Need Help!- SETTING UP A SECOND SPINDLE IN MACH3 MILL

[el_tony33]

Hi to all

great cnc forum is this one!

first of all, I want to congrats to all that helps this forum to work

I'm just a beginner using MACH 3, I'm going to use it to make a school proyect, controlling some DC servo motors with a Gecko drive

but we start with one problem, we need to sincronizate two spindles at the same time, at diferent speeds,

is any way to configure another spindle in MACH3, something like

S1 1000;
S2 2000;

I need to use the step and direction outputs

any help will be very appreciated!

Tony

[PoppaBear10]

Yes,

I made a 3 spindle plugin for Mach3, each can be set to run a different speeds, across the modbus. www.machsupport.com see forums, under Finished plugins.

scott

[el_tony33]

I just was beginning to read the article that you published in the Mach3 forum,

Is this plugin able to make an output step and direction signal?? for both motor drivers?

I need this 4 signals for two rotary axes works simultaniously

Is there an counter or something that overflows? Because I need to operate them continuosly a long time (10 - 15 min) in some cases

thanks!

Tony

[PoppaBear10]

The Plugin is made to drive Standard VFD drives that take a 0-10V for spindle speed control.

if you want Step/dir spindles then use the extra axis of nativ emach to drive them, i.e. the Step/Dir for Spindle standard, and then use your B or C axis to drive the other step/dir spindle.

scott

[el_tony33]

OK! and what Gcode do I use to make a continous step and direction output?

how may I set the speed and direction of rotation?

Is a special Gcode?

I have investigated how to enable the other axis

thanks poppabear!!

Tony