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General Mach Discussion / Giving New meaning to newb question
« on: March 09, 2009, 09:49:19 PM »
Hello All. My first post here. I have read many a Newbie post and they make me laugh. I find humor in them because they claim to be newbs, yet are SO much further along than I that I believe they are newb wanna bes. I am a true Newbie.
I have purchased two stepper motors, two controllers, and a Power Supply (All Automation Direct) I have Mach 3 installed on an old, but not bad, desktop running XP. I have run the PC test in the Mach folder and it was near straight line. Para Cable stripped back and wires indentified.
I have both controllers wired from the Power Supply and to the motors as the docs with the controller stated.
Here is my True Newbie question:
My controllers have a
Step+
Step-
Dir+
Dir-
Would I supply 5VDC (My Power Supply has one) to the Step+ and Dir+, then use two outputs from the Para Port to the Step- and Dir- for control? The Docs that came with the controllers give diagrams for an indexer with sinking ouputs, sourcing outputs, or differential.
Which would Mach 3 fall under?
I have watched the tutorial videos and looked back through posts, but none were this basic.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Jeff
I have purchased two stepper motors, two controllers, and a Power Supply (All Automation Direct) I have Mach 3 installed on an old, but not bad, desktop running XP. I have run the PC test in the Mach folder and it was near straight line. Para Cable stripped back and wires indentified.
I have both controllers wired from the Power Supply and to the motors as the docs with the controller stated.
Here is my True Newbie question:
My controllers have a
Step+
Step-
Dir+
Dir-
Would I supply 5VDC (My Power Supply has one) to the Step+ and Dir+, then use two outputs from the Para Port to the Step- and Dir- for control? The Docs that came with the controllers give diagrams for an indexer with sinking ouputs, sourcing outputs, or differential.
Which would Mach 3 fall under?
I have watched the tutorial videos and looked back through posts, but none were this basic.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Jeff