On Wednesday 09 September 2015 18:30:14 Jeshua Lacock wrote: > > On Sep 8, 2015, at 10:10 PM, Jon Elson <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > On 09/08/2015 10:27 PM, Jeshua Lacock wrote: > >>> On Sep 8, 2015, at 9:17 PM, Jon Elson <[email protected]> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>> On 09/08/2015 08:59 PM, Jeshua Lacock wrote: > >>>> So the enable goes where again? Note for this 4th axis it is just > >>>> a stepper I am trying to drive not a servo like my other axes… I > >>>> have dir, step gnd, power and now 5V figured... > >>> > >>> Does the enable have to be grounded or tied to +5 V to > >>> enable the drive? I'm guessing grounded. So, you'd need a > >>> DC SSR to connect enable to gnd to enable the drive. > >> > >> I don’t actually know - it turns on without the +5 V. > >> > >> This is what I am trying to drive (says based on Toshiba TB6560): > >> > >> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0093Y88SK?psc=1&redirect=true&ref > >>_=oh_aui_search_detailpage > > > > Wow, pretty scant info there! Looks like it does have > > opto-isolation on the step and dir inputs, and maybe the enable, > > too. Maybe this is actually a DISable, if you have +5 hooked up and > > ground the EN, does the motor go limp? > > Thanks Jon - that is indeed the case, and everything is working now > (with the default dip settings on that board even). > > > Actually, enable is not as critical in a stepper system, unless you > > have need to move the machine while the stepper drives are powered. > > Much less likely to have a damaging runaway with steppers. > > Gotcha. When I turn LinuxCNC Machine Power off the stepper stays on. > Is there a pin I can connect that too to shut it off when I shut off > the Machine Power? > Call me cheap Jeshua, but I just use a power strip, and use its switch as the master switch for everything but the computer. $7.99 at Wallies, with some varistor surge adsorbtion included.
> Thanks again, > > Jeshua Lacock > Founder/Engineer > 3DTOPO Incorporated > <http://3DTOPO.com> > Phone: 208.462.4171 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >-------- Monitor Your Dynamic Infrastructure at Any Scale With Datadog! > Get real-time metrics from all of your servers, apps and tools in one > place. > SourceForge users - Click here to start your Free Trial of Datadog > now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=241902991&iu=/4140 > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monitor Your Dynamic Infrastructure at Any Scale With Datadog! Get real-time metrics from all of your servers, apps and tools in one place. SourceForge users - Click here to start your Free Trial of Datadog now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=241902991&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
