Re: Unable to slave any axis
If you assign the A axis motor with pins 6 &7 to the X axis in Maxh3, does it move?
Can you get the A to move on it;s own without it being a slave?
Sounds like a Mach3 configuration issue, unless the A axis is faulty in the G540.
Re: Unable to slave any axis
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ger21
If you assign the A axis motor with pins 6 &7 to the X axis in Maxh3, does it move?
Can you get the A to move on it;s own without it being a slave?
Sounds like a Mach3 configuration issue, unless the A axis is faulty in the G540.
Sorry, should have posted all my attempts.
Yes, I swapped all the step/dir pins between X, Y, and A with no luck. I also did disable X and Y with only A (no slave config) and nothing moves.
Since I posted my first post, I opened the Gecko and swapped the Z and A drivers. Nope. Still no motion on A (but still has stall).
Update: Configurations are still the same from the first post but for the heck of it, I took the stepper motor from A and plugged it into Z and now Z is slaving from X. Z and A drivers are still swapped but I don't think that would matter since the drivers still get their signals from the Mach3 config.
Re: Unable to slave any axis
Any update on this?
I'm having exactly the same issue.
A slaved to X, both axis work independently but when slaved the A doesn't move.
edit, ignore please.
Re: Unable to slave any axis
Here is my plasma XML for the G540. You can try it out to see if it will help.
Okay, I could not upload XML.
That said, you can download one off the CNC Router parts website I think.
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