how bad is this ?

[RadiantHeat]

My smoothstepper is not working. Only the blue LED comes on , When I plugged it into several different computers  ( usb ports ) , the computers do not make a sound , and 'smoothstepper' does not appear in their device manager listing. I have the voltage jumper set to USB power. It worked fine at first. It was hooked up through a CNC4PC breakout board. I emailed this data to Warp9, several days ago , have not heard back at all. I am amazed that  there are still no trouble shooting docs, just blank pages ! Any information or suggestions appreciated.

[RICH]

You need to install the SS drivers ? see the manual.
You should see a Smoothstepper USB device in Windows device manager.
RICH

[RadiantHeat]

> You need to install the SS drivers ? see the manual.
> You should see a Smoothstepper USB device in Windows device manager.
> RICH

How can I install them if the device does not show in device managers listing ? is there some Reset trick ?

[RICH]

Did you look at the SmoothSteppers manual? Starts about page 6..
RICH

[RadiantHeat]

Rich,  Thanks for suggestion but I looked in the manual , Thats how I learned that there is no typing on the troubleshooting page.


The manual does state ( section 4.2.1 / Windows XP ) there should be a red light on / I looked and its not on.

Quoting from my first post ,

' How can I install them (drivers) if the device does not show in device managers listing ?
' is there some Reset trick ?

[Jeff_Birt]

If the PC doe snot recognize the SmoothStepper when it is plugged in then you most likely have done something to damage it. I would suspect that you fed some external high voltage into one of the inputs.

[RICH]

Try hooking it up directly to the USB port and not using the breakout board.
RICH