AXBB-E Lathe spindle

[nilsfc]

Hi everybody,
I need some feedback from other users.

I'm trying to setup a Lathe with an AXBB-E controller. The goal is to perform threading.

Have some concerns with Spindle and index sensor:
-Is it working with Mach4 with just the Index input or do I need to connect an encoder?
-Is it possible to use the Index as feedback to PID adjust the spindle speed?

[cncdrive]

You have to use an incremental encoder with A, B and Index channels.
You could optinally enable the spindle PID controller.

[nilsfc]

Ok. I'll try that, but I cannot find the spindle PID option on Mach4.

[cncdrive]

I thought you talking about UCCNC, sorry.
Yes, I think you are right that Mach4 does not have that setting.