Re: I NEED HELP!

Hi Mark,

To be able to get those motor to do something, you would need to know
what those wires are for and the pinout of the motor controller
software you eventually be using. I think, to determine if this a
step-direction driver, perhaps you can connect a simple AVO meter and
see if the voltage toggle between 0 V and +5 V as you send the motor
in opposite direction with a motor controller software like turbocnc

www.dakeng.com

If you can spare a little over USD100, I believe the 3 axis xylotex
driver

www.xylotex.com

will be a good bet for redoing a driver box. You probably can use the
power supply from the old driver, but cooking one up yourself is not
difficult with a little bit of electrical knowledge. For this there
is good info. on how-to at

www.geckodrive.com

> 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@m... if anybody want to mail me directly.
> >
> >Thanks again!
> >
> >Mark McEver
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >