Spindle won't turn on

[ranchak]

I just bought a Series I Boss 5. I am running the unit on a VFD, I can get the table to move. I haven't tried to run any programs yet. When I turn the spindle on, my VFD trips. I did see the machine run under 3 phase power. I see the air brake cylinder move, but I am not sure where to start. Another question is how to I get a program into the Boss 5, I have the serial connector and cable already.

[machintek]

The machine will or rather should do a rapid move without the spindle on.
It will not do a feed rate move unless the control sees that the spindle is on. On a stock machine, there are auxiliary switches on the spindle forward/reverse contactors to tell the control that the spindle is ON.
T2 is a three phase transformer and powers the axis drives.

George

[ranchak]

George, I can get the machine to do a rapid move and to return to home. As soon as I try to turn on the spindle my VFD trips, is my air brake stuck? If I turn off the air brake, can I turn the spindle by hand? Maybe in the move my motor got locked up? Thanks, Ron

[machintek]

If the air brake is off, the spindle will turn by hand. Disable it and see if the VFD still trips.

George

[ranchak]

I am using the VFD to supply 3 phase power to the complete unit, I wasn't sure if I made that clear. I was doing some reading on the Yahoo site and someone else was going to try to power their Boss with a VFD and it was recommended not to do this. Do I need to use a static phase convertor or will the machine be able to run on a VFD?

[ranchak]

OK I found my problem, I disconnected the motor and the VFD doesn't trip. I tried to enter a single line of code and then the motor starter started to smoke. There is a loud high pitch electric noise, similiar to the sound in high voltage wires coming from the top half of the motor starter.