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    Default 5 axis breakout board wiring PLease :'(

    i purchase a 5 axis board of ebay to setup with my geckodrive G201x but not sure how to setup the input up.

    need help please i'll also upload the files that came with it... please i need help

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    i wonder how that cheap breakout board handle your drive compare with other BOB..



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    trying to find a good BOB right now, but i'm looking forward towards buying the pdmx-126 but i was unable to find a good wiring diagram. so I'll have to wait



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    You need to get the manual for the G201.
    Then use the GND, DIR, STEP, ENable to the similar inputs.

    Take one axis, say "Y".
    5-AXIS BOB G201
    YN --------------- Power GND
    YD --------------- DIR
    YS --------------- STEP
    YE --------------- DISABLE

    The other axes will be similar.

    What is not clear to me is whether the pulse direction is standardized. i.e. is YE high for enable? Is G201 DISABLE high or low for disable?
    You will need to know the pulse direction for each device.

    I don't have your devices so I'm only going by the data you provided and the G201 manual.



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    the ebay seller sent me this info,and it worked but the motors speed was slow. so i'm searching for a good BOB for the geckodrive. thanks for the help





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    Hi isowe ,

    as far as I can see , the minimum connections you need are

    connect the G201's terminal 10 to the BOB's Ground
    and the BOB's step and direction outputs to the G201's inputs

    the breakout ENABLE outputs are via 1K resistor you will need to test
    to see if this will correctly disable the G201 driver


    John



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    i'll give it a try today and i'll also post a youtube video if i get the chance

    wish me luck



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    Also note that the G201X can accept either a positive voltage or ground connected to the COMMON terminal (your diagram shows a ground connection) - the choice would depend on your Mach3 configuration (Low Active) settings.



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    do you know what the pins are for mach3? I have the same breakout board, I ordered it off ebay to see how good the board and driver kit was. Right now its a nightmare trying to figure out how to make it run! If I can't get this thing to work I'm just going end up purchasing a c10 breakout board from cnc4pc its the easiest board that I have worked with so far.

    Heres the link if anyone needs a good board CNC4PC



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    Quote Originally Posted by apsara View Post
    do you know what the pins are for mach3? I have the same breakout board, I ordered it off ebay to see how good the board and driver kit was. Right now its a nightmare trying to figure out how to make it run! If I can't get this thing to work I'm just going end up purchasing a c10 breakout board from cnc4pc its the easiest board that I have worked with so far.

    Heres the link if anyone needs a good board CNC4PC
    The pin definitions for the Chinese BOB are in the pdf manual in post #1 of this thread.

    I have had that same chinese 5 axis BOB on both of my machines and have not had any problems at all. I know the C10 is popular and I am sure it is a good BOB, but I can't see how it can be easier than any other. This one seemed very easy to me.



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    its still not working for me.
    is the board supposed to be buzzing loudly?



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    Quote Originally Posted by apsara View Post
    its still not working for me.
    is the board supposed to be buzzing loudly?
    Uh, no.

    Could it be the relay (the large, black, rectangular object in the lower left in the board photo above) that is making the noise? If you put your finger on the relay, do you feel vibration coming from it?



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    Thats a good thought. if you have the pin assignments wrong you could be sending a step signal to the relay causing it to rapidly latch and unlatch



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    I have never worked with this board before so don't really know what Im doing with it. I'll snap some pics of the setup and show you guys. I want to at least try and get this board to work before giving up and purchasing the C10. Another thing, mach3 doesn't seem to be working as well lol, wth. I installed it on to a new system, its running on vista. When I try and move the x,y,z axis with the arrow keys there is no movement in the coord's. It's works fine on my laptop but doesn't work on my desktop, what would cause that not to work?



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    Gecko drive - input open-colect?

    http://www.cncitalia.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=69471



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    Default Re: 5 axis breakout board wiring PLease :'(

    it depends on which Gecko Drive your talking about

    the G540 opto-isolated inputs have the LED and 200 ohm resistor connected to a +12V DC supply
    so you need to connect the G540's input to either a open collector output or one that is compatable with 12V logic levels

    other Gecko drivers like the GM215 have the opto-isolator LED connected to ground and need to be connected to an output that can pull the input terminal up to +5V

    John



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