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PC serial port to VFD speed control ??

on 2003-02-21 09:08:16 UTC
Hi,

I'm looking to control the spindle speed of my mill conversion
(running TurboCNC under DOS) by talking to the VFD via the serial
port. (Turbo CNC has a placeholder for customising the spindle speed
command)

Most VFD's seem to be 'RS485' communications and not the 'RS232' your
average PC is equipped with.

Is there an easy / cheap way to convert from one to the other bi-
directionally ?

Andrew Mawson
Bromley, Kent, UK

Discussion Thread

Andrew Mawson <andrew@m... 2003-02-21 09:08:16 UTC PC serial port to VFD speed control ?? Bernard R <bwjarandall@c... 2003-02-21 09:41:44 UTC Re: PC serial port to VFD speed control ?? Jon Elson 2003-02-21 10:19:55 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] PC serial port to VFD speed control ?? Alan Marconett KM6VV 2003-02-21 12:06:48 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] PC serial port to VFD speed control ?? Andrew Mawson <andrew@m... 2003-02-21 12:58:50 UTC Re: PC serial port to VFD speed control ?? Paul 2003-02-21 13:15:19 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: PC serial port to VFD speed control ?? Andrew Mawson <andrew@m... 2003-02-21 13:24:43 UTC Re: PC serial port to VFD speed control ?? mayfieldtm <mayfiet@i... 2003-02-21 13:52:16 UTC Re: PC serial port to VFD speed control ??