In the interest of full disclosure, I am new at this. I just finished building this CNC Router and have installed and wired the controller (TB6560T4V1) with a Parallel interface and this controls 4 ea. NEMA 23 steppers (X, Y, Z, and A axis) A being slaved together with the Y axis. On the Controller board I have the Microstepping (working mode 1/8, dip 3&4 on) Current decay (Slow decay, dip 1&2 off) Current setting dip T1&2 are off for 100%*2.5A. That's it for the hardware setup. Not sure I understand these settings, but if they are incorrect please let me know. The stepper motors have 24 tooth 3M pulleys operating on a timing belt, for the X & Y axis movement.
Initial setup for Mach 3: Native Units mm. Port#1 enabled. Motor outputs X, Y, Z, A enabled. Step Port and Dir Port all set to 1. Y axis Dir Low Active green check. Step pin# 2, 4, 6, 8. Dir Pin # 3, 5, 7, 9. Input Signals X+- enabled pin 10 both, Y+- enabled Pin 11, Z+- enabled pin 12, EStop enabled pin 13. Output Signals, Enable1 pin 1 Output #1 pin 14.
Unless there are other parameters to set up, it is on to motor tuning, on which I am a bit confused. Some help here would be appreciated.
Roger