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General Mach Discussion / Only one direction pin! Please help.
« on: June 03, 2007, 11:24:01 AM »
Hi,
First excuse my English.
I'm using retrofit kit from Wabeco and I don't like DOS software that was shipped with retrofit kit. I tried to setup mach3 working but had a little success.
I think problem is that stepper control board is only using one direction pin. When I try to move X and Y axis at same time where X and Y axis have different direction pulses then steppers loose many steps. It works fine if both axis have same direction output.
my configuration:
X dir pin: 1
X step pin: 14
Y dir pin: 1
Y step pin: 16
Z dir pin: 1
Z step pin: 17
Is there any solution for such problem or do I have to buy new stepper controler board that have seperate dir/step pins for each axis.
Please help
First excuse my English.
I'm using retrofit kit from Wabeco and I don't like DOS software that was shipped with retrofit kit. I tried to setup mach3 working but had a little success.
I think problem is that stepper control board is only using one direction pin. When I try to move X and Y axis at same time where X and Y axis have different direction pulses then steppers loose many steps. It works fine if both axis have same direction output.
my configuration:
X dir pin: 1
X step pin: 14
Y dir pin: 1
Y step pin: 16
Z dir pin: 1
Z step pin: 17
Is there any solution for such problem or do I have to buy new stepper controler board that have seperate dir/step pins for each axis.
Please help