Thanks for the help. I'm not getting anything out. I measured with an Amprobe 37XR-A True RMS Digital Multimeter at the pins on the pcb as well as at the parallel port output and got nothing. Should I be checking on the bbb then? what pins should i be checking on there? Thanks again.
On Friday, August 26, 2016 at 12:24:40 PM UTC-4, Jeff Pollard wrote: > > > Hi, > > When you jog, look at the voltage on pin3 of the DB25 connector and > note its level. Then jog the other direction, and note the voltage while > jogging. The voltage should swing from a low level of less than 1.0 volts > to a high voltage of greater than 3.0 volts (or the other way around > depending on the direction you jog). This is an easy test to see of > electrical commands are coming out of the BBB_DB25. > > Jeff > > On Saturday, August 20, 2016 at 3:54:34 PM UTC-7, ziggy wrote: >> >> Hi folks, >> >> I've bounced around the forums etc a bit. I'm trying to get my machinekit >> -> BBB -> Xylotex DB25 cape -> parallel port cable -> gecko g540 -> 3 x >> nema 23 motor moving. >> >> This is just an electronics software test before mounting and calibrating >> etc. >> >> I've disabled the fourth axis in the Xylotex.hal and ini files (which >> i've attached ). >> >> Any help to pin point what i might have missed would be great. >> >> Things i've done: >> * tested pin connectivity on the db25 cable for each pin with a >> multimeter, no open circuits detected and the pins are one to one which i >> assume is the straightthrough kind >> * tested gecko with the 48V power supply that comes with the kit from >> automation technologies the motors are powered and humming (not sure if >> that's a good or bad thing) >> * hal configuration tool/plugin on axis shows pulses/signals being >> generated on emcmot.xx for both pos and vel cmd pins for all three axes. >> Same for the motor.xx.command pins >> * I can software jog etc but nothing moves the motors >> * i have the pin 1 and pin 10 of the xylotex bbb cape connected per my >> understanding of the instructions on xylotex website to have a normally >> closed connection between the two >> * I also have the typical estop connection wired for the gecko (tested >> and working. >> * tested all db9 connections to make sure they are wired according to >> geckos docs as well. >> >> >> Let me know if there's any other information I'm missing that might help. >> All and any help is greatly appreciated. >> > -- website: http://www.machinekit.io blog: http://blog.machinekit.io github: https://github.com/machinekit --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Machinekit" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/machinekit. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
