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Re: Help getting set up
« Reply #30 on: November 15, 2008, 05:04:22 PM »
Ok, I got the scope out and looked at the wave form on one of my axis (at the printer port) when it was moving. I first tried it with Kcam running to see what the signal should look like. I saw a nice 50% duty cycle waveform with about a 10mS period. I than switched over to Mach 3. With the axis moving in Mach 3 I see a very low duty cycle waveform. The on time is around 5uS and seemed a bit erratic my scope was having a hard time triggering on it. So it looks like my Mach 3 setup is putting out a waveform that is way too fast for my controller or motors to respond to , or the duty cycle (on time) is to short. Any clues to what is wrong?
Thanks

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Re: Help getting set up
« Reply #31 on: November 15, 2008, 05:06:49 PM »
Try increasing the pulsewidth to 5 or even using Sherline mode.
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Re: Help getting set up
« Reply #32 on: November 15, 2008, 05:27:59 PM »
Ray that is the schematic from the CNC4PC site so if the connections are in a different place from yours its either been changed or its the wrong diagram on his site. As for the E-Stop yes thats true, was thinking of my BOB, it requires a jumper or a NC switch on pin 10 to gnd.
Hood

Hood,

    Once again, I'm an idiot.  Mine is a C11.  Sorry for the confusion.

Regards,
Ray L.
Regards,
Ray L.

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Re: Help getting set up
« Reply #33 on: November 15, 2008, 05:29:34 PM »
Ray get it wrong another couple of million times and you will be getting close to my standing :)

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Re: Help getting set up
« Reply #34 on: November 15, 2008, 05:42:16 PM »
Does this look right?

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Re: Help getting set up
« Reply #35 on: November 15, 2008, 05:47:42 PM »
I did jump pins 10 and 5v on the inputs. Also jumped 5v and pin 13, and motors will still not jog...

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Re: Help getting set up
« Reply #36 on: November 15, 2008, 05:51:40 PM »
Rob, do you have a voltmeter? If so disconnect the parallel port cable and connect the meterĀ  between pin 3 and pin 25 on the computers port and then jog the X axis one way then the other and see if the meter changes from 0v to 5v. That way we can start to get an idea where the problem lies.
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Re: Help getting set up
« Reply #37 on: November 15, 2008, 05:52:19 PM »
Sherline mode worked!! I looked at the waveform and it it is still a low duty cycle, about 10% but seems to work fine with my controller. It is a very stable frequency now the scope triggers well on it. Were is the pulse width setting? I did not find that. Thanks for all the help. I'll be making chips in no time.

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Re: Help getting set up
« Reply #38 on: November 15, 2008, 05:53:33 PM »
The pulsewidth is on the motor tuning page.
Good you are going, some drives just require a wider pulse :)

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Re: Help getting set up
« Reply #39 on: November 15, 2008, 06:02:15 PM »
How do I know which is the 3 and which is the 25 pin?