Thread: help needed with breakout board
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05-09-2016 #1
hi chaps. just unpacked a second hand machine which I saw working ok. wired it up and the motors are not turning.
the PC is running windows XP and mach3 all ok. there is a power supply that's working ok and three motor controllers that show green leds. between the PC and motor controllers is a USB breakout board and this is showing a red LED. now I am not show if the breakout board is at fault as I don't know how to check it or what make it is.
so can anyone please let me know how to check the board, is the red LED a sign of bad or good news ? what make is the board ?
what do I need to do to make this work ??
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05-09-2016 #2
Not the best picture in the world but that looks like a parallel port connection at the bottom and not USB
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05-09-2016 #3
Could it be a one of these?
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05-09-2016 #4
just maybe the one, thanks
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05-09-2016 #5
hi, its USB. you can see the port bottom left hand side
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05-09-2016 #7
Looks like the one in my mk1 control box, but someone has butchered the terminal blocks down one side... Yes, USB for power only; signals via parallel port.
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05-09-2016 #8
If it was USB comms you'd have to install and configure a plugin.
You think that's too expensive? You're not a Model Engineer are you? :D
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