First try and... Nothin!

[nydheart]

Hey guys, just went to try my rockcliff for the first time and couldn't get er to go. I am using Mach3 and it just flashes emergency stop and won't let me reset it. One of the motors made some noise and got warm but the others are still cold. I am running an sp3 board with japan servo motors. Any ideas on what could be going on? Thanks!

Nyd,

[ger21]

To get the reset to stop flashing, go to Ports and Pins> Input Pins, and change the setting for the Estop active low. Whatever it's set to, change it and then you should be able to reset.

[nydheart]

That did the trick for the emergency stop issue but I still can't get the motors to turn?? I am fairly certain everything is hooked up properly. Any suggestions as where to go from here? Thanks!

[ger21]

Have you watched the installation video?
http://www.artsoftcontrols.com/Video...d/MyVideos.swf

The fact that one motor got warm but not the other 2 might mean there is a wiring issue.

Make sure that in the ports and pins page, you assign the correct port (usually 1) to each step and direction pin (they're set to port 0 by default)

Also, I think the stepperworld board needs enable pins set. ?? If so, set them in the ports and pins Output section.