Cnc plasma build need help plz

[Lewywri89]

Sorry I should of said I had all axis moving via pc keyboard and was very slow
Before i changed the numbers jazz gave me I realised the 800microstep I said it was set to was way out as the drivers only go to 512 according to manual so I thought I'd go into protuner and double check but I plugged into the x axis drive when powered up and since then the motor didn't have power to it but the green led is on the drive
Next day I then plugged the cable into the z axis driver and couldn't communicate with pro tuner so checked the connections and noticed this had happened

What do you mean by a P between driver case and pc?

Im sorry to be confusing
Lewis

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[JAZZCNC]

Before i changed the numbers jazz gave me I realised the 800microstep I said it was set to was way out as the drivers only go to 512 according to manual

Ok we have confussion going on here because there are 2 ways micro stepping is shown or described. It gets involved but i'll try to explain quickly.
Typical stepper takes 200 steps to turn 1 revolution. Now Micro stepping is explained two ways either total Micro steps Per Rev ie 1600 or the number of 200 pulses ie: 8x 200. Both these mean the same thing.
So when your seeing 512 in manual then that means 200 x 512 =256000 micro steps per rev which is massive and you can never use.
Now you need 1600Ms so then you need to set Micro stepping in Protune software to 8.

Now where it gets confussing is the Dip switches on the drives relate Micro stepping Ie 1600.

Regards the Blown drive's then put that down to experience and keep to the safe rule of never unplug or plug-in anything while powered up.