DOH!! I placed the -V on ground wrong from the power supply. Ok power is working and when I step the motor clicks but does not move correctly. So It's trying. That's a good sign!
NEVER play with power when you had a few too many. You do stupid things.:withstupi
So I am taking a break. This thing is going to need serious debugging. I need to check the LPT pins and output and do a crash course in Mach3. I also have KCAM 4 trial. That seems much simpler to start with.
I still know I am doing something wrong here. I wish I could post on PMinMO but his system will not allow hotmail accounts I guess. I have some questions for him on the 5vcd lines.
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EDIT: Ok I got it working. It seems that the PicSTEP hex file WITH TIMEOUT was the issue. I re-flashed with NO TIME out and got a good response. Then once I sobered up I realized that the PICSTEP uses an active low setup. I had the enable pin 14 set to active hi. Once I changed that I got MOVEMENT!! Yeah!
I also went back and wired my 8 wire motor in bipolar parallel and tweeked the power supply to get a VERY clean 36vdc.
I think I'm going to need something to reduce the spike this power supply gives when turning on. It's not bad but the data sheet shows it can really kick. I also need to get some heat sinks on the LMDs fast. Those baby's get hot. BTW I used 6k resistors on the PICSTEP to allow up to 3 AMPS.
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