The voltage(s) that I am measuring are around 3.4, however the fact that I had them running in one direction at least illustrates that the voltage supply is sufficient to power them. Having re-examined the wiring and grounding the common cables again, I sorted out the problem that I was having (Faulty wiring I think0. However a new problem has arose.
For the enable and direction signals that I am sending to the driver I am having no problem, register around 3.4V or so, with the direction going to 0 when the direciton is changed from the Mach3 panel (jogging). Similarly the enable is high when I wish so and disables when I suspend it. However the "pulse" port on my Astrosyn P402, which I have connected to the "step" pin port in Mach3 is staying high even when I try to jog so I am not getting a pulse signal to the driver, only a high or low which does not change unless I change the active high or lo setting.
Put simply, I am not getting a pulse to my driver through pin 5 (direction and enable are pins 6 and 8 respectively). Tried both configurations of active lo (checked and unchecked) still to no avail. Is there another setting that I must assign to enable the pulse train to go from the PC to the driver?. Am getting quite a bit of pressure from people wishing to use the machine also as this is what I need to get it working.
Best regards,
PJ