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General Mach Discussion / Re: MaxNC 10 on Waveform - No Y-axis movement

« on: May 16, 2009, 01:07:01 AM »

Hi Chip..

Thanks for your help!

Your little printer port tester program is really helping. This is what i found out. 4 pins per axis. Those 8 pins for x,z axis are each reading 3.5v(or very close to that) when turned on at the board input. Axis y pins are only reading 1.7v when on at the board input. Connecting pins 18-25 together. (didn't help).

I've already re-soldered the x-axis printer cable to the y-axis input on the board and it worked correctly., thus eliminating the board as a problem.

Next step is to read the voltage directly from the computer port. If they are good at the port, the cable could be shorting or bad.



What do you think?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: MaxNC 10 on Waveform - No Y-axis movement

« on: May 10, 2009, 11:49:06 PM »

No improvement with "y" control with the above settings.

Half Step mode changes direction of x and z axis otherwise no change.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: MaxNC 10 on Waveform - No Y-axis movement

« on: May 08, 2009, 08:38:27 PM »

Not yet. I've been able to get them to buzz (spin) in all directions under CL mode. Changing motor settings, I can adjust the frequency of the buzz..

And again under waveform mode I have two directions, but no third.

David

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General Mach Discussion / Re: MaxNC 10 on Waveform - No Y-axis movement

« on: May 07, 2009, 10:08:04 PM »

Ah you have CL mode selected vs. wave drive.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: MaxNC 10 on Waveform - No Y-axis movement

« on: May 07, 2009, 10:04:56 PM »

Progress.

Jeff, that got all three steppers buzzing! Now I just need movement. Any suggestions? Prio I could never get the y-axis to buzz, but the other two moved.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: MaxNC 10 on Waveform - No Y-axis movement

« on: May 06, 2009, 11:58:37 PM »

Still looking for the Y-axis. Any new suggestions?

Thanks.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: MaxNC 10 on Waveform - No Y-axis movement

« on: December 19, 2008, 02:13:44 AM »

I also tried an older version mach 3  something like version 1.83

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General Mach Discussion / Re: MaxNC 10 on Waveform - No Y-axis movement

« on: December 18, 2008, 01:15:38 PM »

Hi All,
Just tested the pins - and it follows Chips layout -  axis pin's 2,3,4,5,  axis pin's 6,7,8,9,  axis pin's 1,14,16,17
This confirms my theory that its a software related problem, since the machine works in maxnc perfectly, I have x,z control in Mach. I've swapped motors on Y with a known good one and it still doesn't work. And finally the pins match what Chip was saying was the correct layout.

I've also tried a second PC running the same version of software.

Running the latest demo version.

This is interesting.
David

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General Mach Discussion / Re: MaxNC 10 on Waveform - No Y-axis movement

« on: December 17, 2008, 11:45:24 AM »

I've tried the machine with a second PC to eliminate the problem. Both have no y control.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: MaxNC 10 on Waveform - No Y-axis movement

« on: December 16, 2008, 10:05:22 PM »

Thanks for tips everyone.

I'm still working on the issue. I'll test the pin outputs tomorrow.

I still have no idea why it works on the original maxnc software and not this.

David