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The C10 boards will be here tomorrow so i am focusing my energy on learning how to configure these boards.  So far they seam much easier to set up.  Thanks Craig for all the time you put in to helping me.  I am going to keep the C62 board and try to work on it later.  The manufacturer says it should work and he has been helpful on so many other occasions. 

Once again thank you and if i ever figure out what was wrong with the C62 board I will post a reply on this thread.

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The C10 boards are on there way, but for now i am going to continue to troubleshoot the C62 board hoping that all my work wasn't for nothing. 

Craig, did you see that the HLFB+ was N/A on the C34CP board?  Doesn't that mean there will be no fault signal which as a result will not allow the motors to enable?

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After several hours of reading the manuals over and over I might have found the problem.  If you could double check me on this Craig that would be much appreciated.  I have attached the necessary documents for your convenience.

On page 41 of the Teknic clearpath manual there is a pin layout for the Teknic control cable.  Pin 1 (green) is HLFB+ and Pin 5 (red) is HLFB-.  According to the wiring example on page 50 of the same manual I need there to be 5-24v (from C62 input terminal) applied to HLFB+ and HLFB- needs to attached to GND on an input terminal of my B.O.B. in order for my motors to enable.

The C34CP adapter manual on page 5 shows the clearpath to RJ45 pin layout.  Clearpath pin 5 (HLFB-) is connected to RJ45 pin 4 (GND).  This connection is correct but when you look at the Clearpath pin 1 (HLFB+) there is no corresponding RJ45 pin applied.  

So it seams the closed required to enable the motors does not exist.  Please let me know if this looks correct.  I also attached the C62 B.O.B. manual to show you the RJ45 pin connection to the B.O.B. layout.  See page 15.

Thank you

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Yes Craig,
The C34CP board should solve the problem however the only way i can enable the clearpath motors is by switching the jumper on the C34CP board from SOFT enable to HARD enable.  I would prefer to enable the motors through Mach3 but have been unsuccessful so far. 

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Yes i have a C34CP board for each axis. 

I am pursuing the C10 route but also hoping that what Arturo from CNC4PC told me, which is that clearpath motors have been used with this board before, is true.

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Craig, was your yes in your previous post to my latter question about the C34CP board?

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Thanks Craig,
I am going to order the c10 boards and go that route.

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Hey Gerry,
I have been in contact with Arturo and his brother for 2 months now.  He has been a big help so far but this one problem hasn't been resolved yet.  Thanks for the assistance though.

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Have you read the manual for the C34CP DRIVER CLEARPATH BOARD Rev. 1.  This is the adapter that converts the 8 pin molex (from servo) to a rj45 cable (c62 BOB).  This is what the manual says the C34CP driver does as far as the enable is concerned.  

"Integrates the fault and enable lines to the breakout board. Allowing a driver fault
to trigger E-STOP and to be able to disable the driver when the system is
disabled."

Is this the enable function the C62 board is supposedly missing?

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Could i keep the c62 hooked up to the ess and use one additional c10 to operate the motors?

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