Originally Posted by gsattler  At work we got tired of blowing out Toshiba stepper chips and missing steps that would ruin pieces and tangle up the x axes. We switched the software to Mach3 and installed a Gecko G540 driver box and haven't had any problems at all since then. The CNC-Step controller box is a really rudimentary design that lacks proper filtering and is barely adequate for the task. The cooling for the chips is just an L bracket with a fan! I couldn't get support help from them so I switched to something I know would work. The mechanical components seem to work well! We just finished a run of modifying 500 ruggedized enclosures with a variety of holes and the client commented that the quality was better than what they were getting from a machine shop previously. |
In the best traditions of a thread resurrection....
Was the process of moving to the G540 simple? I'm getting some strange behaviour from the OEM controller (hence looking through the forum and finding this) and I'm considering replacing it.
I'd appreciate any hints/tips etc that you have.
Many thanks.