I'm not sure if this is the correct area for my question. My stepper motors don't work. I have a BOSS Series I, but I think my main problem is in general with either my Gecko drivers or my controller or software, but here is what I have:
BOSS Series I
Gecko 202 cards
DeskCNC 2nd Generation controllor
cncdirect Breakout Board
DeskCNC software
Everything is wired as correctly as far as I can tell. Everything seems to be getting correct power, all the lights light up. The computer reads the controllor card, it flashed its information to it the first time I started up (I did have 2nd Gen Controllor selected). But i can't get my stepper motors to turn. Its like I'm not sending a signal to my Gecko 202's? I'm not sure how to check what part is holding me up. All I'm trying to do right now is get the axis' to jog around.
I have a wire from LIM to GND to act as N/C limit switches.
I have a wire from EST to GND to act as N/C E-stop button.
All of my Step, Direction, and +5V common wires are correctly connected to each Gecko Driver. How do I check if the board is sending signal to the Gecko Driver, or if the Gecko Driver is actually sending power to my steppers?
I think I have the A, A common, B, and B common phase wires correctly connected to my stepper motor, but I would like some verification that I do indeed have it correctly wired. Does anyone have the pinout for the 8 post stepper motors on a Series I? Or can anyone tell or show me how they have theirs wired up?
When the stepper "should" be moving, should I see a voltage across A and A common, as well as B and B common? I tried this and all I get is 46 mV all the time so long as the Gecko is powered up. I'm assuming I should have a much larger voltage while the stepper would be turning.
Not sure where to go from here, how to troubleshoot what part is holding me up. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you.
Brandon Bartels
Bartels Machine and Tool