Thys,
I checked the cable, its 1 to 1, I changed the e stop from 0 to 1 because it wasn't working when it was a 0 I'll change it back to try it again since some settings have changed since then. My steps and directions are even numbers are steps and odd are directions. so 2, 4, 6 are steps and 3,5,7 are directions. The com is set to 5v but when I probe from com to a pin I only get 1.4v, I'm thinking about changing it so that it is plugged into a separate 5v supply to see if it's just a lack of voltage that's causing the issue, I'm optimistic but I don't think this will be the solution to my problem given that the break out board has it's own power supply of 5v ( just to clarify I'll be plugging 5v directly into the motor controllers and not the breakout board com pin)
Thanks
Brian