Re: motor runaway

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Thomas Powell" <tppjr@h...>
wrote:

> I have my control box almost finished. I hooked up the servos on

the bench

> (actually the kitchen table but we will not go there) and I can

not get Z to

> work properly. It wants to spin at a high rate as soon as the

Gecko is up

> and running. If I try and jog the motor it just jumps (in the

correct

> direction) and faults the Gecko. I am sure of my wiring. I am

using

> amphenol connectors and swapped the Z and Y axis connections. The

problem

> followed the Z motor. I rechecked the encoder hook up on the Z

and it is

> correct and just like the other motors.
>
> Making adjustments on the Geckos does not change anything other

than the

> speed and force the motor spins.
>
> I had all three hooked up breadboard style before and they worked

then. Any

> suggestions?
>
> Thanks for any help,
>
> Thomas

I had the same problem.Switch the drives and see if that fixes the
problem. in my case it was the drive which was bad.... Peter