Re: What stepper wires to connect?-next question

I have the controller/driver combo.


--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "cadcamclub"
<cadcamclub@y...> wrote:

> Hi Kevin,
>
> > gray. My next question, since I've never seen one of these run

from

> > any sort of driver, I was wondering if mine is running correct.
> Slow
> > at the start, kind of choppy, then it speeds up if I jog

over .25".

> > Is this right?
>
> Are you driving the motors direct from the DeskCNC boards??????

since

> you said you haven't seen them run from any drivers????? The

boards

> only output 5V pulses (steps and direction signals). If so we have

a

> novel way of driving motors!!!!
>
> Anyway, what I have seen is motors jerking when moved at slow

pulse

> rate with half-stepping drivers and much smoother when driven at
> higher pulse rates and they are all connected correctly. I think

to

> see if they are running correctly, all you have to do is to

measure

> if they are being moved the distance commmanded.
>
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Kevin" <kevinh@w...>

wrote:

> > Ok, I got my steppers to run only when I used the blue-red and
> green-
> > gray. My next question, since I've never seen one of these run

from

> > any sort of driver, I was wondering if mine is running correct.
> Slow
> > at the start, kind of choppy, then it speeds up if I jog

over .25".

> > Is this right?
> >
> >
> > --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Kevin" <kevinh@w...>

wrote:

> > > I am in the process of hooking my 6 wire vextas up to my

DeskCNC

> > > controller. I thought my motors were like some shown in the

file

> > > section but they are not. Mine are PK268M-02A if that helps.

Here

> > is
> > > a ascii copy of the diagram that came with them.
> > >
> > > Blue Yellow Red
> > > | | |
> > > | | |
> > > ----////////////////////----
> > >
> > >
> > > Green ------|
> > > / *
> > > / * *
> > > / * * *
> > > White ------/ * *
> > > / *
> > > /
> > > /
> > > Gray -------|
> > >
> > > I tried red-yellow and green-white, but all my motor does is

make

> > > noise and vibrate, no shaft rotation. Am I using the correct
> wires
> > > or do I have a different problem?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Kevin