Re: bridgeport IO, spindle enable pin

[Jon Elson <elson-at-pico-systems.com>]

Matt Shaver wrote:

>On Friday 09 May 2003 00:13, you wrote:
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>>Damon Gentile wrote:
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>>>Coolant, brake, estop are all fine on the new LPT port. Spindle control
>>>is a little flakey. In manual mode, I can select the "spindle" button
>>>and toggle the forward/rev bits through the GUI.  I see the brake bit
>>>toggle about a second before the spindle forward (or rev) toggles,
>>>however the "spindle on" bit doesn't budge.
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>Then Jon said:
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>>You can't give an M03 or M04 without setting the spindle speed (even if
>>the speed
>>control is not hooked up).  Try an M03 S1000
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>This is his problem, guaranteed...
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Well, he seemed to indicate it didn't work from the GUI buttons on the
screen, also, but maybe that was a red herring.

Jon