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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: dinko on January 09, 2010, 10:19:30 AM

Title: stepper motors rotates only in one ways
Post by: dinko on January 09, 2010, 10:19:30 AM

Hello!!

I'm new in this thing..

i bought some 3 axis controler..but i have some problems:

when i test to rotate wint Keys on screen works only on one way :

X works only in -x way
Y works only in -y way
Z works only in -z way

in + ways dont work... why

thanks (& sorry about my language)

greetings from slovenia!!

Title: Re: stepper motors rotates only in one ways
Post by: Jeff_Birt on January 09, 2010, 10:27:51 AM

Well, it could be any of the following -

1) Stepper wires hooked up incorrectly. Having one wire loose can cause a motor to only rotate one direction.
2) You 'Direction' pin assignment in 'Ports&Pins' is incorrect.
3) You have the system Hotkeys assigned incorrectly.

Title: Re: stepper motors rotates only in one ways
Post by: Hood on January 09, 2010, 10:40:04 AM

Another thing could be that your stepper drives can be configured for either Step/Dir  or CW/CCW. If that is the case then you may have them set to CW/CCW by mistake.
Hood