Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] I NEED HELP!

Well, for starters, where are you located?

It sounds possible (likely?) that the stepper power electronics are good. It
should be posslbe to get this up and working. Kinda hard with the little detail
you included. Can you post a picture somewhere?

As to which software, assuming your stepper drivers take step and direction
software, there are dozens of packages that will work. Which one to use can
lead to long arguements that will last for weeks...

An easy, cheap ($20 if you register) solution is to try TurboCNC. Most others
have free trials. Mach1 is popular. I use CNCPro, but would recomend that
you check out other packages 1st...

- Steven Ciciora

>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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