Quote Originally Posted by eurikain View Post
When you say change the active state in Mach3, do you mean change to low active to low high ?
Yes and also try setting the Step pulse so it's ahead of the Dir pulse. You'll find this in motor tuning.

Quote Originally Posted by eurikain View Post
I am using a male-female cable I bought three years ago. I think it's the correct cable, as it worked fine three years ago :/
Clive answered this for me.