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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: adrian5 on October 20, 2014, 02:03:32 PM

Title: Gecko G540, the A axis only moves into single direction
Post by: adrian5 on October 20, 2014, 02:03:32 PM

The A axis only moves into single direction.
I've attached my settings bellow, when i connect the same motor to any other axis X, Y ,Z it does move into both dirrections as it should.
I've never used this axes before on this controller so i'm not sure if it ever worked.
I have 2 keys set to move the A axis, "z" keyboard key and "x" keyboard key, and when i press any of them the voltage on pins 6-7, 8-9 does change and of course the're set to move the axis into different directions.
I can't figure out what's wrong, is it the controller or i have some wrong settings
Please help, thanks in advance

Title: Re: Gecko G540, the A axis only moves into single direction
Post by: Fastest1 on October 24, 2014, 08:46:16 AM

Do your other axis work?

If so what happens if you swap drivers or steppers from another axis?

What is your motor tuning for the A axis?

Rotational soft limits set on the gen config page?

A axis set to angular?

Title: Re: Gecko G540, the A axis only moves into single direction
Post by: antennas on November 01, 2014, 01:16:44 AM

Easy , just swap out the driver and see what happens. If it persists then swap out the motor and driver together. If it persists it's the BOB. If it gets solved before that it's the last item you changed.

Title: Re: Gecko G540, the A axis only moves into single direction
Post by: Vogavt on November 08, 2014, 02:24:47 PM

I was thinking the "+" and "-" keys are the defaults for moving the "A-axis".

So you changed them in the system hotkey settings?  

Make sure you aren't duplicating those keys somewhere and confusing Mach3 on how to operate.

Maybe post your xml and we can take a look.