Re: I NEED HELP!

While I think the Xylotex board is a great product, It may not be
suitable for you. The way you describe things seem to me like its a
larger, full size mill. The xylotex is great for mini mills but
wouldnt have near the voltage or current to run big steppers. If you
have a larger mill you'll defenatly want to go with Geckos.


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

> 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
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >