Re: [Emc-users] what causes stepper motor stall

2015-05-05 Thread Tom Easterday
Thanks Dave. The acceleration isn’t all that high at the moment but I’ll play with that if all else fails. The Vexta drives I am using are powered by 110VAC. -Tom On May 5, 2015, at 12:42 AM, Dave Caroline dave.thearchiv...@gmail.com wrote: While mentioning the top speed no one is

Re: [Emc-users] what causes stepper motor stall

2015-05-05 Thread andy pugh
On 5 May 2015 at 00:45, Tom Easterday tom-...@bgp.nu wrote: This is a Berger Lahr 596 5-phase stepper motor on the Z-axis of an EMCO 120P lathe Is it the same motor as this one? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EMCO-COMPACT-5-CNC-LATHE-STEP-MOTOR-/271854301426?_trksid=p2056016.l4276 -- atp If you

Re: [Emc-users] what causes stepper motor stall

2015-05-05 Thread Steve Stallings
Message- From: andy pugh [mailto:bodge...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2015 8:39 AM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] what causes stepper motor stall On 5 May 2015 at 00:45, Tom Easterday tom-...@bgp.nu wrote: This is a Berger Lahr 596 5-phase stepper motor

Re: [Emc-users] what causes stepper motor stall

2015-05-05 Thread Tom Easterday
After your suggestion didn’t fix the problem and much debugging it turns out that my problem was motor to driver wiring. The Berger Lahr steppers have terminals in a semi-circle labeled 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0. Why would one assume that that 0 is 10? Never assume…as that saying goes :-) -Tom

Re: [Emc-users] what causes stepper motor stall

2015-05-05 Thread Tom Easterday
...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2015 8:39 AM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] what causes stepper motor stall On 5 May 2015 at 00:45, Tom Easterday tom-...@bgp.nu wrote: This is a Berger Lahr 596 5-phase stepper motor on the Z-axis of an EMCO 120P lathe

Re: [Emc-users] what causes stepper motor stall

2015-05-04 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Mon, 4 May 2015, Tom Easterday wrote: Date: Mon, 4 May 2015 20:07:47 -0400 From: Tom Easterday tom-...@bgp.nu Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: Enhanced Machine Controller emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Emc-users] what causes

Re: [Emc-users] what causes stepper motor stall

2015-05-04 Thread Tom Easterday
Thanks, I'll give it a try tomorrow. I did see in the Vexta manual that it be connected as you suggest so I am hoping this is my problem and not a bad motor or drive as Jon alluded to (Thanks as well, Jon). -Tom On May 4, 2015, at 8:41 PM, Peter C. Wallace p...@mesanet.com wrote: Just to

Re: [Emc-users] what causes stepper motor stall

2015-05-04 Thread Dave Caroline
While mentioning the top speed no one is mentioning the acceleration rate, try slowing that down. Also increase supply voltage to the motor/drive as this also gives a faster more powerful response from the motor drive combination. Dave Caroline On 05/05/2015, Tom Easterday tom-...@bgp.nu wrote:

Re: [Emc-users] what causes stepper motor stall

2015-05-04 Thread Jon Elson
On 05/04/2015 06:45 PM, Tom Easterday wrote: What could cause this behavior? https://youtu.be/GWV9Px6lITM https://youtu.be/GWV9Px6lITM (or https://youtu.be/dXcmpG2MLkk https://youtu.be/dXcmpG2MLkk) Some background: This is a Berger Lahr 596 5-phase stepper motor on the Z-axis of an EMCO