Re: First Timer - Please Help

Hi Barclay. I had a look at your picture and everything seems ok.
Yes the motor should be locked when the gecko is powered up. Is it?

From what I can tell, it looks as though you have the dir line on
parallel port pin4 and the step line to parallel port pin5. Make sure
that your software is set for these settings and that you are trying
to move the correct axis. Also make sure that your maximum speed and
acceleration are not set beyond the motors capabilities. The +5V line
looks ok. Are you positive you have the wiring of the motor phases
correct? If you need to know how to figure out the wiring of the
motor, email me at axxus@... and I tell you how. If the software
is set up correctly, and the motor phases are correct and you are
still having trouble, then email me and we can try some other things.

For dos software, you could try turbocnc from
http://www.dakeng.com/turbo.htm
or you could try a demo of deskncdos or cncpro
http://www.deskam.com/
http://www.yeagerautomation.com/

For Win2K try the Mach1 demo
http://www.artofcnc.ca/
Dean

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "barclaygeo" <bdog4@h...> wrote:
> I'm just getting into cnc and I have bought some gecko 201 drives
and
> a DB1 controller. I have it hooked up right now just to one
Astrosyn
> 23LM-C004-50 motor and I cannot get it to move. Should the motor
be
> locked when the gecko is powered up. Is there a simple program
that
> I can use to test my setup? Just want to test the step/dir. I
tried
> using Qstep but crashes every time I try and make the thing move.
I
> guess it doesn't like win2k. Not sure if I have everything hooked
up
> correctly so I'm posting a pic in the picture gallery called "first
> timer"
>
> Thanks,
>
> Barclay