few days ago my laptop died so i have to get a new one to run LinuxCNC with my CNC
8 years ago i bought a 6040z cnc router which had a manual how to set everything up. So after this 8 years i remember nothing and i figure out everything with google. I have set up my station, connected all. My XYZ axis are working and running correctly. But i have a problem with a spindle. While i power the machine it starts to spin immediately. I cannot figure out how to set the spindle control. Tried some result posted on internet but they seem to not work with my station
CNC 6040z
JP-845 board inside
LinuxCNC 2.9.8
If someone can guide me to something or point where to check some information i would be very grateful.
Setup of pinout:
1 - Spindle ON
2 - X Step
3 - X Dir
4 - Y Step
5 - Y Dir
6 - Z Step
7 - Z Dir
8 - A Step
9 - A Dir
10 - ESTOP?
11,12,13 - should be end switched but i dont know which option to choose
14 - ?
15 - ?
16 - ?
17 - Spindle PWM
When i power on the powerunit, spindle does not start. When i open AXIS on LinuxCNC, spindle starts and then goes forever. Closing program changes nothing
Last edit: 5 months 2 weeks ago by Szymik. Reason: Added pinout of my machine
Does the hard drive still work?
If yes, yank it out and put it in the new PC, it should work without installing anything and the machine should work as before.
If the install has failed, you can use a USB stick with any Live Linux to read the existing config and copy it to another USB, then to the new PC.
Or just check what pin setup you had there.
Unfortunately HDD is dead. A colegue of mine will bring a laptop he was using with simillar machine but on Windows+Mach setup, maybe i will get some info from there
