For information purposes...
Operating system: Windows XP
Software: Mach3
Power Supply: KL-600-48 from Kelling
Motors: KL23H-284-35-4B (387 oz/in) also from Kelling
G540: Rev 4
Machine: highly modified X2 Seig mini mill
I bought a rev3 G540 sometime in the early fall of 2008. I set up the electronics and worked through the g540 setup instructions on the Gecko website. When I got everything installed and set up, I plugged in the power and got... the horrid FAULT mode LED.
Laughing at me.
So, with the power on, I checked everything with the multimeter- everything was putting out the voltage as it should according to specs. Still- nothing. I wired in an E-stop button, using the schematic on the website as my reference. Still laughing at me from Fault land. Checked voltages again, checked my BIOS again (still in EPP mode) checked my setup again, and it was all good. While checking my power supply, something happened and the FAULT light went out, but the green light didn't go on. I figured I might have killed it and sent it to Gecko for eval. It came back with a note saying its motherboard was upgraded to rev 4, but nothing else. I put the g540 back into the system, but pulled out the E-stop loop and went back to the jumpering of pins 10 and 12. Again, the FAULT gods are STILL laughing...
I'm now tired of being laughed at...
I've combed through everything I know to do (I'm not all that good with microelectronics, unfortunately) and looked through the web and CNCZone for any clues with no luck. The only thing I haven't done is tried to load the .XML file (because I don't know what to do or how to do it... I have the file on the computer, but what now?). I've gotten the FAULT without plugging in any of the motor cables, so its not the motors... The only thing I can think of is there might have been some kind of voltage spike that could have eaten my parallel port, but I don't know how to test that, either... Anyone have any idea where I go from here? I'm at a complete loss...
-Farasien