly except for controlling the spindle speed am still in desperate need of help on that. Only thing I can think to do is rip everything out and start from scratch with fresh information.
Here is what I am running.
- MACH 3 (latest rev)
- ESS - Ethernet Smooth Stepper
- PMDX-126
- PMDX-107
- A/C Servo drives on X,Y&Z (working)
- GE/FUJI AF-300E$ spindle drive w/ 18,000 rpm 10hp colombo spindle.
I've been able to get my Mach3 setup pretty far along for someone who doesn't know the first thing about electronics, but please disregard that thought. I really need a remedial lesson in the simplest form.
Thinking the problem is the PMDX-107. But not sure. YES I did perform the spindle test/adjustment.
My spindle is wired and set according to the PMDX-107 Manual and all the software is set according to the AN002 addendum as far as I can tell. Have played with the numbers and pulley ratios etc, but it never seems to change things. All settings are back to original recommendations.
There has been NO changes to my spindle drive firmware since connected to the previous controller. As this is a retrofit, the spindle has worked properly on the old controller and have seen it run myself even at a fairly low RPM.
My problem is that the spindle will not run on my mach 3 setup at anything less than exactly 3600 rpm. It will go up to max RPM, but there does not seem to be any science to the RPM after 3600. And it appears to run high, not low.
Don't know if I have wired something wrong, set something wrong in Mach, set something wrong in my ESS or should have put in some resistors or what???
Attached are some pics that may be relevant.