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General Mach Discussion / Re: Motors will not spin

« on: March 27, 2011, 05:20:01 PM »

ok thats what I thought. I didnt see it before but ill look again. give me a sec

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Motors will not spin

« on: March 27, 2011, 05:02:20 PM »

Profile says Mach3Mill. I do not know how to pull that file up and send it. Sorry

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Motors will not spin

« on: March 27, 2011, 04:38:41 PM »

I will say I have not tested directly at the port do the fact I cant get the probs in the small holes, but I have tried 3 different cables. As far as the .xml, after reading some other posts, I though there might be a program I could download that would set up all configurations and motor tuning for this mill. Oh and yes I have jogged both directions in X,Y and Z

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Taig CNC MicroMill - Mach?

« on: March 27, 2011, 04:32:27 PM »

Jim, did you ever get you mill working? I performed the same upgrade as you did with the same results. I've been searching for answers anywhere I can with no luck yet. I turn everything on, but the motors turn freely by hand. They are not getting power for some reason.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Motors will not spin

« on: March 27, 2011, 04:16:14 PM »

Any ideas where I can find a .xml program for this taig mill. mach3taig2000.xml

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Motors will not spin

« on: March 27, 2011, 04:14:57 PM »

Pulse frequency is 25344 on average....if that's what you meant. I've been over the pins many times. I just checked again with the same results. Ill have someone double check me when I get a chance.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Motors will not spin

« on: March 27, 2011, 03:22:31 PM »

According to the wiring configuration I received from Microproto systems..... Xdir is pin 2 Xstep is pin 3 Ydir is pin 4 Ystep is pin 5 and so on.....
Tweakie the motors spin freely by hand.
There is no power to any pins except pins 10-16 of which they have 4.5v.
The computer was bought from best buy. I have not altered any hardware or software on it. Its straight from the factory.

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General Mach Discussion / Motors will not spin

« on: March 27, 2011, 01:08:53 PM »

Hi everyone,
I just installed a Step and Direction Adapter Board from taig tools into a micromill 2000hd/le controller. I installed Mach 3 on to the computer and followed the video tutorial on how to configure it properly. My issue is......I can not get the motors to work. There is no power reaching them. The DRO in Mach 3 is working. I think my problem lies with the port or the port address. I have tested the pins on my printer port at pin numbers 25 and 3, 25 and 5, and 25 and 7. I get 0 voltage all the time, even when I'm jogging. Pins 10-16 have a constant 4.5v.
My port address is set up as 0x378. My question is..... when i open control panel, system, hardware tab, device manager, port, LPT1 and then click on the resources tab there are 3 different addresses in there. The first one says DMA 00. The second says I/O range 378-37F. The third says  I/O range 778-77F. Is this where my problem lies?
Any help is appreciated.
I'm not a computer wizard by any means.