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Thanks to everyone for your input. THe problem has been solved...yep, Centroid encoder did the trick. That was a very expensive lesson for me, but one well learned.

Mike

Can anyone tell me the encoder that Centroid recommends? I have tried about 6 different ones.

The * by the N is always there, even with no encoder plugged into the board.

I have completely uninstalled the software,,,again,,,reset it all over and nothing changes.....I reversed the wires as you recommended as well.

New repoort attached.

One last question. I have it set in the Wizard at 8000. Where else should I set it?

And now, I have no spindle rpm's

I checked the alarm by changing the input to normally open and when the z m oved it got a 9031 drive fault. I changed it back and it works. So, I assume that the board and the driver are communicating. I went to the PID screen. On drive N, there is an asterisk at all times. I rotated the chuck and i...

The encoder is 2000ppr. I have it set in the Wizard. I'm sorry, but I do not know enough about the PID to make any changes.

Folks, My apologies for dragging this out, but I'm stuck...cannot thread on my lathe....As recommended in the last post, I purchased and installed a closed loop stepper (NEMA34) for the Z axis. New Acorn board, New encoder KOTO all new ball screws nuts and bearings new lathepro license South Bend 13...

One last question, since it is a weekend, is there any way to thread without the Lathepro license? I will purchase one immediately but I need it this weekend..