Spindle Overloaded! error

I started getting this error in Easel. Spindle starts to spin and stops within a second. Running at 12000rpm which is the default max for the machine. Can run it at around 1000rpm but anything faster and it goes overcurrent.

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I swapped the spindle out and it didn’t change anything. Going back and forth with support now, but I was wondering if anyone has seen this/has a solution.

figured it out, leaving the post up for reference…

The spindle current limit is defined in the machine settings as $800 (part of what makes gCarvin different than plain grbl). I was mucking about and must have set it to zero by mistake. Makes sense that it would try to spin up, sense any amount of current on the pin, and shut down/throw the error. I set it back to 1.75 and I’m back up and running.

Thanks to @NeilFerreri1 and Giovanna at support for pointing me in the right direction!

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