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You should get a green LED.ĥ) Measure the voltage on DB15 to DB25 gnd. Here is a sure-fire test for the E-stop to Mach3 feedback.ġ) Remove all DB9 and DB25 cables from the G540.Ģ) Set the slide switch to IGNORE CHARGE PUMP.ģ) Jumper DISABLE term 10 to terminal 12.Ĥ) Connect power supply to terminals 11 and 12. Yes, I've jumpered the 10 & 12 together and removed the cable as per some instructions found here in post #9: I'm pretty certain it's not the E-Stop switch itself.
#Gecko g540 enclosure Pc#
PS Do I have to have the PC on and Mach3 up and running for the fault light to clear, i.e., can I just power the Gecko from the Power Supply and expect it to "not" have a fault? PM me and I'll give you a call if you've got some ideas and are willing to help. I've exhausted every means I can think of to get it to work other than another PC.Īny help or insight would be most appreciated. I'm off work too and really need to get this up and running if possible.
#Gecko g540 enclosure install#
I really don't want to install everything on another PC just to get this up and running. When I power up the PS, the red fault light on the Gecko stays on.
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Power to the Gecko, loop for E-Stop and the 25-pin cable. One wire coming from Pin #11 to the V+ on the PS. One wire coming from Pin #12 to the V- on the PS. One wire coming from the E-Stop button to V- on the PS. One wire coming from Pin #10 to one side of the E-Stop button. The E-Stop is a normally closed switch and breaks circuit when pressed. I've verified that the Charge Pump on in EStop is checked. I've manually switched the Charge Pump off at the front of the Gecko and the Power Light then goes Green. I've even connected an RS232 Check/Tester between the cable and the Parallel Port inlet on the Gecko and the only LED that's on is #11. I've tried changing things to Active Low, but then Mach3 complains and asks if I want to let it auto configure the Pins. I changed the BIOS to show EPP+ECP as well as "Bi-Directional" since one site says EPP+ECP is okay and another states a "Send&Receive" mode is okay. I've installed another parallel port (LPT2) and made changes to all the ports in the Config Ports & Pins to reflect Port #2. I've downloaded and tried the 540BVFD.xml. I've checked the cable pin for pin and all 25 pins are a match. These are the things I've tried thus far: I have read everything I could get my hands on from the net for the past 3 days regarding Gecko and it's fault light clearing. I have a brand new Gecko G540 and Keling KL-350-48 Power Supply with Mach3 (Latest version) The good thing is you only need to do this on one end.Geckodrives are on holiday leave. Unfortunately the case gets chipped easily when taking it apart. A couple of the other trims are a bit off, but I think I can get to them at least. I'm not sure how much I will need to trim, but that would make it very hard to do.
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it's off and well, it turns out the holes on the cover may be a bit off, but the last one was really off on my g540. The reason I openened it was to find out what version it was and also to see if the trim pot on the edge could be moved to match the hole. I think a screw on case may work too and keep you from making your brand new G540 look old after you open it. The reason I guess was designed this way, or at least one of the reasons is that the case is used as a heat sink. It's hard as heck so I ended up bending the tab a bit and it shows unfortunately. This is one of the toughest cases I have had to open. Do this on the opposite side and pull the middle cover out as you do this. I found this to be the best way to do this.
#Gecko g540 enclosure driver#
To open the case, put a small flat screw driver from the side of the tab and push up. Gecko G540 (There are many resellers out there, the current version as of this writing is 8). Mini Mill Item # 44991 found on this page (This one is from harborfreight, but a few others are available). I'll try to keep them in an order that will be easy to follow. I will be adding items and or pages as they come up. So I hope this will be of some interest or just a nice read for anyone. I try, but it's what I know I like to do and I know I'm pretty good at this, and this is one of the reasons I'm starting a new site here on google. I'm just a novice so I still have a lot to learn myself, but I like to document things in an easy to follow manner so others can understand. This is also my first cnc item so I have a long way to go, but just want to make sure that others have a good idea as to what this is and does in case they are interested in cnc machining as well. I want to document this process as much as possible as it's not something you do overnight. I've had this mill for a few years now, but my intentions was always to convert to cnc. Basically I want to eventually convert my harborfreight mini mill to cnc. There are many reasons as to why but I'll stick to the subject. This past Friday my Gecko G540 finally came in.