Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] I NEED HELP!

Mark,

The 9 wires most likely were for a serial port.

At this point, I would suggest rewiring it for Gecko drivers and Mach1.

Look at the end of the stepper motors and find out any information that you
can about them.

Some of us on the list can help you with your project.

Bob Campbell

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From: "mmcev" <mmcev@...>
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Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 5:10 PM
Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] I NEED HELP!


> 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
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