On Wednesday 09 September 2015 18:30:14 Jeshua Lacock wrote:

> > On Sep 8, 2015, at 10:10 PM, Jon Elson <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > On 09/08/2015 10:27 PM, Jeshua Lacock wrote:
> >>> On Sep 8, 2015, at 9:17 PM, Jon Elson <[email protected]>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On 09/08/2015 08:59 PM, Jeshua Lacock wrote:
> >>>> So the enable goes where again? Note for this 4th axis it is just
> >>>> a stepper I am trying to drive not a servo like my other axes… I
> >>>> have dir, step gnd, power and now 5V figured...
> >>>
> >>> Does the enable have to be grounded or tied to +5 V to
> >>> enable the drive?  I'm guessing grounded.  So, you'd need a
> >>> DC SSR to connect enable to gnd to enable the drive.
> >>
> >> I don’t actually know - it turns on without the +5 V.
> >>
> >> This is what I am trying to drive (says based on Toshiba TB6560):
> >>
> >> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0093Y88SK?psc=1&redirect=true&ref
> >>_=oh_aui_search_detailpage
> >
> > Wow, pretty scant info there!  Looks like it does have
> > opto-isolation on the step and dir inputs, and maybe the enable,
> > too.  Maybe this is actually a DISable, if you have +5 hooked up and
> > ground the EN, does the motor go limp?
>
> Thanks Jon - that is indeed the case, and everything is working now
> (with the default dip settings on that board even).
>
> > Actually, enable is not as critical in a stepper system, unless you
> > have need to move the machine while the stepper drives are powered.
> > Much less likely to have a damaging runaway with steppers.
>
> Gotcha. When I turn LinuxCNC Machine Power off the stepper stays on.
> Is there a pin I can connect that too to shut it off when I shut off
> the Machine Power?
>
Call me cheap Jeshua, but I just use a power strip, and use its switch as 
the master switch for everything but the computer. $7.99 at Wallies, 
with some varistor surge adsorbtion included.

> Thanks again,
>
> Jeshua Lacock
> Founder/Engineer
> 3DTOPO Incorporated
> <http://3DTOPO.com>
> Phone: 208.462.4171
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