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General Mach Discussion / Re: 4th axis issues, please have a look?

« on: November 07, 2008, 04:33:17 PM »

One more question for you guys, by saving the Mill XML, that should save all the setting as I have them now, correct?

Thanks,
Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: 4th axis issues, please have a look?

« on: November 07, 2008, 04:26:53 PM »

Hi fellas,

Just got off the phone with Chris over at Probotix. He got me all fixed up as I had the wrong setup in the outputs signals tab. It should have been enable 4 port 2 pin 1. Not enable 2 like I had because I misread something in the manual. Those people over there are just fantastic with their support-

Bill, the JP6 does need to be disconnected if powering with the USB port as is written in the manual.

Thanks again for all your help fellas, even though I see how much you guys are there to help out everyday, when you're the one being helped, it means so much more-

Now I just have to get my base for the motor and rotary table fabricated and I'm ready to try some 4th axis schtuff!! 

Thanks,
Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach Workshop at Cabin Fever Expo

« on: November 07, 2008, 03:21:15 PM »

Definitely hope to see some of you there but I'm not sure how I'll get to me you since I will not be attending the seminars (although I really should be) because I have to be home by the time my daughter gets home from school.

Maybe in between seminars, when you guys are getting a break, I can just starting yelling out some of your forum names? 

Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: 4th axis issues, please have a look?

« on: November 07, 2008, 03:12:01 PM »

Some more pics of the actual setup may help:

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General Mach Discussion / Re: 4th axis issues, please have a look?

« on: November 07, 2008, 02:37:39 PM »

There is no Jumper on this particular drive since it is mating with their own breakout board -

If you were going to buy one of these drives for a different board, then you would buy the other revision that they sell.

Hope that made sense?

Thanks,
Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: 4th axis issues, please have a look?

« on: November 07, 2008, 02:21:24 PM »

Agreed, not clear in the docs for me either. As for the second part of your text, I believe that is about using the drive with another breakout board that you would configure manually. The drive I have as shown in the picture above is connected through their header cable (wide gray strip connecting the 2 boards ).

I do have questions into Probotix for more info as well but have heard nothing so far. They're usually good about support so we'll see.

Thanks,
Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: 4th axis issues, please have a look?

« on: November 07, 2008, 01:15:42 PM »

Yes, they're both on.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: 4th axis issues, please have a look?

« on: November 07, 2008, 12:54:45 PM »

Correct, and when I introduce power, shouldn't the stepper at least make a "click" sound, like it's locked up and has power to it?

The other motors on my Taig do that so I just assumend this usually happens.

Thanks,
Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: 4th axis issues, please have a look?

« on: November 07, 2008, 12:32:47 PM »

Thanks, Bill but forgive me for leaving some info out, this setup is connected to a second parallel port.

Sorry about that-

Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: 4th axis issues, please have a look?

« on: November 07, 2008, 12:12:51 PM »

More pics