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BOSS5 Where to plug the Geckos???

Posted by braidmeister
on 2005-06-23 16:55:31 UTC
Hey groupies!,
It's been a while since I have posted. For the time being, I am going
to hold off on converting the BOSS over to servos. With the new Gecko
202s available, I will be using them to push the factory steppers
around....but here's the $6 million question: If using the factory
stepper power supply (which is like where?) where do I connect the
Geckos to power?

I'm pretty sure that I am supposed to pull power from a big capacitor
somewhere....which after I pulled out the tape drive I could see 4
big caps ~ One on left is blue with one terminal #72 (label missing
on other), and 3 silver caps that have a #39 terminal and #24, #26,
#28 respectively. After I powered up the big electrical box, I took
some readings on the #terminals that corresponded to the capacitors.
I got a voltage of 61.4-61.9v (seemed to flux a bit) when I probed
each pair. Do I pull power for the steppers off of these?

Any and all help is greatly appreciated!!! The sheer number of wires
and boards in there (side cab) makes it a bit confusing to know what
to keep and what to yank....any ideas, pics, links?

Thanks!!!
-Brady

Discussion Thread

braidmeister 2005-06-23 16:55:31 UTC BOSS5 Where to plug the Geckos??? Keith Clark 2005-06-23 20:25:45 UTC Re: BOSS5 Where to plug the Geckos??? braidmeister 2005-06-23 20:46:20 UTC Re: BOSS5 Where to plug the Geckos??? Keith Clark 2005-06-24 04:15:47 UTC Re: BOSS5 Where to plug the Geckos??? braidmeister 2005-06-25 05:45:56 UTC Re: BOSS5 Where to plug the Geckos??? Alex Holden 2005-06-25 06:35:53 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: BOSS5 Where to plug the Geckos??? Les Newell 2005-06-25 08:14:08 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: BOSS5 Where to plug the Geckos??? braidmeister 2005-06-25 10:38:08 UTC Re: BOSS5 Where to plug the Geckos??? Les Newell 2005-06-25 12:14:02 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: BOSS5 Where to plug the Geckos??? turbulatordude 2005-06-25 12:33:55 UTC Re: BOSS5 Where to plug the Geckos??? braidmeister 2005-06-25 13:14:50 UTC Re: BOSS5 Where to plug the Geckos??? braidmeister 2005-06-25 13:21:03 UTC Re: BOSS5 Where to plug the Geckos??? Les Newell 2005-06-25 14:02:12 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: BOSS5 Where to plug the Geckos??? braidmeister 2005-06-25 14:15:43 UTC Re: BOSS5 Where to plug the Geckos??? Les Newell 2005-06-25 17:57:29 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: BOSS5 Where to plug the Geckos??? Keith Clark 2005-06-25 20:47:09 UTC Re: BOSS5 Where to plug the Geckos??? braidmeister 2005-06-25 21:22:22 UTC Re: BOSS5 Where to plug the Geckos??? Polaraligned 2005-06-26 05:03:24 UTC Re: BOSS5 Where to plug the Geckos??? Polaraligned 2005-06-26 05:07:11 UTC Re: BOSS5 Where to plug the Geckos??? Polaraligned 2005-06-26 05:16:41 UTC Re: BOSS5 Where to plug the Geckos??? Alex Holden 2005-06-26 06:25:55 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: BOSS5 Where to plug the Geckos??? braidmeister 2005-06-26 06:57:56 UTC Re: BOSS5 Where to plug the Geckos??? caedave 2005-06-26 14:16:21 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: BOSS5 Where to plug the Geckos??? Jon Elson 2005-06-27 22:03:49 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: BOSS5 Where to plug the Geckos???