Hi Mariss, For the old round motors the power supply was 66% of amps. Has this changed for the new motors ? Funny how we have progressed from mostly using...
I use G201 Gecko's and 276oz steppers. The connecting wiring is about 4 feet long. I'd like to stretch that just a little bit - maybe 6 feet. Is there any...
... Some guys have 10 foot long routers with 5 foot gantries. that is 10 plus 5, plus another 10 to the Gecko and maybe another 5 for twists and turns. I...
I'm running G202's and I've got over 50ft on my longest run.. my mill is 20ft long and 10 ft wide.. plus I have a movable console which rolls down the length...
David, I normally use 10' cables with my enclosures. I use 18 gage wire with a shield and a drain wire. The drain wire is connected to my ground in my ...
Drive to motor cable length is not a problem unless it is unusually long. Our record holder is a client that has a 500' (150m) cable run; the motors are in a...
Hi Marriss You say you've got kit working in/with a nuclear reactor. How hard was it to get approval around the safety issues, unless you mean Russia where...
bump.... so if I was wanting to gather up encoders for future use with these new 4XX drives, what resolution should I be looking at, high or low? or will the...
Copper tubing exists to transport propane gas. i want to channel stepper motor cables on the gantry inside copper tubing,to protect them from EM and mechanical...
Hi I am using Mach 3, Gecko 210's,CNC4PC breakout board, all the settings in MACH 3 for all three drives are exactly the same, my steppers are not connected to...
Hello, Is there a way to reduce EMI/RF from the 203Vs? I haven't finished my enclosure yet, but I would still like to listen to the radio :-) Thanks for and...
I love my Geckos! No more diddling around with L297/L298 circuits. Is there a way to get a fault indication back to my control program if one of my drives...
Andy, Reseat the connectors on your Gecko drive. Also check you wiring for good connections. In the past Gecko had a bad batch of connectors. That problem was...
4n35 in series with original LED.I use this to poll for hard disk usage on my pc.IT uses parallel port inputs with 74ls05 .the input is sourced from the hd...
Generally with all stepper or servo systems, though servo's are worse. Screen the cables to your motors, earth the motor cable to the motor and the chassis. ...
Have a look see if backlash is enabled, I had just that problem, changing direction sent the motor mad and then it settled going the other direction. remove...
Andy, You might try removing the breakout board and replacing it with a simple BOB, the 210 is opto isolated anyway. Ian ... changing direction sent the motor...
How to test the DIRECTION input: 1) Disconnect the DIRECTION wire at the breakout board end. 2) Cause your CNC program to jog the drive. 3) Touch the loose end...
That presents a little problem. The purpose of the FAULT indicator was to overcome a shortcoming of the G202; there is no indication the G202 has entered...
JJ, Fibre optics? A webcam inside your box if you only want a visual indication? Regards, Ian ... was ... G202 ... if ... current ... the ... program if ... ...
Hi mariss, my parallel ports (asus P4) give 5v on logic one. i use a 2 kOhm resistor in series with 4n35 on my break out boards,for mini robots i use at my...
woah!!! a webcam to monitor a diode?...hmmmm...well technically its feasible with the WIA api quite easily,if you are using winxp,importing frames every 3-4...
I like Ian's suggestion of fiber optics. Just use a digital-optic-audio cable( cheap ) and fabricate a means to couple it to the led, then use a pin-diode...
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