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  1. #21
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    Re: MK 3/9 Board broken.

    It works without an optocoupler.
    It doesn't work with Optocoupler. The motor does not move.
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  2. #22
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    Re: MK 3/9 Board broken.

    ENA terminal?

  3. #23
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    Re: MK 3/9 Board broken.

    ENA and ALM are of course also connected. But not by opto.
    If ENA were not connected, the red LED on the driver would light up. But is green as it should.

  4. #24
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    Re: MK 3/9 Board broken.

    just a WAG:
    It looks like the optoisolator uses resistive pullups. If so, it would have better drive if used in active low mode.
    This means wiring the drives PUL+ and DIR+ to +5V and connecting the PUL- and DIR- to the optoisolator outputs
    This also may require setting the falling edge trigger option

  5. #25
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    Re: MK 3/9 Board broken.

    I've already thought about that.

    Can you make me a drawing
    I'm not sure how to connect it.

  6. #26
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    Re: MK 3/9 Board broken.

    +5V --> PUL+
    +5V --> DIR+
    O1 --> PUL-
    O2 --> DIR-

  7. #27
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    Re: MK 3/9 Board broken.

    Unfortunately, it doesn't work either.

  8. #28
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    Re: MK 3/9 Board broken.

    I think the optocoupler is not suitable for the JMC driver.
    Or the step width is not correct.
    unfortunately i don't have an oscilloscope to find the exact step width

  9. #29
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    Re: MK 3/9 Board broken.

    the "Step" signal from the controller has only 0.11v. Is that correct?
    The "Dir" signal has 5v

  10. #30
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    Re: MK 3/9 Board broken.

    Ok, I spend entire Sunday testing configurations like this. Long signal wires can be tricky specially in noise environments which this is.
    Suggestion from PCW_MESA worked perfectly but I had to remove 2k2 pull-up resistors from opto adapter otherwise current was to low. "Invert" also needs to be enabled in settings. Because of long wires I also used 12V instead of 5V.

    Please don't measure if you do not understand.
    "Step Width" is described in user manual.

  11. #31
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    Re: MK 3/9 Board broken.

    Quote Originally Posted by tantemay View Post
    ...
    If you connect the motor/driver combo to the mk3 with short signal cables does it make any difference ?(e.g. remove the motor from the machine).

  12. #32
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    Re: MK 3/9 Board broken.

    It is not possible to measure step signal with multimeter. This is high frequency signal with low duty cycle.

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    Re: MK 3/9 Board broken.

    Quote Originally Posted by PlanetCNC View Post
    It is not possible to measure step signal with multimeter. This is high frequency signal with low duty cycle.
    My reply was a general response, I wrongly quoted this last part

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    Re: MK 3/9 Board broken.

    Sorry, my bad.

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    Quote Originally Posted by takeda View Post
    If you connect the motor/driver combo to the mk3 with short signal cables does it make any difference ?(e.g. remove the motor from the machine).
    The cable is only 2m long. I also tried it with a short cable (20cm).

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    Quote Originally Posted by tantemay View Post
    The cable is only 2m long. I also tried it with a short cable (20cm).
    That's what I thought.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PlanetCNC View Post
    Ok, I spend entire Sunday testing configurations like this. Long signal wires can be tricky specially in noise environments which this is.
    Suggestion from PCW_MESA worked perfectly but I had to remove 2k2 pull-up resistors from opto adapter otherwise current was to low. "Invert" also needs to be enabled in settings. Because of long wires I also used 12V instead of 5V.

    Please don't measure if you do not understand.
    "Step Width" is described in user manual.
    Thank you. That sounds very good.
    Can you show me a photo of the opto so as not to remove the wrong resistor?

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    Re: MK 3/9 Board broken.

    Here it is:
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    Re: MK 3/9 Board broken.

    Thank you. I'll test that out today. I hope it works with the stupid JMC drivers.
    What are the maximum frequencies of the optos?

  20. #40
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    Re: MK 3/9 Board broken.

    Quote Originally Posted by PlanetCNC View Post
    Here it is:
    That doesn't work for me here either. Did you test that with a JMC?
    Don't think I'm a fool.
    I connected it exactly as described. The axis port inverted, 12v, the resistors removed.

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