Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] I NEED HELP!

Mark,
It might be easier to help if you can provide some more info. ;'>
Any ideas as to what the machine and controler are?

Iain


mmcev wrote:

>
> I have a mill here that was working once upon a time, but hasn't
> seen the light of day for several years now. The mill has three
> stepper motors which plug into a blue box that I have. The box
> contains a working power supply and three stepper motor drivers (I
> think thats what they are called). The motors plug directly into
> these drivers. When I power on the box, the motors become
> impossible to turn, so I assume that these drivers work properly.
> Coming into each of these drivers are three wires which control the
> motors somehow. Originaly these 9 wires plugged into a pcd board in
> the bottom of this blue box. The board somehow connected the
> drivers to the db-9 and db-25 pc ports on the back of the box. I
> have been told that this board is bad. Even if it was good I
> wouldn't know what sofware to use to get the mill running. Anyway,
> I was wondering if there is a way to connect these 9 wires directly
> to a pc and run some kind of software that would control the
> motors. If that isn't going to work, what is the best way to get
> this mill back up and running? I would really appreciate any advice
> or suggestions you have for me. Thanks alot.
>
> My email is mmcev@... if anybody want to mail me directly.
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Mark McEver
>