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It looks like nobody fooled with the contoller  but you do need a 5v common so you need to connect that to a 5v supply as Hood said.
BTW, I installed switch's which  takes out the 5 volts to the all or any of the drives and thus it will imeadiately stop each or all of the motors. 

Now post your xml file.
RICH

2222
Now your cooking with gas.
Looks like two transformers to proivde total amperage and voltage. Go to the Gecko site and download info on the drives.
Check the size  resistors  across the two current set terminals ( actualy it's on the case). Too high a current setting and you will burn out your steppers ( they will get hot quickly), to low and they will not run. Trace each wire to make sure they are correctly run from the drive to the stepper for how the stepper is wired.  Never disconnect the drive when the motors are energized ( you'll blow the drive). Keep the caps on the drives. You should see the light glow red if the drive is working. Check the fuses
to see what amp rating they are as compared to the amp setting on the drive.

RICH

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New years resolution
« on: January 02, 2013, 05:40:26 PM »
Manuals are a real challenge. The usual problem is one must read the whole manual to get the big picture and then go back
and bisect it to get specifics.  Then if one is looking for understanding, each little part becomes a topic by itself, and, don't forget the practical application of the information. Good grief should you get real techie about something.

If I combined all my reference manuals and info, which are in binders, it would easily be 6 linear feet on a shelf.
For the LazyTurn manual  I had over 500 pages of text to be rewritten and put into some sort of context.
In nut shell, it's very difficult to do a manual that will satisfy every question or need.

What more can one say.
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Below is a list one could use to make ia generic fill in the blank paragraph which could be posted.
COMPUTER:
 - LAPTOP - TOWER - OTHER
 - ON BOARD GRAPHICS
 - OPERATING SYSTEM - XP, VISTA, W7, W8
 - USING PP OF EXTERNAL MOTION DEVICE-  SS, OTHER
 - DEDICATED OR MUTI USE
 
CONTROLLING PROGRAM:
 - MACH3- LINCENSE, UNLICENSED / DEMO, PIRATED COPY ( WHAT THE HECK MAY AS WELL ASK!)
 - POST XML
 - STANDARD OR CUSTOM SCREEN SET
 - MACHINE TYPE- MILL, ROUTER, LATHE, PLASMA, OTHER

EXTERNAL DEVICES:
 - SS, OTHER
 - BREAKOUT BOARD
 - VFD
 - INDEX BOARD
 - PENDANT, X BOX360, OTHER

CONTROLLER:
 - DRIVE MANUFACTURER AND MODEL
 - POWER SUPPLY
 - NUMBER OF AXES

MACHINE SPECIFICS FOR THE FOLLOWING:
 - MILL
 - LATHE
 
 
Feel free to build on the above .........,
RICH





2224
Get info on the drive / drives that are used. If you want post your xml file and somebody will take a look.
RICH

2225
It sounds like an amp setting on the drive, could be wrong. I see the connections on the back cover and one would think that nobody fooled with the internals...but you don't know. Power via top plug, looks like connection for PC, individual axis plugs,
don't know what the others are for. Get a manual for it.

RICH

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New years resolution
« on: January 01, 2013, 09:03:05 PM »
Man oh man have i thought about the same thing Terry.
Even considered providing a check list of info to provide, but as Hood said, some don't have a clue.
What kills me is that i have to spend time hunting down info just to find what they have.

I surely would like to hear suggestions on the matter.

Hey Hey.....for each time Hood asks for an xml file I put a penny in the jar towards his retirement. For each time one is not posted or it's asked where to find it i remove a penny. So far he will need to work till year 3013.  :D

RICH 

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We need to know something about the drives, motors, any break out boards, etc. Without a manual this thread may go on forever. Contact the manufacturer and see what you can get from them.

I can see that there are steppers but thay are not connected to anything......

RICH

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General Mach Discussion / Re: material translation matrix
« on: January 01, 2013, 08:42:19 PM »
Terry,
I have not tried to do any probing in all this time even though i have a nice probe. I don't want to break it.......
Anything that would save me the time of creating the part in 3D would be nice. Dosen't need to be super fast.

RICH

2229
Did the controller come with the machine and was everything pre wired?
Do you have a manual from ShopMaster for the controller?

RICH

2230
General Mach Discussion / Re: material translation matrix
« on: December 31, 2012, 06:51:31 AM »
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Surface translation matrix.

Can you post additional info on it. Have not done any probing yet but plan on trying it out in the future.

RICH

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