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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: ESS not communicating to Mach 4

« on: February 12, 2018, 05:54:54 PM »

Update: I thought all was saved when I found the ribbon cable was loose, but again to no avail. The upside is that all the LEDs light up and when I use the keyboard, buttons or MDI, they light correspondingly.

Still no movement.

I am getting about 4.5v at dir and .11v at pul at my stepper drivers.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: ESS not communicating to Mach 4

« on: February 12, 2018, 10:20:17 AM »

I did ping it when I first installed it and it worked.  Ethernet cable port LED is yellow.  Charge pump disabled in Mach and BOB.  Board is getting 4.9 volts.  Two red lights on BOB at the power port and where the EStop is connected.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: ESS not communicating to Mach 4

« on: February 12, 2018, 12:06:33 AM »

Tried that and nothing happened.   Screen showed it moved, but no actual movement. No LED on BOB.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: ESS not communicating to Mach 4

« on: February 11, 2018, 07:35:50 PM »

Just did.  M0, M1 and M3  and M3(Slave to 0 running in reverse) all Enabled.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: ESS not communicating to Mach 4

« on: February 11, 2018, 07:20:48 PM »

I am using wxRouter.set.  I am unable to find the machine diagnostics  tab, but I'm trying to edit now.

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Mach4 General Discussion / ESS not communicating to Mach 4

« on: February 11, 2018, 06:18:47 PM »

I am a total newbie.  Please be patient.

Hardware: ESS rev 2 Build 216, BOB: C11G Board Rev 9, Home made CNC Router
Software: Mach 4 ver 2.0.3481 Demo Mode

5v power to both boards.  58.7v to stepper drivers.

Running Mach 4 in Demo mode I can not get stepper motors to move.  Trying jog, keyboard and MDI.
All lights are lit.  ESS top green is steady. Bottom green flashing.  EStop is communicating with BOB and cleared.
Screen shows they are moving.

ESS Diagnostics in Mach 4 only show odd pins(dir?) working when keyboard is pressed.
My stepper driver documentation says they run enabled by default.

Do I need to change JP3 jumper?

I have double and triple checked wiring, connections port output settings.  Watched as many videos as I can fathom.
Searched forums and at a loss.

Please help.