Originally Posted by Colin Ellis  I imported a 2514 into the UK.
If the controller would work I guess the cost of this machine makes it a reasonabley cheap introduction to cnc.
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Colin |
Odd that two wouldn't work. I could see one being bad but K2 should have caught it before shipping if it was. I just can't see them sending a replacement for a bad controller without checking the replacement...
You did ask for it to be wired for 220 volts? The USA uses 110V at 60Hz while Europe is 220V at 50Hz. If the transformer is rated for 220V at 60Hz then your output will be 5/6ths of the rating. Might require some tuning of the geckos - but it should still work.
I'll tell you what got me when I was trying to get Mach 3 set up; the charge pump. I didn't know what it was and didn't have it configured so even though everything was powered, the motors wouldn't budge. The Charge pump is a safety feature that watches one port pin for pulses at a specific frequency. If there are no pulses, nothing moves. That way if mach isn't running and some electrical noise generates step commands they will be ignored.
If your charge pump isn't set, everything will seem fine except nothing moves.