Help Mach3

[Mikes Planes]

Not very informative. Do you have it wired as per post #12?.
These boards do require a 12-24v supply added on the right hand side to run the spindle control AND the inputs. The 5v usb supplies the outputs only.
I see you don't have the larger supply yet so....

Is E-stop turned off in Mach3?.
Do you have power to the driver?.
Some drivers require the enable signal to be used.

Are the wires actually the same config on both board and driver?. Or did you not look and just plug it in?.

I need a close up of the driver connectionns showing the symbols/names, or written down. Pul+/- dir+/- en+/- etc.

[Mikes Planes]

Hi Thanks again for your help. I now have power to stepper motors but they will not run, they sound stalled or trying to run to fast so do not rotate
Do you have any idea ??

Mike

[dazp1976]

Hi Thanks again for your help. I now have power to stepper motors but they will not run, they sound stalled or trying to run to fast so do not rotate
Do you have any idea ??
Mike

Double check you have A+A-B+B- motor connections in the correct order on the driver. If incorrect you can get this happen due to dir conflict.

Which model numbers are the motors specifically.?.
What is actual machine?.

[JAZZCNC]

Hi Thanks again for your help. I now have power to stepper motors but they will not run, they sound stalled or trying to run to fast so do not rotate
Do you have any idea ??

Mike

Most likely happening because your motor tuning in mach3 is set for the Gecko drives and these cheaper TB-based drives cannot handle the same tuning setup. Try backing off the velocity and Acceleration by 50% and try again. When you have it working stable then slowly increase them one at a time until they start to stall again then back off again by 10%.

[Mikes Planes]

Hi Thank you for your help I now have all Axis working! well I have power to them. Only one will run continuously, the others judder. I have attached a pic how do I set up the red box I only have 123?
Thanks again

Mike

[dazp1976]

Why'd you get the P, O, S, TB6600?.
https://m.aliexpress.com/wholesale/T...tml?osf=direct
Hope you didn't pay too much.

Should've saved yourself aggro and just gone with 542 or 556.
You get what you pay for.

[m_c]

Why'd you get the P, O, S, TB6600?.
https://m.aliexpress.com/wholesale/T...tml?osf=direct
Hope you didn't pay too much.

Should've saved yourself aggro and just gone with 542 or 556.
You get what you pay for.

As I've said numerous times before, TB6600 are OK drivers, yet you seem to want to say they're rubbish at every opportunity.
They are by no means a high performance driver, but they're a reasonable basic stepper driver.

It was the older TB6560 which was well known for failing, but that was mostly down to people trying to run them on too high a voltage. If you actually ran them within their operating voltage range, they were an OK driver.

Not every application needs maximum voltage or performance.

[Mikes Planes]

Hi dazp,
I now have all axis working fine. I connected stop limts, probe for hight of tool but none of them work. I wired them as per manual still nothing, Have i missed somthing?? I have attached the manual for you to look at
Regards

Mike
Mach3-5-Axis-Interface Board.pdf

Mach3-5-Axis-Interface Board.pdf

[dazp1976]

Hi dazp,
I now have all axis working fine. I connected stop limts, probe for hight of tool but none of them work. I wired them as per manual still nothing, Have i missed somthing?? I have attached the manual for you to look at
Regards

Mike
Mach3-5-Axis-Interface Board.pdf

Mach3-5-Axis-Interface Board.pdf

Do you have a 12-24v power supply plugged into the middle 2 screw terminals on the right hand side?.
If not, that is your problem. Inputs are powered by this. Only the outputs use the 5v power.
They are 2 separate circuits.

Around a 2Amp supply should be plenty.

Missing out this power supply is a common problem.

[Mikes Planes]

Hi,
Sorry foe being so long to say thank you all in last post now working. Sorry stiil have problems. I have wired all axis up but Z only go's up I have tried plugs and pin and also looked in Homing and limits no luck.

Mike