Upgrading to DeWalt 611 from 24v - question regarding Gcode Sender

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Hello,

I am upgrading to the 611 from the (previously) default 24v spindle. I use Chilipeppr and UGS. Both turn on my spindle automatically and turn it off. Where / How do I control those settings so that it prompts me to turn on the spindle manually? Currently I zero out the work and press go. It raises the spindle then turns it on automatically. Will the new setup raise the spindle and pause for me? Just curious before I get into the upgrade.

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You have a couple of options,

  1. you can just turn the Dewalt on before you press the send button in UGS. This works fine.

Or

  1. you can wire in a 110volt relay controlled by the Spindle on/off logic signal from the Arduinio board. The relay will only control the power to the Dewalt not the speed.

There are several threads where that relay logic is discussed.

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Yeah - but if you zero it out - won’t you “slightly” drill out your zero point each pass?

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Meaning you zero it out - turn it on before hitting send… won’t that every so slightly drill out your zero point?

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I have never had that problem, I always use a sheet of paper to zero the Z so the Z is about .003 above the surface.

The other option is that after you set the Z zero you can just jog the Z up a few mm before you switch the Dewalt on. The Grbl controller will remember the Z zero location

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Oh gotcha -on the jog. SMH