Re: One direction Gecko????

Mariss,

Thanks a million Mariss. Now that's what I call standing behind your
product!

You're reputation of A1 customer service and satisfaction, is the
best in the business, and NOW I know that first hand.

I disconnected the direction lead from the breakout board that leads
to the drive, and grounded it to all of the port grounds
individually, and it did not change directions either time.

Even though I dont think it's your responsability to replace the
defective drive, I will take you up on your offer kind sir.
I'd be an idiot not to!

I'll be giving you a call first thing Monday, as this little setback
has delayed me in completing my CNC conversion.

I'd like to add that the other 2 drives are working flawlessly as
they should....wouldn't hesitate for one second to buy another
GECKODRIVES product.

Thanks again,
Joe

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "mariss92705" <mariss92705@y...> wrote:
> Joe,
>
> Short the direction line to your PC ground while the motor is
> turning. Do this by disconnecting the direction line from your
port
> and touch it to your port ground line. If the drive is good, the
> direction must change then.
>
> If it doesn't, give me a call at 1-714-771-1662 Monday and I will
> either repair or replace the drive for free. I don't want anyone
to
> be dissatisfied with our stuff.
>
> Mariss
>
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "qwerty12345612"
<qwerty12345612@y...>
> wrote:
> > I bought a Gecko driver off of LloydLeung in this group and it
only
> > turns the stepper one direction. Strange huh??
> > Ive tried hooking it up in place of the other 2 geckos that I
have,
> > connecting it to different motors, but I still cant get it to
turn
> > any of them more than one direction, CCW.
> > I initially thought it was the motor, but It wasnt.
> > I then thought it might be the parallel port pinout from my
> breakout
> > board,after switching all of the pins around to other drivers
(both
> > hardware wise and software) I discovered that it wasnt.
> > Then I thought, well maybe I had wired it up wrong some how, so
I
> > took apart and reassembled everything about 10 times and still
got
> > the same results no matter what pin the step/dir' were running
off
> > of.
> > I now am pretty sure it is defective. And when I asked Lloyd for
> > help figuring this thing out, all he could say was either it
should
> > work or it doesnt.And I should ask someone else for
troubleshooting.
> >
> > He then suggested me to query the list and see what I can come
up
> > with. Or contact Mariss and ask him.
> >
> > Anybody ever hear of this happening with a Gecko G201?
> >
> > It would be great if someone could maybe suggest something for
me
> to
> > check, and possibly make this thing work the way it was designed
to.
> > If not, then I guess I got the old Ebay screw job, and am stuck
> with
> > a driver that only goes one way, because Lloyd has no intention
of
> > replacing it or the money I paid for it.
> >
> > Anybody ever hear of this happening with a Gecko G201?
> > Any ideas??
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Joe