Hi all
I have just bought a three axis TB6560 stepper driver set with mach3 software from China. After several days of learning and you tube videos, I finally had all the motors acting properly, working off G-code programs. I was using a friend's laptop for this because it was handy! with his permission! I then uncoupled the board from this laptop to give back to him and substituted an old laptop of my own running XP.
With the same settings as the first laptop, the second laptop would not drive the motors. On the board, the two large leds lit and so did the five small leds when the laptop was powered up. only to switch off when the program was fully loaded. So, thinking it must be the laptop at fault, I then went back to the first computer, and on switching on, NOTHING. No motors turning, not even buzzing. The two large leds are on, the second small led from the left comes on and the axis leds barely glimmer when software is running some G-code, can just see them when the lights in the room are dimmed.
I'm stumped????
I have checked the settings over and over again and cannot see what,s wrong, pretty sure that I've done something silly? The computer is speaking to the board but not driving the motors.
Any help or ideas gladly received, have I released some demon smoke, or software instructions, or the laptop?????
RJN