Table of Contents
1. GETTING STARTED ....................................................................................................................................... 6
ABOUT THIS MANUAL ................................................................................................................................................ 6
TURNING OFF THE CONTROLLER ............................................................................................................................... 6
SAFETY AND USAGE GUIDELINES ............................................................................................................................... 7
2. STEPPER CNC CONTROLLER ..................................................................................................................... 8
FRONT PANEL............................................................................................................................................................. 8
REAR PANEL .............................................................................................................................................................. 9
3. SYSTEM CONNECTIONS ............................................................................................................................ 13
4. REMOVING THE TOP COVER ................................................................................................................... 14
5. SIGNAL GENERATOR ................................................................................................................................. 15
INPUT ....................................................................................................................................................................... 15
OUTPUT .................................................................................................................................................................... 16
JUMPER SETTINGS .................................................................................................................................................... 17
JP83 – DB to USB Ground ................................................................................................................................ 18
JP84/JP85 – Input Power Select ........................................................................................................................ 18
JP 86 – USB to Chassis Ground ........................................................................................................................ 19
JP 87 – Internal Signal to Chassis Ground ...................................................................................... 20
INTERNAL CONNECTIONS ......................................................................................................................................... 20
JP30 – Auxiliary Inputs ..................................................................................................................................... 21
JP31 – Status LEDs ........................................................................................................................................... 21
JP32 – Bus Expansion ....................................................................................................................................... 22
JP33 – Step & Direction .................................................................................................................................... 22
JP40 – Input Aux Header ................................................................................................................................... 23
JP50 – Output Aux Header ................................................................................................................................ 23
JP80 – Rear Panel Power .................................................................................................................................. 24
JP81 – Rear Panel Fuse .................................................................................................................................... 24
JP82 – Front Panel Switch .......................................................................................................... 24
AXIS PLUG-IN INTERFACES ...................................................................................................................................... 24
6. DRIVE SETTINGS .......................................................................................................................................... 26
CONFIGURING THE DRIVES ....................................................................................................................................... 27
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Setting the Current ............................................................................................................................................. 29
Setting Idle Current ............................................................................................................................................ 29
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Inertia ........................................................................................................................................................ 30
Step Size ................................................................................................................................... 30
STEP PULSE NOISE FILTERING .................................................................................................................................. 32
SELF TEST ................................................................................................................................................................ 33
ALARM CODES ......................................................................................................................................................... 33
7. MOTOR SIGNAL SETTINGS ....................................................................................................................... 34
8. STEPPER MOTOR CABLING ..................................................................................................................... 35
MOTOR WIRING FOR OTHER STEPPER MOTORS ....................................................................................................... 35
9. POWER BOARD ............................................................................................................................................. 37
10. DRIVER MODULE UPGRADES .................................................................................................................. 39
11. APPENDIX ....................................................................................................................................................... 45
SAMPLE WIRING DIAGRAMS .................................................................................................................................... 45
Typical Output Line Circuit ............................................................................................................................... 45
Typical Input Line Circuit – Internal Power ...................................................................................................... 46
Typical Input Line Circuit – External Power ..................................................................................................... 47