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Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Camtronics/Gecko troubleshooting

Posted by Monte
on 2003-01-26 17:58:40 UTC
>>Tim suggested I measure the voltage across enc- and each of the
>>phase wires. One side goes from 5v to 0 as I turn the shaft, the
>>other side stays fixed at 5v.
>>
>>
>OK, there's your problem. You can disconnect that wire from the drive,
>and see if the
>encoder works with the drive not loading it down. If so, something may
>have blown
>out that input on the drive. If not, then that output of the encoder is
>probably bad.
>Since one of the encoder phases is working, it is not a problem with
>needing a
>pull-up resistor or some similar thing.

Thanks Jon,
I've already got them boxed up to send back.

Monte

Discussion Thread

Monte Westlund <montejw@e... 2003-01-26 10:08:34 UTC Camtronics/Gecko troubleshooting Bernard R <bwjarandall@c... 2003-01-26 11:23:18 UTC Re: Camtronics/Gecko troubleshooting Monte Westlund <montejw@e... 2003-01-26 11:43:13 UTC Re: Camtronics/Gecko troubleshooting Bernard R <bwjarandall@c... 2003-01-26 13:22:13 UTC Re: Camtronics/Gecko troubleshooting Tim Goldstein 2003-01-26 13:22:37 UTC RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Camtronics/Gecko troubleshooting Monte Westlund <montejw@e... 2003-01-26 14:00:58 UTC Re: Camtronics/Gecko troubleshooting Jon Elson 2003-01-26 17:53:33 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Camtronics/Gecko troubleshooting Monte 2003-01-26 17:58:40 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Camtronics/Gecko troubleshooting