Have you tried changing the pins to active high in the Mach 3 settings? That's what fixed it for me. The instructions were wrong. Or change to active low if they're currently high.
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Have you tried changing the pins to active high in the Mach 3 settings? That's what fixed it for me. The instructions were wrong. Or change to active low if they're currently high.
Problem solved; steppers needed to be active high, not active low like the chenglish instructions listed.
So for continuous stepping it was fine, but single steps were skipped
Minimal. The X stepper isn't moving when it's told to, so it's a control or motor issue I think. Just not sure how to identify and fix it.
Driver test looks good I think (image below). I have RMclock running which keeps it stable. Anything else I can check? Parallel port voltage?
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Cool will give that a try tomorrow, thanks.
I've got an old PC with parallel port I can lug out to the garage, so can try that if the laptop signal is poor.
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