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General Mach Discussion / Re: newbee

« on: October 17, 2009, 11:02:39 PM »

Stepper motor drivers,,,, That which the computer, stepper motors, and powersupply are all plugged into.  There may also be what's called a Breakout Board, which isolates the computer from the stepper motor drives.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: mach pausing during cutting

« on: October 17, 2009, 10:23:30 PM »

What version of Mach3 are you running?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: newbee

« on: October 17, 2009, 10:11:21 PM »

I finally upgraded my Sieg X2 mill from Xylotex drivers, to Geckos, and I had the same

Ok just an update.
i took the Z axix motor off, hooked it up to the controller and mach 3 , ran some GCodes, now it vibrates as each gcode for the z axis comes into play but the motor don't spin, so at least i know the computer is talking to the controller, i did some investigations and noticed that the step motors are some cheap ones from "Keling Technology" you can buy them for $39, so it maybe fair to say that the motors may not have enough power to turn, dunno just a thought,
any suggestions
thanks

I updated my mini mill from Xylotex, to Geckoes and had the same problem you are describing.  My problem was that the step and direction pins were opposite of the two drives, and I had overlooked that. Once I reversed the pins, all were fine.  Can you tell us what drivers were sent with your machine?