Hello, So I think I have everything installed correctly and that the ESS is talking with Mach3. The E-stop works connected to the C11.
I had Mach3 and a C10 BOB working fine but made a few changes last weekend. I installed an ESS and replaced the C10 with a C11. I didn't change the wiring beyond the BOB so that should all be correct. When I installed the ESS I also licensed my copy of Mach3 AFTER I re-installed Mach3. I am regretting not just leaving Mach3 installed but I figured it would be cleaner this way.
-I am getting no movement.
-The led's next to the C11 ports where the motor drivers are connected seem to play musical chairs when I try to move the axis!
-I am not sure what these led's mean.
-The C11 has 5v between the COM and the DIR for all 3 driver ports (3,5 and 7)
-The ESS controller frequency is set for 4kHz
-The ESS axis frequency are set at 256kHz
-Mach3 axis frequency are set to 60000Hz
-I am not sure I have the ports and pins configured correctly.
-Ports and Pins are X,Y,Z = enabled / 2,4,6 = Step / 3,5,7= Direction / all ports set to 1
The port and pin for your motor outputs should be what the C11 calls for. Since the vendor for the C11 sells the ESS they should be able to give you some support on how to make the two work together.
Crank your MACH kernel speed down to 25,000. It does not have to generate the pulses anymore so you don't need to run it that fast and that may cause problems. Turn down the ESS frequency to 1khz (default)
Thanks Torchhead. I did the things you recommended. What fixed the problem was moving the pin on the BOB for the COM ports for the motors. I thought I had done that already but was mistaken.
ESS + 5056D + C11 BOB
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