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« on: December 29, 2010, 04:10:35 PM »
Well the mill is down now with an X axis excess lag error so it's time to try to get the lathe running again. I looked at the step and direction LEDs on the Sound Logic breakout board and they light up for direction one way and not for the other, all OK there, and the step lights are dimly lit as you try to jog so I believe there are actually steps being sent to the steppers. Remember, I hear a 'bonk' sound from the motors when I flick off the E stop and similar when I turn it back on, so I think there is something going there. Have to try to remember more about what goes on with the breakout board, I don't get 5VDC on the third connection for the Gecko output on the BOB, so I don't know there. Thing is, all I did was update the Mach software to a newer version, never touched anything electrically on the machine, and it was working Ok before that.