On 29 December 2010 16:54, Igor Chudov <[email protected]> wrote:

> I would like to put a microswitch near the back gear lever, so that EMC2
> would sense whether the mill is in back gear.

> 1) Spindle forward actually tells the VFD to rotate the motor backwards, so
> that the actual spindle would spin clockwise, as intended.
>    Spindle reverse actually tells the VFD to rotate the motor forward, so
> that the actual spindle would spin counterclockwise, as intended.

gearchange does this:
http://www.linuxcnc.org/docview/html/man/man9/gearchange.9.html

There is a modified version available that handles multiple gears, but
the standard version will do what you need.

I would be tempted to run two encoders with different scales (and
possibly with separate once-per-rev indexes) and swap between them
with a mux component.

-- 
atp
"Torque wrenches are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men"

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