Hi all, I’m looking for a way to automatically switch on/off my dust collector (workshop vacuum cleaner). I’m very familiar with gpio on arduino-like hardware, so a pin that will do a ttl output would be fine for me, i’dd just add the apropriate electronics myself. Ofcourse this pin needs to be a…

If you have a spindle and VFD there are generally no / nc contacts on the VFD that activate with the spindle.

Does the Shapeoko Pro controller have extra pins to use as gpio?

robgrz (Rob Grzesek (Carbide 3D)) March 15, 2023, 1:34pm 2

We use something like this to control a vacuum by the spindle power. I’m sure thay also have 220V versions:

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VFD Spindle Kit and vacuum

Hooking up the 12vDC relay for a mister system

VFD On/Off Signal