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General Mach Discussion / Re: Steppers run one direction only for all Axis......

« on: January 28, 2022, 10:14:39 AM »

Hopefully I've done this right. please see the pic below.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Steppers run one direction only for all Axis......

« on: January 28, 2022, 09:17:19 AM »

Yes. I ignored the AC side. I already found one error in it and suspect the rest.

Thanks.....dt

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General Mach Discussion / Steppers run one direction only for all Axis......

« on: January 27, 2022, 02:29:41 PM »

Hi! I,ve been working off and on with this for ~6 months. No success. Please see my system below.

Win 10, Mach3 (3 axis mill), ESS smoothstepper, C25S BOB (CNC4PC), HY DIV-268N 5A drivers. 4 wire NEMA 23 motors and 36V P.S.

The problem is with all axis. The on screen jog and Gcode entry do the same. Wiring has been debugged. driver tests show 5V one direction and 0V the other. Current draw is ~50ma one way and 0ma the other measured DIR+ to DIR-.
Uninstall and reinstalled Mach 3....no help.

I really need a solution.  

Thanks......dt

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General Mach Discussion / Mach3 has control but steppers run one direction only....help!

« on: December 08, 2021, 11:47:39 AM »

CNC setup.

Windows 10, Mach3, ESS Smoothstepper, (CNC4PC) C25S BOB and DIV-268N-5A drivers (3ea for X,Y,Z only), Stepper motors are 4 wire.

Mach3 Config in outputs:
X axis      Y axis      Z axis
Pul+ pin 2           Pul+ pin 4           Pul+ pin 6
Dir+ pin 3           Dir+ pin 5           Dir+ pin 7
Pul- pin GND   Pul- pin GND   Pul- pin GND
Dir- pin GND   Dir- pin GND   Dir- pin GND

Dir Low active is green checked for all axis.

Drivers have no connection to Enable+ or - ?

Has anyone else used the above drivers?

Thanks......dt

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 has control but steppers run one direction only

« on: September 08, 2021, 09:42:13 PM »

Jog and system hotkeys are all set at 999. External buttons and OEM code are all set at -1.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 has control but steppers run one direction only

« on: September 07, 2021, 07:43:22 PM »

I didn't explain it properly. In mach3, pressing x+ moves forward and x- moves forward also. This is happening with all 3 axis.
My config is per the instructions and all wiring has been triple checked.
  Yet using the manual pad everything works correctly.

Thanks.....Goldfishrider

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General Mach Discussion / Mach3 has control but steppers run one direction only

« on: September 06, 2021, 04:52:08 PM »

I built a 30x30 inch unit. I'm using Win 7 with parallel cable, HY BOB, and Mach 3. Mach 3 has control and runs the Roadrunner code but steppers only run one direction.
  The configuration looks good so I'm stumped. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks........goldfishrider

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Win10, laptop, Ethernet ESS, Mach3, motor tuning loss

« on: June 22, 2019, 07:27:26 AM »

OK. Ignorance is not bliss. After reading FAQs I found a simple solution........Reload. Fixed it!
Thanks......Goldfishrider

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General Mach Discussion / Win10, laptop, Ethernet ESS, Mach3, motor tuning loss

« on: June 13, 2019, 09:29:19 PM »

Hello, I finally got back to my machine! I've upgraded to an Ethernet ESS. Using Win10 (64 bit) 8 GB RAM on a lap top. I found a procedure  called "Optimizing Windows 10 and Mach3/4".
  Between that and the ESS set up procedure  from Warp9, it  is running.
 The one problem is that motor tuning is off and the "Motors Tuning" under the "Config" tab will not display.
 Has anyone run into this before? Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks........Goldfishrider

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FAQs / Win10, laptop, Ethernet ESS, Mach3, motor tuning loss

« on: June 13, 2019, 08:59:27 PM »

Hi, I'm Goldfishrider. I have set up the above combination. I have control of the motors through the MIDI Gcode.
But, trying to use Motor Tuning under Config does not function. When I click Motors/tuning nothing happens. The command is simply ignored. Has anyone seen this before? Does anyone have any suggestion?

Thanks .....gldfshrdr