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General Mach Discussion / stepper motor noise

« on: January 31, 2024, 01:38:07 PM »

i have a shopbot 96 prt wood router one of my x stepper motors makes allot of noise  i know its not the motor  as
i removed the motor and attached it to the power supply on the other motor that work good and it runs good
any idea what can cause this   can this be a problem with a geckodrive g203v
i have replace the brake out board PMDX-122
any help would be welcome

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Mach4 General Discussion / mach3 motor not moving

« on: October 21, 2023, 04:36:17 PM »

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machine was put down working for 3 months   start up this morning  everything works except motors
check configuration every thing correct  when i power up i dont get  that thump sound when the power is applied
to motors.  Mach 3  dro moves       seem like no power is getting to motors
pmdx-122 directional board   Geckodrive 6203v   estop disconnect  wood router
does anyone have any ideas   thanks Paul

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Motor not turning help

« on: October 20, 2023, 07:02:48 AM »

Hi Charlie
i disconnected the Estop   break out board PMDX -122  gecko drive 6203v steper drive  i just have this feeling its something simple i am missing   thanks Paul

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General Mach Discussion / Motor not turning help

« on: October 19, 2023, 04:51:49 PM »

machine was put down working for 3 months   start up this morning  everything works except motors
check configuration every thing correct  when i power up i dont get  that thump sound when the power is applied
to motors.  Mach 3  dro moves       seem like no power is getting to motors
anyone has any ideas
thanks Paul

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z zero retrack problem

« on: October 30, 2021, 06:03:25 PM »

Thanks Tweakie 
  think this might be the problem  in the safe z setup  it showed  0
i entered 2 inch  and it now  works    hope it keep working
 thanks Paul

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z zero retrack problem

« on: October 30, 2021, 12:05:43 PM »

Hi Tweakie
Not sure how to go about posting the macro scrip.
Paul

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General Mach Discussion / Z zero retrack problem

« on: October 30, 2021, 09:57:43 AM »

My bit will go down to the touch plate and stop.    does not retrack
Any idea what i should be checking?
Thanks for any help.
Paul

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General Mach Discussion / Re: x axis reverse problem

« on: July 08, 2021, 01:32:34 PM »

Hi Tweakie.
Thanks for your reply   sorry about this but i poster the incorrect information.
each stepper motor is running on its  independent  gecko drive
both gecko drives  are connected to a PMDX -122    to the same connector J3
the cnc  have been running for the past 7 years  with no problem.
so not sure how do i go about solving this problem.
both motors are turning  just one need reversing .
does your reply still stand?     if so can this be done off the gecko drive?

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General Mach Discussion / x axis reverse problem

« on: July 08, 2021, 08:53:56 AM »

Running mach3 on prt 96 shopbot cnc
my motors are slaved running off one Gecko drive.
motors started running in opposite direction.
how do i reverse the direction of one motor?
thanks for your help. Paul

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 Gcode movement help

« on: September 28, 2020, 10:13:57 AM »

Stop spindle wait for cycle start.
is selected.