> On Mar 28, 2016, at 6:01 PM, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> wrote: > > On Monday 28 March 2016 19:48:26 Gene Heskett wrote: > >> On Monday 28 March 2016 16:21:36 jeshua wrote: >>>> On Mar 26, 2016, at 7:50 AM, Sarah Armstrong >>>> <sarahj.armstron...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> this all depends if you have connected the EN - ( enable - ) of >>>> the stepper drives , >>>> all the + pins go to 5v >>>> step - = pul & dir - = direction >>>> >>>> if you have it's probable that you have this inverted or requires >>>> inverting , for testing just leave this unconnected until you have >>>> everything running beware some Bobs also require an enable input , >>>> although at first glance this particular board looks >>>> straightforward >>> >>> The motors go dead when I unplug the enable. >>> > Which tells me they need an active enable, so hook the 5 volts to the + > terminal, and something that goes to ground when LCNC is enabled to all > the - enable terminals. Or, just hard wire the - enable to ground them > & leave them on.
Hi Gene, Brilliant!!! You made one really happy person (plus gave me the satisfaction of being able to help a friend) thanks to you! That was it - we needed to run negative to al the negative terminals. I wish you could have seen his face light up when we got the motor to move the first time! Thank you! Cheers, Jeshua Lacock Founder/Engineer <3DTOPO.com> GlassPrinted.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transform Data into Opportunity. Accelerate data analysis in your applications with Intel Data Analytics Acceleration Library. Click to learn more. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=278785471&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
