Hi
It is my understanding that the step and direction outputs from the 424 board can be wired directly to the step and direction inputs on the ClearPath motors. I have wired the motors in this manner. At this point I have one motor wired to each of the 424 motor0 and motor1 outputs. I have installed your plug-in for Mach4, and have wired two of the 424 outputs from J12 to enable the motors. When I enable the system in Mach 4 the ClearPath motors are enabled and ready to receive step and direction signals. But the life of me I can't get any action on the step and direction front.
It is unclear to me how you are to configure the motors using your plug-in in Mach 4 for the step and direction outputs. In the outputs in Mach 4 I cannot find any step and direction outputs related to your plug-in. I have selected Motor0 and Motor1 in the Mach4 motor configurations tab, I have also enabled motor0 and motor1 is the Masters on the X and Y axis. Apart from my enable signals do I need to enable any other inputs or outputs to configure the motors. I assumed when I went to the Mach4 configuration output signal tab, there would have been step and direction outputs to choose from, but there are only four outputs to choose from.
OK I may have made some progress, I have the PMDX Real-Time Status (RTS) screen open & when I jog the X+ X- and Y+ Y- in Mach4 the Dir0 & Dir1 light swaps from Red to Green, which I assume is what it should be doing, but the Step light flashes Yellow, is that what it should be doing?
