Re: Gecko 5V supply

The Gecko 210 can be set up to accept either common ground or common +5.
The 201 needs +5 external. On my setup I use an external +5 power supply
and hook the +5 to Gecko common, the parport pins to dir and step, and the 0
volt from the external supply to a ground pin on the parport. I had to
change some jumpers on the inside of the drive. Mariss' instructions are
real good here.

HTH
Ray

From: jvicars@...

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?