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  1. Hello,

    I am having to rewire my stepper motors, the motors themselves have 4 wires:

    red
    yellow
    blue
    green


    Are these all the same on each motor? Im just not sure which pins to wire them too on the control box you see
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  2. #2
    not always the same I'm afraid. I've had to switch single pairs of wires around before.

    Do you have a model number on the stepper so you could google search a manual?

  3. Manual? christ chance would be a fine think lol.

    Motors have this labelled on them:

    Anchuan
    57HD0401-15SB
    1.8 2OA N1606

    Will it do any damage to the circuitry in the control box or the stepper motor if I just try trial and error ? or would it be impossible to work out?

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  4. #4
    Do you own a multimeter?

    You just need to match your pairs really then polarity can be trial and error... see this guide here if you need help with how to do it:

    http://42bots.com/tutorials/stepper-...wiring-how-to/

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  6. Mate that is very very helpful. Im just trying to sort some 4 core cable out from somewhere then I will get investigating.

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  7. #6
    No problem.

    Just actually found this which is perhaps a slightly clearer explanation (especially regarding direction) and gives some other techniques if you lack a multimeter... though I'm not sure I would trust the complete trial and error one with expensive drivers/motors, but that's just my paranoia probably!

    http://reprap.org/wiki/Stepper_wiring

  8. #7
    you need to use a multimeter ( or a simple battery & bulb continuity tester )to confirm which two wires goes to each motor winding

    if you find you have 3 ohms or so between the red & yellow wires connect them to A+ and A- on your driver

    you should then find you that you have 3 ohms or so between the
    blue & green wires which you should connect them to B+ and B- on the stepper driver

    not all stepper drivers have the required fault protection to survive any connection between the A & B terminals

    if you find the motor runs the wrong way you can either change it in the controllers software - eg mach 3 changing the direction pin from active high to active low
    or
    reversing the wires on one winding
    eg
    changing from
    red to A+ and yellow to A-
    to
    red to A- and yellow to A+

    John
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  10. #8
    Take any 2 wires from the 4 and cross them together and try and turn the motor shaft. When you feel resistance you have a matched pair. (The stepper's are working as a generator)

    Then wire 2 pairs next to each other in the 4 pin connector.

    Try it if the motor's run the wrong way either swap the wires around or change the setting in the firmware to invert axis.
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  12. thanks very much, very helpful, also is this cable ok to use for my wiring:
    http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/multic...cable/6604037/
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    Quote Originally Posted by ravihotwok View Post
    thanks very much, very helpful, also is this cable ok to use for my wiring:
    http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/multic...cable/6604037/
    I would go for a screened cable like 4 core CY. https://quickbit.co.uk/Cable/CY-Cabl...-0-75mm-4-core
    ..Clive
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