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jfunk56 · #1 09-13-2008, 01:03 PM

I have G202 Gecko's. I want to use one step and direction input for two drives to control two motors with two drives and only the one input from mach3. Will the motors work ok in this senerio. If not does anyone have suggestions other than adding belts and gears and stuff like that. Thanks for the info.

ger21 · #2 09-13-2008, 01:08 PM

Just use Mach3's slaving fuction.

jfunk56 · #3 09-13-2008, 02:48 PM

Thanks for the reply. As you can see I am a newbie. I will check it out I am not sure what it does but I will investigate. Thanks.

ger21 · #4 09-13-2008, 06:08 PM

For example, say you want two motors for your X axis. Set up one as the X axis, and the other as either the A, B, or C axis, Then in Mach, you slave the A, B, or C axis to the X axis. Whatever the X axis does, the other will do exactly the same.

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