Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Gecko 5V supply

I simply got what Radio Shack calls a floppy drive extension cable. The cost
is a couple bucks. I simply cut off all the wires with the exception of the
Red wire. This is the +5. I spiced a longer length of 22 AWG red wire and
soldered then insulated this.
Simply plug into an unused floppy drive connector from the PC power supply
with the power off and connect the other end to the G320 +5 terminal. You
can daisy from this to other C320's.



Dan
-----Original Message-----
From: jvicars@... <jvicars@...>
To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sunday, April 01, 2001 7:05 AM
Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Gecko 5V supply

>The Gecko 201 manual says that the 5V for step and direction must come
>from the indexer/pulse source. I.E. the computer. I don't really
>understand how to accomplish this. Can you get 5V through the
>parallel port somehow, or do you have to run a 5V line from the
>computer to the drivers?
>Anybody have advice on how to hook this up?
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