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Mach3 under Vista / 32 Bit Win 7 Unresponsive
« on: November 27, 2017, 10:21:07 AM »
Greetings,
I've been lurking the forums here as of late, trying to get my DIY mini mill operational. I'm running into an issue that I can't seem to resolve... Basically when I'm in Mach3, jogging doesn't work. If I hit the arrows on my keyboard, the numbers in Mach3 change, but the motors on my mill are unresponsive. I believe others have had similar problems, but it seems like a simple solution generally fixed it. Hopefully someone can send me some guidance on where to go from here.
Here is a breakdown of what hardware/software I'm using:
Here is a breakdown of what I have tried to resolve the issue so far:
The motors are totally unresponsive to keyboard and manual jogging. The 36v and 5v power supplies are lit green, the breakout board is lit red, all three drivers are lit red. Not totally sure, but it doesn't appear any of my hardware is malfunctioning.
It seems like mach3 is not communicating with the machine, this leads me to believe something could be wrong with the parallel port.
I'm unsure where to go from here! Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I've been lurking the forums here as of late, trying to get my DIY mini mill operational. I'm running into an issue that I can't seem to resolve... Basically when I'm in Mach3, jogging doesn't work. If I hit the arrows on my keyboard, the numbers in Mach3 change, but the motors on my mill are unresponsive. I believe others have had similar problems, but it seems like a simple solution generally fixed it. Hopefully someone can send me some guidance on where to go from here.
Here is a breakdown of what hardware/software I'm using:
- Dell GX740 with onboard parallel port.
- Windows 7 32 Bit
- Automation Technologies KL4030 Drivers
- Automation Technologies C10 Breakout Board
- Automation Technologies NEMA 23 Motors
- Here is a link to the kit I bought from Automation Technologies: https://www.automationtechnologiesinc.com/products-page/stepper-nema23-3-axis-kits/cnc-stepper-motor-3-axis-kit-3/
Here is a breakdown of what I have tried to resolve the issue so far:
- DriverTest.exe works fine, pulse is excellent.
- Jog Mode IS ON in mach3.
- I triple checked with the wiring diagrams provided by automation technologies for my drivers, motors, and BOB. The wiring matches the diagram.
- I also checked my wiring with this http://www.cnczone.com/forums/automation-technology-products/103163-c10-kl4030-driver-wiring-instruction-newbies.html... just to make sure I wasn't missing something in the diagram. The wiring looks good.
- I made sure the ports and pins config in mach3 was correct. X, Y, and Z are set to 2/3, 4/5, and 6/7 for the step and direction pins, respectively.
- I toggled step and direction low active.
- I made sure the X, Y, Z ports are set to "1".
- I made sure the E-Stop was set to port 1, pin 10 (even though I don't have a physical E-Stop- the BOB is wired at the 10 pin).
- I made sure my parallel port is located at 378. According to the device manager on my PC, the port address is 378. This agrees to mach3 ports and pins.
- I toggled ECP and EPP mode in BIOS.
- I uninstalled and reinstalled the mach3 parallel port driver.
- I uninstalled and reinstalled mach3 altogether.
The motors are totally unresponsive to keyboard and manual jogging. The 36v and 5v power supplies are lit green, the breakout board is lit red, all three drivers are lit red. Not totally sure, but it doesn't appear any of my hardware is malfunctioning.
It seems like mach3 is not communicating with the machine, this leads me to believe something could be wrong with the parallel port.
I'm unsure where to go from here! Any help would be greatly appreciated.