Do I need to tie the ground of the relay module to one of the DB25 grounds? When I run my 445 nm 1400 mW laser module on the gantry, it has the power supply, laser, and DB25 grounds all tied together. Hopefully not permanently damaging anything on the left side of the opto-isolator by reverse-biasing that circuit path. 2) The E-stop needs to be set up or the G540 will not run without turning off the charge pump.
When you run mach3 loader, load the 540B profile.
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Download the XML from the gecko site and put it in the mach3 folder. They are often photos attached with highly-detailed drawings or labels of the physical components. I went back and looked compared my wiring to the above text diagram from Kirk and found I had things wired pin 7 and 9 reversed - fortunately I didn't fry the G540 because of it. 1) To get to run, just plug it in as advertised.
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Its components are shown by the pictorial to be easily identifiable. Geckodrive g540 wiring Gecko g540 controller Geckodrive g540 manual Gecko g540 G540 cnc Gecko g540 mach4 Gecko drives g540 Ul g540. IN1 voltage relative to the relay module ground is way out of whack. 4 Way Wiring Diagram Remote Western It is far more helpful as a reference guide if anyone wants to know about the home’s electrical system. Should adding this line to the HAL file fix it?: So what's good? Externally supplied voltage level to the relay module seems good and DB25 pin 17 is at least doing something when the spindle changes state in LinuxCNC.Īnd the bad? I expected DB25 pin 17 to behave as an active low output, but it seems to be behaving as an active high. Wiring Diagram Downloads: Gecko G540 Wiring Diagram with Spindle Control (265 downloads) Categories. VCC relative to GND (both on relay module) = 5.06 V (still good what the USB charger is supplying to the relay module)ĭB25 pin 17 (output 1) relative to DB25 pin (GND) = 2.68 V (was expecting 0 V in active state) NEMA23 381OZ/IN 3.5A MOTOR KL23HB with Cable for G540. NO contacts of relay open NC contacts of relay closed IN1 (same as DB25 pin 17) relative to GND (both on relay module) = 10.54 V (bad IN1 should be within 0-5 VDC range) VCC relative to GND (both on relay module) = 5.06 V (good what the USB charger is supplying to the relay module)ĭB25 pin 17 (output 1) relative to DB25 pin 18 (GND) = 19 mV (essentially zero was thinking it would be 3.3 or 5 VDC in inactive state) I fired up LinuxCNC with this configuration, homed the axes, and got the following results: Spindle section of HAL file is as shown in previous post (also included ini and hal files here - see attachments 3 and 4). DB25 pin 17 (G540 output 1) is connected to the IN1 terminal of the relay module (see "low" setting schematic of attachment 2).
Got the relay module mounted and powered with an old Blackberry charger (5 VDC 0.75 A) that I removed the mini USB connector from and added color-coded leads to (see attachment 1).