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General Mach Discussion / So Close to it working!

« on: January 03, 2008, 11:14:06 PM »

Hi All,

I am having a tough time getting my Rockcliff router to work.  I running Gecko G203V drives and Keling motors.  When I home my maching axis, the x-axis will continue moving even though the home switch got triggered, it did not move off the switch.  The error message read "Softlimit max< min" this just started to happen.  The other thing that was happening when try to home was that the y-axis is that it would move but never even come close to the switch and then stop and begin homing the other axis. On the z-axis, it was moving in the oppisite direction of the switch.  I am going to post my settings, can some one tell me what is wrong.

Thanks,
skipper

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General Mach Discussion / motor set up help using G203V

« on: December 31, 2007, 03:27:54 AM »

Hi All,
I am very new to Mach3, just got my motors to spin for the first time today!  I am using the Keling motor package (495 oz-in) and Gecko dirvers G203V.  I ran the roadrunner gcode and the motors would run a liitle and then the motors would stop and the Reset button would activate.  I could start the program again by reseting and hitting go but it would stop a few seconds later.  I know that on the Motor configuration page I have to set up the step count.  I am using a 1/4-20 threaded rod for my leadscrew, this is for a rockcliff router.  What should be my step count 200 x 20=4000?  On the set up page they have "step pulse" and "direct pulse", what should these be set at, do my drivers micro step?  Thanks for the help, like I said I am new, I still have to learn how this all comes together.
rene