Sanguino v1.2: Problems with Stepper Motor Drivers v2.3

Hello,

I built in the past weeks a Mendel - bought the elctrical Kit from iPrint3d.

So far I have the following parts hooked up:
1 RepRap Motherboard v1.2, Sanguino ATMEGA644A
3 Stepper Motor Driver v2.3
3 Opto EndStops v2.1
3 Stepper Motor

On the software side I use:
Arduino 0022 with the Tonokip Firmware
RepSnapper as Host Software

I can upload the firmware without any troubles.
I start RepSnapper and am able to move the X-axis in the interactive tab.

However if I want to move Z- or Y-axis they just won't turn.

Z-Stepper Motor Driver: when I power the RepRap the 4 LEDs besides the connector to the motor are lighting up but the motor just won't turn.

Y-Stepper Motor Driver: when I power the RepRap not even the 4 LEDs are lighting up. Although the power-LED is light.

If i unplug the ribbon cable which leads from the motherboard-X to the X-stepper driver and replug it so that it goes from motherboard-X to the Y- or Z-stepper driver the motors work just fine.

In the configuration.h file every direction is turned on, so I really don't know anymore what to do.
Do you guys have any suggestions as to what I should try next?
Is it maybe possible that on my motherboard the Y- and Z-connectors are not properly soldered or in another way faulty? (Although I bought it preassembled from iPrint3d)

Thanks in advance for your answers.
Cheers from austria
David

EDIT: If I try to move the Y-motor +10 the LED on the Y-Opto-Endstop is lighting up. In reverse if I try to move the Y-motor -10 the light at the LED vanishes. Still the motor just won't turn.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/09/2011 10:17AM by david_bru.

Hi,

What are the potentiometers on the stepper motor drivers set to? Are they all the same, or is the X driver set slightly higher than the others? For reference, mine are set to about 1/3 on, and that's with a RAMPS setup and these motors.

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The potentionmeters are all as well 1/3 turned on - just as yours. Even if I turn them an additional 1/3 the motors just won't move. They don't even try to move.. That's why I suspect, that it's the two male IDC connectors on the motherboard (Y and Z) which are faulty.
And as far as I can tell, I use the same motors in my setup.

Only difference I can see now between your setup and mine is that I use the Sanguino while you use RAMPS.

If the end stop leds are affected by the firmware, rather than the flag, it looks like your firmware pin configuration is wrong. It looks like the Y direction pin is connected to the endstop.

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@nophead: you may have a point there sir or madam.
at least pin number 19 is used twice. once for X_ENABLE_PIN and once for Y_ENABLE_PIN.
and pin number -1 is also used three times (FAN_PIN, PS_ON_PIN and KILL_PIN)

i just redownloaded the original tonokip firmware and it's the same there. so the question is, how do i fix the pin numbering?
trial and error? or is there a certain method to test it? or is there maybe even already a fix for that? and tonokip just didn't update it yet?

halleluja.. it works.
i changed the pin configuration according to this picture:
[www.flickr.com]

so my new pins.h looks something like this:
#define X_STEP_PIN 15
#define X_DIR_PIN 18
#define X_ENABLE_PIN 19
#define X_MIN_PIN 20
#define X_MAX_PIN 21

#define Y_STEP_PIN 23
#define Y_DIR_PIN 22
#define Y_ENABLE_PIN 24
#define Y_MIN_PIN 25
#define Y_MAX_PIN 26

#define Z_STEP_PIN 27
#define Z_DIR_PIN 28
#define Z_ENABLE_PIN 29
#define Z_MIN_PIN 30
#define Z_MAX_PIN 31

thanks for all the help..