[ckrantz]

Well the gnomes are back! Tonight I was turrning down a piece of
aluminum earlier and both motors just stopped. I put tcnc into jog
mode and tried a fast jog and it does nothing. if I push the slow jog
it moves a step for every push and if I hold the button down it does
nothing.

I checked my voltages again and everything is correct. Power supply,
and vrefs. So I ran a line of gcode and tried to move the axis a few
inches and the motor just makes the loud grinding noise. (the grinding
noise like when you move the motors too fast"

Is there anything I can test to rule out the xylotex board or my
motors. I doubt that both motors would go at once.

[ger21]

Do you have a fan blowing on the heatsinks?

[ckrantz]

I sure do, I have 2 huge fans covering both heat sinks. I let it sit all night and its doing the same thing this morning.

[ger21]

What voltage were you running at, and what was your VREF set too?

Do the motors lock up when you turn on the Xylotex, or are they weak?

[ckrantz]

24V, VREFS are at 3.0 each. Before when I would power up the board I couldn't move the couplers, now I can move them. Its not loose that its easy to turn, it does take some muscle, but I can turn them now and couldn't before.

[ger21]

Did you recheck the vref? Check the voltage again? You might want to email Jeff at Xylotex.

[ckrantz]

Found my problem to be my turbocnc.ini file was corrupted. i think its time for a change to Mach 3. Turbo CNC bombs out a fair amount as it is.. Time to move on!