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    Re: Very small stepper movements

    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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    Re: Very small stepper movements

    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
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    Re: Very small stepper movements

    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.
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    Re: Very small stepper movements

    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. ...

    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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    Very small stepper movements

    Another day, another issue with my 3040 router...


    I can cut perfect squares, and drilling works great. So I thought it was all calibrated and happy until I tried to cut a trapezoid shape (see...
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