[Bryan Rocker]

To those that have purchased the MX4660 kit which includes the steppers, MX4660 and the power supplies, did it include connecting cable? I didn't see anyplace on the website to determine what size if any came with it. I am going to upgrade my "Warthog" cnc which has the old Anaheim Automation controller. I plan on buying the MX-P434-595 : 4-Axis NEMA 34 CNC Stepper Kit. 595 Oz-In NEMA 34 Motors with 1/2'' (12.7mm) Single Shaft; 4-Axis MX4660 Stepper Drive; 48 VDC/10.4A Power Supply.

Thanks for any inputs you have.

PS I have sent 2 email to sales with no response.

Bryan

[Leadshine]

Hi Bryan
I am john ,the application engineer of leadshine .
Normally ,the kit don't include connection cable . i think you must buy the cable from the market by yourself .and the wire size is AWG22.
By the way ,which salesperson did you contact from leadshine ?

John
Application engineer
Leadshine

[asuratman]

Hello John,
I have been told that I can not feed 2 ea PSU 4810 into one MX4660, it will damage the driver. Let me know how to increase Amps to support for 4 motors 86HS45. I am afraid if not enough power to drive the motor.
I thought that we can make 2 ea PSU 4810 in parallel to feed to driver will be no problema.

[Bryan Rocker]

John, thanks for the inputs, I sent emails to '[email protected]' which I finally received a response yesterday, I had also sent an email to '[email protected]' and I had also sent an info request for information via the web form. On this cable does it need to be shielded? I would assume so. I assume that the motors just have a section of wires coming out with no connector....

Bryan

[Bryan Rocker]

Hello John,
I have been told that I can not feed 2 ea PSU 4810 into one MX4660, it will damage the driver. Let me know how to increase Amps to support for 4 motors 86HS45. I am afraid if not enough power to drive the motor.
I thought that we can make 2 ea PSU 4810 in parallel to feed to driver will be no problema.

I would think that the best way would be to go to 4 smaller ones for each motor. The MX4660 is rated at 10a with 12a peak. 2 4810's would exceed the capacity of the 4660. Are you sure that the 86HS45's don't need individual drivers instead of the 4660?

[asuratman]

Are you sure that the 86HS45's don't need individual drivers instead of the 4660?

I have talked by email to their engineer that 1 ea PSU 4810 is enough to drive 4 ea 86HS45. So I actually have bought them, and I will try them when they arrived. If something wrong, motor not move then I will go with lower power motor.

[AORD]

Hi Brian,

The MX4660 is rated at 10a with 12a peak. 2 4810's would exceed the capacity of the 4660.

Don't you mean the Leadshine kit power supply is rated at 48v 10a with 12a peak?

Can't the MX4660 be run from a big power supply like 1000w 48v 21amps?

like:
(SCN 1000 48) 1000W 48v 20a single output switching power supply-in Switching Power Supply from Electrical Equipment & Supplies on Aliexpress.com | Alibaba Group

[asuratman]

Can't the MX4660 be run from a big power supply like 1000w 48v 21amps?

It should work with 1000w 48v 21amps

[Leadshine]

Dear All
you can not make 2 ea PSU 4810 in parallel to feed to driver ,that will damge drive .
It only support 1 ea power supply.the MX4660 has two power inputs ,but these should be from the same power supply .and if you have 4 motors connect to drive ,these two power inputs should be connected(the two power input can be from different leads from the same power supply ) . please note that MX4660 only can be feed 1 power supply .if power supply like 1000w 48v 21amps,it can be feed to MX4660 ,but it should connect to 2 power inputs of MX4660 .

[Bryan Rocker]

As I am finalizing my decision one question came to mind, do I need to make a special DB25 cable to connect to it or will a standard DB25 work? Will it hurt the system to make the stepper control cables out of 18awg cable? Does the cable need to be shielded?

Thanks

Bryan

[Leadshine]

Hi Bryan
The DB25 cable is standard parallel cable for printer , i think you can find it from your market .
Attachment 286032
The cable for motor is not necessary to buy a shielded cable ,the normal one is ok \
And if the wire size is too small ,it will be broken .

[Bryan Rocker]

Thanks for the input, I just looked and if I buy the kits its included. On the subject of wire size, the 18awg is larger than the 20/22awg you and your salesman suggested.

[asuratman]

FYI, I just got email from John said that all output on MX4660 is 20 khz. What does it means? It is too slow?
I read on manual that output #1 thru #4 is 200 khz and output #5 and #6 is 20 khz. There will be new MX4660 released soon according to the email.

[Bryan Rocker]

Interesting, thanks for the heads up.