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I'm hesitant to put more money into it if I haven't even gotten it to spin yet
What motors and drivers did you go with?
Did you get the factory encoder to work?

Reedfirst wrote: ↑Fri Jul 01, 2022 7:55 am Here is a pdf of the VFD manual.

lenze-ac-tech-scf-instruction-manual.pdf

Page22 shows the wiring terminals but none of it seems to make sense to me as to where it goes on the acorn board and which are/not needed

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I found that video yesterday and it seems very helpful. Any idea what size motors I should go with? Also I remember people used to have to put a resistor in the plugs for the g540 that go to the steppers. Is that still needed?

If I was to sell the old board and motors, any ...

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This one seems way over my head as if I'm not already in over my head. I did (I think) want to copy the setup you had with the g540 and steppers just to keep it pretty straight forward and cost effective

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Picked this up with an Acorn board but not sure where to start on the build. I'm not sure where to start
I wanted to use the OEM motors to keep things simple but not sure if thats the best plan. Ideally would love a plug n play setup but dont think thats happening either. Saw this video running ...