Re: Gecko Bridgeport saga - Gib adjustment?

The Gecko is powered correctly and functioning. All I am doing is
taking the step wire coming to it from the Cam Soft stepper card and
replacing it with a step wire from the standalone pulse generator.
Next I should take the wire from the dir terminal (coming from the
stepper card) off and place a jumper from dir pin to the ground
terminal with a switch in series? Remember, this is being done by a
person who knows that you put the battery in with the plus side
matching the plus sign and that's about it...

Oops, I think I am using Way Lube. I will go to "Oils Are Us" and
get a checkup.

thanks
Keith

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Jon Elson <elson@p...> wrote:
> Keith Clark wrote:
>
> >Do I put 5 volts to the dir input and then use a switch to turn
it
> >off to get direction? I will use the simple tape measure idea,
> >thanks to both of you. I a similar type to what is recommended
> >according to the oil company.
> >
> >
> The Gecko 201 has a common +5 V terminal. You ground the step and
> dir pins to make current flow through the LED in the opto-coupler.
> The recommended wiring for the G210 also has it that way.
> So, you'd put a switch to ground on the DIR pin, and supply +5 V to
> the common pin. But, that may not be how you are doing it to use
> your pulse generator.
>
> Way oil has a sticky additive that helps it to not run off of
parts, and
> to stay
> in between things that would otherwise squeeze it out. You really
need to
> use an oil made specifically for machine ways. It makes a huge
difference.
>
> Jon