Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Servo motor keeps running. (urgent help required)

The step LED will stay on and only slightly dim when stepping.
Jim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mina Aboul saad" <minaf@...>
To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 3:05 PM
Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Servo motor keeps running. (urgent help required)


> So I got the Campbell breakout board the Gecko 320, a demo version of
Mach2,
> new encoders which I attached to my servo motor, the encoders draw 120 mA
so
> I got them an external power supply DC 5V, did all the wiring, and turned
> the 80V DC supply, but the motors keep running and does not stop.
> I'll explain the exact steps I did:
>
> - Connected ERR/RES (term 5) to Enc+ (term 7)
> - Connected phase A, and phase B of the encoder to the Gecko.
> - Wired the +5VDC and the ground from external supply to the encoders.
> - Connected a 670 ohm resistor from term 6 to term 7 on the Gecko.
> - Connected the step & dir and the +5VDC from breakout board to Gecko.
> - Connected the motor Arm+ and Arm-, and connected the 80 VDC power
supply.
>
> I then turned Mach2, and configured X axis only, turned the power supply
on,
> the motor began to move and did not stop, I then tried to jog the axis
from
> Mach2, I noticed that the motor breaks but the gecko fault lamp turn on
and
> then goes out repeatedly, same thing happened when jogging in the opposite
> direction, the motor breaks and the Gecko faults repeatedly but the motor
> keeps turning in the opposite direction and won't stop.
>
> What could I be missing???
> I also noticed that the step lead on the breakout board is always on for
the
> x axis even when I do not press the jogging key, and the direction lead is
> always on when jogging in one direction and goes off in the other
direction,
> is this normal, or should the lead goes off after I release the jogging
> key???
> Do you think it's a problem with configuring Mach2, or is there something
in
> the wiring???
>
> Please help.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Mina F.
>
>
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