mach3 loaded no movement

[fusiontech357]

i have watched the install vids and did everything as said but when testing the driver with driver test(takeover) my bit rate saiys to fast then to slow then levels at 62 uS is this ok, i have slight variations but nothing major , basicly looks like the vids but just instead of 38uS im at 62 uS , i cant make the motors move for anything . been at it for about a week now . any help would be greatly appreciated...

[ger21]

It's unlikely that the driver test results are causing a problem. My laptop is terrible with the driver test, but it'll move the motors, although very roughly.

How are you trying to move the motors? Jog? Gcode? MDI?

Do the DRO's show movement when you try to move?

Do the motors lock up when you power up the drives?

[fusiontech357]

yes the dros show movement when i jog with the arrow keys on my keyboard, the motors are locked as soon as i plug in the power . i thought that was a normal action, what could this be??? has anyone had this problem before? and im running 425's so i cant even budge them what might the prob be?

[fusiontech357]

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[fusiontech357]

ok so i have removed all wires from my set up and rewired them all of it looks good as to driver and motor manufactures spec. still no movement drom the motors but when i remove the cp- from the driver and jump it to the cw- on the driver the motor moves a bit . the motor is locked soon as i but the wire back in to cp- of the driver....

[ger21]

You either have the port address wrong, or the ports and pins settings wrong, or a bad cable.

[schwinndk]

What kind of bob are you using. I had the same thing happening, but had forgotten to wire the EN to 5v+ on the C10 bob.

[fusiontech357]

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Originally Posted by schwinndk What kind of bob are you using. I had the same thing happening, but had forgotten to wire the EN to 5v+ on the C10 bob.

the bob looks of good quality but , unfortunatly i bought it on fleabay
the ebay store is verycnc and its a db25 (bob) i set the external e-stop and wired it briefly and it worked so i thought that the (bob) was in ok condition . i do however have a 25FT pport cable hooked up to is , but again the input of the e-stop lead me to believe that the (bob) id good..


p.s the pinouts correspond to the motors inputs i feel i set them up right , then again , they might not be. the motors are set as follows X=cp-to pin2
cw-to pin3 ....Y= cp-to pin4 cw-to pin5 Z=cp-to pin6 cw- to pin 7 and i set that on mach 3 as well as on the (bob)

[PEU]

found this thread regarding the c10 bob, it may help you: http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=77423


Pablo

[fusiontech357]

thanks pablo ive seen the thread i dont have the same setup i think.


i was lookin at my printer port driver info and i have 3 differant options i have no clue what it means , ima try to pic it so someone might know what it means. i have no idea what the last one is about , could my driver be spead thought 3 ports, or visaversa port be divided between 3 drivers???

[fusiontech357]

just checked the printer cable for continuity , and all pins are ok . even the ground out side shell is intact so its not the cable.

[PEU]

in mach 3 you should enter 0x378 in the port and pins section for port 1. Suerte!


Pablo