Help Mach3

[Mikes Planes]

Hi All,
Just wandered if Gerry is still giving help with Mach3?? Do you have a contact for him??

Mike

[JAZZCNC]

What's your problem.?

[ZASto]

What kind of problem do you have?

[Mikes Planes]

I have posted this on here some weeks ago, nothing sugested has sadly work, incluing re install of Mach3. To add to below I did some more checks and everything on the screen st works, but no motor movement
Sadly my Gecko540 gave up on me, although I changed the fuse it sounds like there is a short somewhere which I cant find, I had bought some time ago a package of a breakout board and driver board. The breakout board connects to the computer with the same parallel cable as the gecko did. I have power to both boards red lights and if I use the key board I have green lights on the driver board each motor and the DRO's move, BUT I have no power or movment of the steppers.
What have I missed?? I have run the driver test in Mach3, I have run the diver test and have an very good on this setting.
Mike

[ZASto]

Sad about your G540, but you cad send it to Gecko drive for repair, it will be fixed for free, one time only, no questions asked, just shipping costs.

Which breakout board do you have?
Which stepper drivers you have?

When asking these kind of questions be precise and provide all relevant info.

[Mikes Planes]

Hi,
I contacted Geko and they will not repair due to costs. I dont want to buy a new one incase I have the same problem
This is what I have, but the break out board has a parallel port connection.
https://bulkman3d.com/product/mach3-...roller-bundle/

Mike

[Mikes Planes]

Here is my breakout board

[dazp1976]

Hi,
I contacted Geko and they will not repair due to costs. I dont want to buy a new one incase I have the same problem
This is what I have, but the break out board has a parallel port connection.
https://bulkman3d.com/product/mach3-...roller-bundle/

Mike

I wouldn't touch a TB6600 driver (or this whole kit) with a bargepole!!!!.
DM556 from stepperonline all the way.

So. Are you saying you have that kit but don't have the STB5100 cotroller, just the stepper driver board and generic 5 axis parallel bob?.

One would assume that you could get a jst-xh cable and link the 2 boards that way.
Have to check the manuals to see if the wire order is correct but the little connectors inside the white plugs are easy to swap around.

[m_c]

There's nothing wrong with TB6600 drivers. It's a reasonable no-frills driver.

It was the older TB6560's that often blew up, but that was because they had a lower max voltage, and people often drove them near that limit, so a fast deceleration was enough to over-voltage them and damage them.

Although I personally wouldn't run an all-in-one board.

[Ger21]

BUT I have no power or movement of the steppers.

I thought I replied to your email, but I don't see it in my outbox.
If the motors are not locked up, then either they are wired wrong, or the drive is not working. DO they require an Enable signal?