Hello all!
These things do work!
I got my steppers a steppin' today with my G201 and the TurboCNC demo!
I realize that I might not have been the first... , but I'm not going to let that take away from my accomplishment.
At the risk of seeming silly, I'd like to share something that frustrated me (needlessly) today (for about 1/2 hr.).
It seems somewhat simple now that I've "figured it out", but the directions in my G201 REV-5 installation notes for terminal 10 were not clear to *me* (not necessarily others).
I've had my geckos for a couple months, and have not seriously tried to hook them up until today. - This was because I did not have my shop computer set up with DOS. In the meantime I tried to pay attention to others who were setting them up in their own "special" way - This only led to confusion.
Combine this confusion with " Term 10 is the common anode connection for the opto isolatiors and must be connected to the +5 VDC supply of your indexer or pulse generator."
- I'm sure this explains a lot to some, but it certainly could not be as clear as "find a +5V connection from your computer's power supply and connect it to terminal 10."
I realize that I've not figured this all out as of yet, and that others may use different "indexers or pulse generators" than their PC, but I wanted to share my experience.
I finally got the "spark" that I needed from a thread in this forum from about a month ago - it still wasn't that clear.
Thanks - and sorry about the novel,
Jason
