DM442 Digital Stepping Drive Manual V1.0
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Problem Symptoms and Possible Causes
Symptoms Possible Problems
No power
Microstep resolution setting is wrong
DIP switch current setting is wrong
Fault condition exists
Motor is not rotating
The drive is disabled
Motor rotates in the wrong direction
Motor phases may be connected in reverse
DIP switch current setting is wrong
The drive in fault
Something wrong with motor coil
Control signal is too weak
Control signal is interfered
Wrong motor connection
Something wrong with motor coil
Erratic motor motion
Current setting is too small, losing steps
Current setting is too small
Motor is undersized for the application
Acceleration is set too high
Motor stalls during acceleration
Power supply voltage too low
Inadequate heat sinking / cooling
Automatic current reduction function not being utilized
Excessive motor and drive heating
Current is set too high
DM442 Digital Stepping Drive Manual V1.0
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13. Professional Tuning Software ProTuner
Introduction
This section will provide an overview of connection and basic setup instructions for Leadshine’s
digital stepping drive DM442 using the ProTuner software. These instructions will walk you through
the following steps necessary to start up your drive and motor. This section is intended for setting up
the drive with the ProTuner.
Software Installation
The ProTuner is windows based setup software for tuning Leadshine’s digital stepper drive DM442.
It can run in windows systems, including Win95/Win98/WindowsNT/ Windows 2000/Windows XP.
And the selected PC should have 1 serial port at least for communicating with the drive.
Double click “ProTuner_DM442_V2.0.exe” to begin installing the ProTuner. See Figure 11. Click
Next to enter the “License Agreement” window. See Figure 12.
Figure 11: Begin to install the ProTuner
Note: The user can get it from either Leadshine CD or website. Please get the latest version
from http://www.leadshine.com
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