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[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

[dazp1976]

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

Broken wire or pin between controller and driver DIR terminal?.
Controlling the stepper DIR simply works by switching the 5v on or off to the drive DIR terminal. So a broken wire is the first place I'd start.