Tri-axial Stepper Motor Driver Operational Manual

Operation
3 major operational steps for DB3540L3C-RG2 stepper motor driver in operational order as follows: 1, check whether power supply and ground are short-circuited or not by visual inspection; power supply voltage is 24V positive pole and negative pole are shown in the below figure ; check whether indicator lamp D1 of 24 V power supply and indicator lamp (D2) of 5V power supply are light if light normally, then take operation step 2, if not light, please refer to annex 1.

2, Cut off power supply and connect driver to the motor parallel port, and then power on, check whether motor is locked or whether can be turned, if locked, then take operation step 3, if not , please refer to annex 2.

3, MACH3 or any pulse generator that gives driver pulse through the parallel port,
check whether motor runs normally, if normally, motor is driven successfully; if not, please refer to annex 3.

Note: the above 3 operational steps are to be taken in number order; operation in inverse order is prohibited. Annex1 Error Both D1 and D2 are off Analysis 1 Check whether Analysis 2 24V Lamps are poorly or broken

power supply is properly soldered

connected or not (remark 1) Check whether D2 is Power on D2 with 5V D1on and D2off poor soldered, if not, power supply if the check whether DCDC lamp is on, the lamp is output voltage is 5V D1off and D2on D1is poorly ok, if not, the lamp is

broken (Remark1) soldered D1is broken(remark1)

(remark 1) Remark 1 if lamps are broken or poorly soldered and power supplies normally, operation step 2 can be taken. Annex2 Error Analysis 1 Analysis 2

All the axes are not Check locked voltage

whether of

the Check

whether

optical- 74LS14chip and U14 is

couplers front and back properly ends of enabling is connected measure

normal or not Single or multiple axes Optical-coupler are not locked ok check

voltages of 7 pin and 14 pins is Check whether

whether corresponding pins of chip are

corresponding axes of 74LS14

74LS14 chip are poorly properly connected to soldered or defectively driver chip soldered Remark 2if single or multiple axes are not lockedoperation step 3 can be taken. Annex3 Error Motor Analysis 1 doesnt the pull-up resistor of pulse optical-coupler Analysis 2 Measure the voltage of front

optical-

rotate pulse indicator lamp of corresponding axis is normally on when there is no pulse

coupler, if normal, the corresponding pulse

on corresponding axis M is poorly soldered or broken

optical-coupler is not ok, if abnormal, front

ends of 74LS14 are poorly soldered or

defectively soldered Measure the front Motor doesnt rotate, Indicator lamp is broken or poorly soldered voltage of opticalcoupler, if normal, the corresponding

when generating pulse, the pulse indicator lamp of corresponding axis is normally dim

pulse optical-coupler is not ok, if

abnormal, front ends

of 74LS14 are poorly soldered Motor rotates in one Optical-coupler direction or

defectively soldered front Corresponding direction optical-coupler problems has

ends 74LS14 pins of corresponding axis are poorly soldered or

Motor heats up

defectively soldered Current is too high, Check

whether

driver

adjust dial switches T1 chip is short circuited or Motor squeaks strongly T2 Adjust attenuationD1,D2 not by visual inspection

Setup steps for connecting MACH3

Connect the control signal port on driver to parallel port on PC, open MACH3 for configuration. Firstly, set up ports and pins open ports and pins under the menu of configas the red circle shows .

Fig. 1 configuration menu

Fig. 2 frequency configuration

Basic frequency can be set up as circle 1 shows in fig. 3 this parameter has effect on the rotation speed of the motor. After setting up frequency, come to circle 2 for setting up pulse and direction.

Fig. 3 pulse direction configuration

In fig.4, the configuration in red circles is made based on the control signal pins of the driver; configuration varies on different driver or interface board. Here configuration in fig. 4 is made based on DB3540L3C-RG2.

Fig. 4 Relay and enabling configuration

Fig. 5, Pin numbers in relay and enabling configuration are also related the definition of control signal.

Fig. 6 Step pulse configuration

fFig. 6 Step pulse configurationModification path is Config->Motor Turning If the maximum setup output frequency is F the maximum setup step pulse value in above fig. 6 should not be more than that of half value of next period otherwise MACH3 will not retch its maximum speed.

Fig. 5 Limit switch configuration

Fig. 7 shows the pins of limit switch, here is also configurated based on the definition of control signal.