I am trying to set up a THC from proma, with Mach3 and a Gecko540 and powermax45. So far as I know I have it wired correctly according to their instructions. I have a licensed version of mach3.
The option I don't understand is that Proma says I have to have: Config -> Ports and Pins -> Port Set up and Axis Selection -> MaxNC Mode ->Max CL Mode, checked.
When I do this step motors gets confused and swap directions. The way I understand it is that when Mach has MaxCL enabled it has isn't own hard coded pinout set up and ignores the user config'ed settings in ports and pins.(see here Mach3, Proma THC, and Gecko540 - Max CL Mode ) MaxCL Uncheck things work fine, but with no THC. Thus my options seem like:
1. re-wire my gecko to match the output that Mach is expecting when MaxCL is enabled, which seems pretty lame is that is the only option.
2. Find out if I really need MaxCL and if not some other way around it.
Has anyone been able to get this setup to work? If so how? I am stuck. Does anyone have any idea what I am doing wrong? Help!
The option I don't understand is that Proma says I have to have: Config -> Ports and Pins -> Port Set up and Axis Selection -> MaxNC Mode ->Max CL Mode, checked.
When I do this step motors gets confused and swap directions. The way I understand it is that when Mach has MaxCL enabled it has isn't own hard coded pinout set up and ignores the user config'ed settings in ports and pins.(see here Mach3, Proma THC, and Gecko540 - Max CL Mode ) MaxCL Uncheck things work fine, but with no THC. Thus my options seem like:
1. re-wire my gecko to match the output that Mach is expecting when MaxCL is enabled, which seems pretty lame is that is the only option.
2. Find out if I really need MaxCL and if not some other way around it.
Has anyone been able to get this setup to work? If so how? I am stuck. Does anyone have any idea what I am doing wrong? Help!