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HiCON Motion Controller / Hicon Integra 7866 + DMM Servos + DYN4 Drivers Wiring & I/O
« on: August 29, 2019, 12:06:50 PM »
I have bit off a little more than I intended to chew by upgrading/retrofitting my 3 axis gantry machine with a Hicon Integra 7866 + DMM Servos & DYN4 Drivers. The machine was operating on 1841oz Chinese stepper motors, which moved rather slowly and often missed steps as they were not powerful enough. I first upgraded the controller from a $25 5 axis breakout board + Mach3 to the Hicon Integra 7866 + Mach 4. There was no significant performance improvement on the machine, but the controller worked as expected once I figured out the e-stop.
Fast forward, and I have finally wired the DMM 750W servos to receive power and bench test (big big thanks to Stephen over @ DMM who provided me with lightning fast email responses). I have auto tuned all 4 motors with the rs232 connection, however I cannot get any action from my motors through the Ethernet connection of Hicon controller. I feel this is quite strange being that I had no issues with my stepper motors, wiring, and Mach4. I (think) have followed the wiring diagram provided by DMM, but am having issues. Why do they have DYN2 and DYN4 drives on the same schematic? I am clueless and hope to have some guidance from someone who has working servos with Mach4 and the Hicon Integra. How is it wired and how are the ports and pins designated in Mach4? What about the hicon configuration settings in Mach4? Any layman examples out here? Thanks
Fast forward, and I have finally wired the DMM 750W servos to receive power and bench test (big big thanks to Stephen over @ DMM who provided me with lightning fast email responses). I have auto tuned all 4 motors with the rs232 connection, however I cannot get any action from my motors through the Ethernet connection of Hicon controller. I feel this is quite strange being that I had no issues with my stepper motors, wiring, and Mach4. I (think) have followed the wiring diagram provided by DMM, but am having issues. Why do they have DYN2 and DYN4 drives on the same schematic? I am clueless and hope to have some guidance from someone who has working servos with Mach4 and the Hicon Integra. How is it wired and how are the ports and pins designated in Mach4? What about the hicon configuration settings in Mach4? Any layman examples out here? Thanks