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Mach Discussion => Mach4 General Discussion => Topic started by: ElderMartin on November 29, 2020, 04:54:55 PM
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Greetings everyone. I am stuck and need help.
I have a WorkBee CNC. It came with Novusun controllers, and based on the advice on this board I swapped it out for Warp 9 ESS control system with a G540 to drive the motors.
I am operating the spindle manually for now and will worry about that later. The ESS is installed in Mach 4 and it does see it. The ESS and the G540 are connected with the 25 pin ribbon cable I ordered with it. I have the G540 installed with the light green and power goes to all the motors holding them in place. I also used the G540 to connect to the limit switches and E-stop. The E-stop does work and turns the G540 light red, but it's not seen by Mach 4. The limit switches are not seen by Mach 4 either.
I have read all 41 pages of the ESS manual and the G540 manual. My problem is assigning ports/pins, therefore I am stuck. I can see the pin number assignments in the G540 manual, but don't know how to assign them in Mach 4.
I would greatly appreciate any help. This has been a long process with me assembling this CNC back in May.
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I was generously given a profile to load which solved many problems.
I still can't get Mach4 to see my homing switches. It does see my Estop.
I would appreciate any advice.
Btw, I am a licensed owner of both Mach 3 and Mach 4. I got Mach 3 to see them, but it was a different control system. I now have the G540 with the ESS.
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I'm in the same boat... can anyone provide the pins/port setup?
i'm using Smoothstepper (ESS) connected to G540 and using Mach 4.
Appreciate any assistance!
thank you!
Doyle
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Andy over on Warp9 web site really
helps users out. Give him a try.
olf20 / Bob