I can't get my Y-Axis motors to turn, which I have mapped to Motors 3A & 3B. I am trying to use the PMDX-424's hardware cloning facility.
I have: PMDX-424, two (2) PMDX-133's, PMDX-407 (which is currently not mounted and is disabled in Mach4 until I've tested everything else). I have Mach4, the PMDX-Smart BOB-USB Plug-in, Gecko g203V drivers & NEMA 34 motors. I have installed the latest versions available and the latest firmware.
I wired the PMDX-133 #1 board to the PMDX-424 with the ribbon cable to J6. PMDX-133 #1 is daisy chained to PMDX-133 #2. The drivers are connected as follows using Steve Stallings instructions in another post, with one exception, noted below.
PMDX-424 Motor PMDX-133
Motor0 PMDX-133 #1, Axis #1- NOTE: I AM NOT USING THIS AXIS, NO GECKO, NO MOTOR AND I DIDN'Y MAP IT IN MACH4
Motor1 PMDX-133 #1, Axis #2
Motor2 PMDX-133 #1, Axis #3
- - - - - PMDX-133 #2, Axis #1 - NOTHING CONNECTED HERE
Motor3a PMDX-133 #2, Axis #2
Motor3b PMDX-133 #3, Axis #3
Mach4 Screen configurations- PMDX-Smart-BOB-USB Plug-in Configuration-
Motor Configuration/ Step/Dir Pin-out: I checked "Swapped (normally for PMDX-133 or PMDX-134 on J6)"
Feature Configuration, PMDX-424 hardware Motor Cloning: I checked "Enable (Motor 3A & 3B steps enabled)."
Mach4 Control Configuration- Axis Mapping
X(0) Enabled- Motor 1
Y(1) Enabled- Motor 3
Z(2) Enabled- Motor 2
A(3) Not enabled
I used MDI and gave each motor a G-code command to move 1 inch, each separately (G0 X1.0, then stopped and ran G0 Z1.0, then stopped and I ran G0 Y1.0) . The X-Axis motor and Z-axis motors turned, but the Y-axis motors do not.
On the Mach4 screen, it showed that the Y-axis motors were turning, but physically they weren't.
Since I have both PMDX-133 set up with Geckos in connector positions 2 and 3, I tried directly connecting the ribbon cable from PMDX-424 J6 to the input connector on PMDX-133 #2. Then I used the G-code commands to move the X and Z axis motors, but physically, those Geckos were still wired to the Y-axis motors.
Those motors turned ok when used as X & Z, but not as Y-axis.
I also tried swapping the ribbon cables.
Again since both PMDX-133's have their respective Geckos in the same positions, I tried daisy chaining PMDX-133 #2 output to PMDX-133 #1 input. I commanded the X & Z axis motors to move, but again had them actually wired to the two Y-axis motors. They turned. But when I commanded the Y-axis to move, nothing moved.
On the Mach4 screen, it showed that the Y-axis motors were turning, but physically they weren't.
What am I doing wrong?
