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Calibrating Your Spindle
For most systems you can completely skip this section.
If your IO6 Breakout Board is not outputting the correct
analog voltage, you can calibrate your spindle by using the procedure below.
There are two different methods to use depending on if you know the spindle speed or not. It is simpler to
calibrate your spindle if you know the speed.
Begin by finding the current velocity of your spindle. On the top menu bar select
Config
, then
Motor Tuning
. You
should see the
Motor Tuning and Setup
window as shown below.
Figure 12 Motor Tuning and Setup
On the right column titled
Axis Selection
, press the
Spindle
button. The spindle parameters will be loaded. Now
record the
Velocity
value located on the bottom right of the window. See the figure below.
Figure 13 Spindle Velocity Value
In Figure 13 the spindle’s current velocity is 1575.
