Hi all,
I have just transitioned from a USS to an ESS. Doing this has defn. solved my EMI issues.
Setting up the ESS went fine. I used the configurator and got it sorted. My only issue now is that my 5th axis is not working.
I am running 2 breadboards off the ESS. With the USS, all motion control was fine. I haven’t changed any pins or ports save swapping over the ribbon cables (the ports they went into) as this seemed to get the first 4 axes working.
I have inputs from homing switches using the second breadboard and when the home switch is triggered, the light on the BB goes on and the axis stops. This seems to suggest that the second board is alive and talking (at least in part) to the ESS.
When I send commands to the 5th axis from Mach, I get no lights lighting on the second breadboard, which seems to suggest I haven’t got the pins right in Mach.
Are the pins slightly different for the ESS and if not, can anyone suggest anything else in the transition from USS to ESS I might be missing; boxes ticked or otherwise on config pages, jumpers etc.
Additional information for debug: When I swap the ribbon cables over (second breadboard into the left port, 1st into the right, where left is left with the ethernet connection is on the right) the 5th axis works and the others don't. This seems to suggest that the right port is somehow not switched on or functioning correctly...
Many thanks for any thoughts.
Cheers,
Hamish
I have just transitioned from a USS to an ESS. Doing this has defn. solved my EMI issues.
Setting up the ESS went fine. I used the configurator and got it sorted. My only issue now is that my 5th axis is not working.
I am running 2 breadboards off the ESS. With the USS, all motion control was fine. I haven’t changed any pins or ports save swapping over the ribbon cables (the ports they went into) as this seemed to get the first 4 axes working.
I have inputs from homing switches using the second breadboard and when the home switch is triggered, the light on the BB goes on and the axis stops. This seems to suggest that the second board is alive and talking (at least in part) to the ESS.
When I send commands to the 5th axis from Mach, I get no lights lighting on the second breadboard, which seems to suggest I haven’t got the pins right in Mach.
Are the pins slightly different for the ESS and if not, can anyone suggest anything else in the transition from USS to ESS I might be missing; boxes ticked or otherwise on config pages, jumpers etc.
Additional information for debug: When I swap the ribbon cables over (second breadboard into the left port, 1st into the right, where left is left with the ethernet connection is on the right) the 5th axis works and the others don't. This seems to suggest that the right port is somehow not switched on or functioning correctly...
Many thanks for any thoughts.
Cheers,
Hamish