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I think you described it exactly. I now have it set so we can watch the output current to see when the spindle is under extra load.

We are using the machine on wood products and we aren't sure if there is a problem with the spindle motor or if we are running into 'hard spots' in the wood. Having ...

the report...

Greetings,

I had a chance to modify the PLC code today and the spindle load meter is working!!!

I added the 'simpler' version of the code and was able to get the spindle meter to show up and work properly.

I do have one question remaining: In order to read the 'load' on the spindle, which comes ...

I'm not sure why the latest 2 replies from cncnw only show up when I go to post my reply...

I was getting ready to respond to the post by Tom (Mon Jul 22, 2019 3:28 pm), Thank you!

However, after reading the latest 2 replies, I had to rethink my response...

cncnw:

The code in your attachment ...

Thanks for the input on setting the parameters. Any help is appreciated.

I would like to activate the spindle load meter. I do not need any support for other features right now. I did modify the code, as you saw in the report, to use 3 spindles.

However, they are not quite 3 independent spindles ...

Thanks for the video, that is what I am looking for.

I should have a chance to make the changes in TB296 sometime next week.

I still am curious about Parameter 313 and 137, if there is no spindle encoder, do these both need to change to what is in the TB?

Thanks!

one more question,
Do I need an encoder on the spindle in order to use the load meter function?

Ok,

I forgot to attach the report, here it is.

Does anyone have a photo of what the load meter looks like?

Thanks!

I guess I should ask if there IS a spindle load meter to show?

Can it be displayed on screen?

I have done some digging in the manuals and found there is a place to connect the load signal from the spindle inverter to the ADC connection on the ALLIN1DC. I have connected the load meter outputs from ...

Thanks!
It looks like we are up and running with the variables acting correctly, but if we need to view them in the future I have printed out the your post for reference.

Thanks Again!
Tom