Machsupport Forum
Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: Sweeney on January 20, 2008, 09:12:22 AM
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On occasion when I fire up the system I have no control of the z-axis stepper... like now. Sometimes a restart of the computer brings it back, other times it doesn't. The motor is fine. Any clues?
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Check all of your wiring carefully, swap the drive from another axis and see if the problem follows the drive, try another PP cable just in case it has a bad connection internally.
Hood
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I think there's a suspect connection on the computer's port... cracked solder joint or similar. I tried my printer and it didn't work either (different cable). After a little jostling of the terminal I got it to work. I'll have to dig into it.
Thanks for the reply, Hood!
Cheers,
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might be just as easy for you to get a PCI port and use that instead, the only thing you will have to change is the port address.
Hood
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C'mon, wheres the sport in that?! ;)
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LOL, well I have too much to do so I take the easy option, especially if its also a cheap option after all I am Scottish :D
Hood