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General Mach Discussion / Re: Can't get motors to turn
« on: December 30, 2009, 11:16:02 PM »
Ended up making a 2 hour drive into Colorado Springs to pick up an pci LPT card. got home, installed it, disabled the onboard lpt then set mach3 port to the new address assigned.
Plugged in a new 6' RS232 pass-thru cable, which I had them break it out of the package in the store and give me a multi-meter and did continuity checks on each of the 25 pins before I purchased it. Was able to get it for 1/2 price since I gave the (ahem, computer tech) a little lesson on how to use an analog meter to do some simple tests...he litteraly had no clue!
Anyway.....plugged the cable in between pc and breakout board. gave the power supply a little juice, started up mach 3 and successfully jogged all 3 motors...YES, SUCCESS!
Am all ready to get these motors mounted but shut the front door...dang lovejoys I had ordered a little over a week ago still aren't here...grrrr. in the interim, have some 3/4" solid aluminum rod I suppose I could cut to about 1-1/2 to 2" length, drill 1/2 - 1/4 on ends, then drill and tap for set screws on the side.
Am hoping by tomorrow eve, I'll be able to surface the table and drill some 1/4" holes 1/2" deep for some shelf pins I'll be using for a clamping system.
Thanks for the help you guys provided in this.
Mike
Plugged in a new 6' RS232 pass-thru cable, which I had them break it out of the package in the store and give me a multi-meter and did continuity checks on each of the 25 pins before I purchased it. Was able to get it for 1/2 price since I gave the (ahem, computer tech) a little lesson on how to use an analog meter to do some simple tests...he litteraly had no clue!
Anyway.....plugged the cable in between pc and breakout board. gave the power supply a little juice, started up mach 3 and successfully jogged all 3 motors...YES, SUCCESS!
Am all ready to get these motors mounted but shut the front door...dang lovejoys I had ordered a little over a week ago still aren't here...grrrr. in the interim, have some 3/4" solid aluminum rod I suppose I could cut to about 1-1/2 to 2" length, drill 1/2 - 1/4 on ends, then drill and tap for set screws on the side.
Am hoping by tomorrow eve, I'll be able to surface the table and drill some 1/4" holes 1/2" deep for some shelf pins I'll be using for a clamping system.
Thanks for the help you guys provided in this.
Mike