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Easy VFD upgrade
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I'm considering changing of my VFD, I'm running the Axis GUI and a Elite 3HP spindle.
What VFD would be the most straight foreword and easiest VFD to install and set-up?
Thanks in advance
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there are 9KW spindles
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I apologize, my question wasn't very clear.
I have a spindle already, I am running an old VFD that isn't supported any longer and I have to turn the spindle on and off manually.
There are a couple other down sides to my VFD so I thought I might look into something newer.
I was looking through the manual the other day dealing with a different issue and noticed instruction on how to set-up a Huanyang VFD, that got me thinking about this question.
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allenwg2005 wrote: Thanks for the response.
I apologize, my question wasn't very clear.
I have a spindle already, I am running an old VFD that isn't supported any longer and I have to turn the spindle on and off manually.
There are a couple other down sides to my VFD so I thought I might look into something newer.
I was looking through the manual the other day dealing with a different issue and noticed instruction on how to set-up a Huanyang VFD, that got me thinking about this question.
I can't imagine an old VFD that Linuxcnc can't control. You might have to use an analog signal to set the speed, but Linuxcnc can do that.
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The company who now owns the this product line has little or no background knowledge of the older unit, so I gave up on the whole idea.
I was just hoping I could locate and install something that's supported to get this to work.
All kinds of choices out there, I just want to make sure I don't end up creating a new mess while trying to clean up an old one.
Maybe that's wishful thinking.
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