Vfd Other Than From Machmotion; No Vfd - MachMotion Apollo III Manual

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3.1.2 VFD Other Than from MachMotion

Any VFD can be wired into the Spindle Control RJ45 jack by cutting the end off of a CAT5 cable and wiring the
loose ends to the VFD according the following pin out.
Analog 0-
Function
10VDC
RJ45 Pins 1
White &
Colors
Orange

3.1.3 No VFD

If the system does not use a VFD to control the spindle, wire the spindle into the small green connecter as shown
below. Notice that 24V is wired to the CW and CCW relay contacts on the top row of the green connector.
FIGURE 20 SPINDLE CONTROL RJ45 JACK
CW
CW Relay
Relay
2 3
White &
Orange
Green
TABLE 3 SPINDLE CONTROL RJ45 JACK
Apollo III Using Mach3
Drive
GND
Enable
4 5
White &
Blue
Blue
CCW
N/C
Relay
6 7
White &
Green
Brown
CCW
Relay
8
Brown