You do not conventionally use the frequency as an on-off switch. That is why you have a run and a stop button on the keypad.

You can change the behaviour of the potentiometer (to turn it into a stop switch) with parameters 0.06 and 0.07.

When you install the switch on the control circuit, you need to set the parameter for the computer to obey that switch (i.e. one of the multifunctional input terminals, see parameters F.2.13-2.16).

Any industrial momentary push switch will work with the VFD. A 22mm panel hole is a very standard item. The challenge may be finding the place (and mangled English description) in the manual where you tell the computer if it is to use momentary or maintened switching. You will know if you have it wrong if you have to hold down the button to make it work.

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On 31 July 2026 at 19:27 duncan webster 1 Said:

…when pushing buttons blind I sometimes hit the rev when I wanted stop.

Some of the VFDs have the capability to program for such an action.

So if you hit reverse, it can ramp down to a stop and then ramp back up in the opposite direction.

On a lathe, threading to a shoulder, I think you can program for ‘instant’ reverse (fast, braked ramp down and direction change).

I think it is also possible to set to ramp down and then remain in ‘reverse standby’ until a second press is received.

The difficulty is the poor translation of the manuals. It can be fruitful to download a brand name manual just to understand the capabilities of a typical VFD and then try to map those capabilities onto the parameters of a more economic version.