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23rd February 2013, 04:35 PM #1Intermediate Member
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I feel like moaning Minnie with my 6090
So after the nice man relieved me of a few dollars to modify my Chinese controller and it still doesn't work, but I insisted and I had to try and I'm fine with that.
I took the sound advice of the forum and bought a Gecko G540 and power supply and finally found the file with the wiring diagram that was
staring me in the face(total domestic blindness).
So being of limited budget I stripped out an old computer tower and mounted the controller and power supply, then an emergency stop and
a "power in" with switch.
I've started to work my way through to cutting stripping and fitting wires up, but I'm all confused and can't get it together, so yet again
I'm reaching out for some help, I do have lots things that I can do and hopefully repay in kind and a bit of cash but that's all I've got.
I feel emotionally drained trying to get this thing up and running, so excited when I think it's all there and then dumped when it all
turns to ................ I've got the Wests largest supply of wood to play with(all ex heavy Indonesian Batu pallets)an I wanna play.
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23rd February 2013, 07:18 PM #2Simsy
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Hi Ian
I returned home this week after a couple of good trips away and have started back in the workshop having a bit of a play.
If you want some help, I can make time one day next week if you like. Either that or you can bring it over and leave it with me and I'll wire it up for you one evening.
Let me know what you want to do.
Cheers
Geoff
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23rd February 2013, 09:07 PM #3Intermediate Member
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Awesome, I'd sent you a couple of emails but hadn't heard back, so thought you must've been on an extended trip.
I'll drop it off at some stage that's convenient for you and have a visit, it's been ages.
Ian
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25th February 2013, 10:49 AM #4
Just a couple of tips on the wiring.
In the first 2 photos, you have heavy duty wires in terminals 1,2 and 3 of the G540. The power for the g540 connects to terminal pins 11 and 12.
I've has a few people complain that the G540 won't power up due to them confusing which end is pin 1 of the terminal block. Lucky the inputs on the G540 are opto-isolated so no damage is usually done.
For a wiring reference have a look at the controller kit schematic I have done here.
http://www.homanndesigns.com/pdfs/EN010_V8.pdf
It shows a comprehensive wiring diagram but you only need to wire the functions you need. If you aren't using limit switches then you don't need to wire them up.
Also, when doing the wiring, try to be consistant with the colours. Use brown for mains active, blue for mains neutral and green/yellow stripe for earth.
Then use red for +ve supply, black for -ve supply. Colours for other wiring is your choice?
By using the correct colours for mains and DC supplies, it will be easier for others to understand your wiring.
Just take your time and you'll get there quicker than you think.
Cheers,
Peter.Homann Designs - http://www.homanndesigns.com
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27th February 2013, 09:14 PM #5Intermediate Member
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Thankyou Peter, yes I thought I had confused pin 1 and 12. The wiring was too heavy.
The machine is a Chinese 6090.
I've had help over the past couple of days wiring and testing the controller, the wiring is now of correct size and colour.
The steppers are 3amp written on them but any info we could get on the net said they were 2.8amp, we used 3k
resisters as the only choice Jaycar had was 2.7k or 3k.
Checking the wiring for the motors before we disconnecting them, one of the motors had two wires reversed, though
when it was operating originally, the problem was skipping a few steps here and there nothing else? We have tried changing it back but hadn't made any difference.
The problem we have now encountered is that a page keeps popping up saying click here to fix low active.
When trying to jog the steppers they appear to oscillate up to 5 or so steps in each direction whilst slowly rotating in the desired direction. They sound like they're emitting
a loud grinding noise.
sometimes it pops up Estop but I haven't pressed the Estop.
We have run through the setup guide several times and rechecked the wiring was correct, also have used the G540.xml setup file as well and
adjusted it back to 640 step per mm as per it's guide.
Any thoughts as to what the problem may be, we're at a loss.
Regards,
Ian
PS. Forgot to mention that the motors do lock up at power on.
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2nd March 2013, 02:38 AM #6Intermediate Member
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Oh I have a big smile on my face now, Thanks to Geoff for his persistance and assistance.
I can't believe the difference the G540 controller makes, just the noises it doesn't make is amazing.
Looking forward to posting some good projects instead of whining.
Ian
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2nd March 2013, 10:23 AM #7GOLD MEMBER
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Hi Ian,
Good to hear you have it running and well done Geoff.Cheers,
Rod
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3rd March 2013, 11:04 PM #8Intermediate Member
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You're on the money there Rod,
Onya Geoff!!, I'd still be fumbling around if it wasn't for him
he's got the "can do and until" attitude all rolled into one.
He does everything he can do and then researches the problems until
they're sorted.
Thanks to Peter too, the G540 has made such a difference to my
machine, also the pick up that I had put pin 1 at the wrong end.
I knew the wiring wasn't coloured correctly and was on the large
size, but it was more the running something to see if I could find
the right pins, then go and get the correct wire for the job.
I've been stuck working the home show this weekend and haven't
been able to re set the machine up in my shed, I'm looking forward
to some quality time later on during the week to start my next learning
process. Though I'm better at using a computer than wiring up electrics.
Thanks again all concerned,
Ian
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