[Emc-users] Minor issues with my re-power project and a Gecko G540

2009-12-05 Thread Michael Jones
Last night I finished the wiring phase of my project of replacing the old Chopper Drivers and Vexa steppers on a DM4S mini mill with a Gecko G540 and KL23H284-35-4B stepper for the Z axis and 2 KL23H276-28-4B steppers for the X and Y axis. EMC picked everything up quite nicely - I still

Re: [Emc-users] Minor issues with my re-power project and a Gecko G540

2009-12-05 Thread Dave
Is the ground on your relay card truly a ground or is it a common? If it is a common - put the power supply + wire on the common and turn the relays on by grounding the relay output line. Some DC relays will work with either polarity, some will not. Dave Michael Jones wrote: Last night I

Re: [Emc-users] Minor issues with my re-power project and a Gecko G540

2009-12-05 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
Michael Jones wrote: Last night I finished the wiring phase of my project of replacing the old Chopper Drivers and Vexa steppers on a DM4S mini mill with a Gecko G540 and KL23H284-35-4B stepper for the Z axis and 2 KL23H276-28-4B steppers for the X and Y axis. EMC picked everything up

Re: [Emc-users] Minor issues with my re-power project and a Gecko G540

2009-12-05 Thread Michael Jones
On Dec 5, 2009, at 1:04 PM, Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: Michael Jones wrote: Last night I finished the wiring phase of my project of replacing the old Chopper Drivers and Vexa steppers on a DM4S mini mill with a Gecko G540 and KL23H284-35-4B stepper for the Z axis and 2 KL23H276-28-4B

Re: [Emc-users] Minor issues with my re-power project and a Gecko G540

2009-12-05 Thread Michael Jones
I may have figured out the issue.. I took for granted that the stepconf wizard would put the right values in for the step timing. The values that come up as a default when you select a G540 device are wrong. What should the Step Time, Step Space, Direction Hold, and Direction setup be

Re: [Emc-users] Minor issues with my re-power project and a Gecko G540

2009-12-05 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
Michael Jones wrote: I may have figured out the issue.. I took for granted that the stepconf wizard would put the right values in for the step timing. The values that come up as a default when you select a G540 device are wrong. Did you select the G540 device from the drop-down list