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martyscncgarage wrote: ↑Mon Jul 13, 2020 10:59 pm What I come up with:
Encoder Color Code.JPG

Solder drain wire to DB9 shell

Thank you Marty, I should have done some kind of spread sheet myself. Will run it all to ground tomorrow and let you know how it goes.

John

<SNIP> Yes, got it, one tripper and software limits, I was sort of aware that would need to be the case. X switch is in the middle pretty much, Y too. Trips are at either end of the range of travel relative to the single switch. Will contemplate second switch. John If you have one switch you need t...

CJD wrote: ↑Tue Jul 14, 2020 9:43 am When you say the motors have not been run, are they connected so they should run, or are they disconnected?

Have not gotten that far. Will likely do so this week or next.

John

Marty, Please scan the sheet that came with the encoders. I dug it up and I think I see my error! Gotta check tomorrow but it appears that I have the A and /A AND B and /B wire pairs inverted. I'm guessing that would be enough to screw things up. Let me know if you know. I'm sure you will see the er...

If you have one switch on X and Y axis then you have to rely on soft limits for the other end. You can't use one tripper on each end of the axis to trip ONE switch. WHICH end of X and and WHICH end of Y is your switch on?? Your alternative is to add a physical switch to the other end of each X and ...

All, If it helps at all, here are two videos: My wiring color charts... https://youtu.be/Rn_8_OrCHYM (I posted images as well in one of my responses to Marty A general tour of my machine as it sits now... https://youtu.be/i-wd1M88TKA Thanks in advance here, very nice to know y'all got my back. This ...

Marty, Answers below: I noticed you PID screen, your index pulses are all showing (asterisk next to each axis letter) that's too coincidental. Are your encoders connected when you took that picture? So you put the connectors on both ends of the cable. Where did you get the cable? Show picture of the...

Marty, Again thanks, read on: Also, the way you configured your home/limit switches aren't going to work as they are for X/Y. Please tell us where your switches are on your machine and why you configured the software the way you did: Limits.JPG >> I have one single NC switch on X and one on Y with t...

CJD, Thanks for looking at this for me, answers to your questions are below: 1. >> I had that issue that would come and go for several months. Mine was always on the 4th axis encoder. When I watched the step count, the other servos were rock solid, but that one would drift back and forth several ste...

Aamir, Thanks for looking at this, answers to your questions are below: John For differential error check following 1)your Motors took unusual high current or unusual load on any axis ? 2)only one axis give error or all axis ? 3) Normally Z-axis on load and need to check writing route and shielding ...