Hi. not sure if this is the best place to ask but here goes.

I've just started setting up Mach3 with the PM542 drivers and I'm a bit confused. mach recommends to use 10 micro steps (2000 steps per motor revolution) which gives a nice smooth drive and seems to be stronger than 1/2 or 1/4 steps. But this seems to go against everthing I've read and always thought microsteps reduced power?

The other thing is that Mach talks about using micro steps to change resolution and this seems to be true as the more microsteps i use the speed drops whilst jogging (using the same velocity settings) I'm sure I read that mircostepping dosnt affect resolution as the driver just uses the microsteps to transition smoothly from one step to the other.

So im not sure what to do as its tempting to use a higher micro step to keep it running smooth but if this is using up more steps then is there is the risk of hitting the max processor speed and therfore reduce the top speed?

Is there a standard-ish settup that everyone uses?