Hi all,
I realise this is a very frequently encountered problem, but I keep getting stuck with the documented advice and wondered if anyone could help. So my printer I'm making has a dual stepper Y axis, running of a Duet 0.85. I had both steppers wired up in parallel but kept running into issues with motors skipping. After reading around, I thought rewiring them in series would help (if I could get em wired correctly!!).
I've tried to use the infamous series wiring diagram posted as part of the reprap pro instructions.
![400px-Reprappro-huxley-z-motor-wiring.png]( "400px-Reprappro-huxley-z-motor-wiring.png")
My steppers are NEMA 17's, the LDO-42STH47-1684AC models. The ones I have are not wired but have 6 pins that a connector plugs into, with only 4 of these pins being used (so two 'blanks'). I was given wires and connectors with the steppers, but the colour coding is completely different.. if you imagine a birds eye view of a stepper motor, with the spindle pointing up towards you and the pins downwards it goes:
Pin 1 = BLACK
Pin 2 = (N/A {BLANK})
Pin 3 = RED
Pin 4 = GREEN
Pin 5 = (N/A {BLANK})
Pin 6 = BLUE
I keep getting it wrong trying to think what my wire colours correspond to the wiring colours on that diagram of the left stepper. If anyone can help me figure this out I'd appreciate it!
I realise this is a very frequently encountered problem, but I keep getting stuck with the documented advice and wondered if anyone could help. So my printer I'm making has a dual stepper Y axis, running of a Duet 0.85. I had both steppers wired up in parallel but kept running into issues with motors skipping. After reading around, I thought rewiring them in series would help (if I could get em wired correctly!!).
I've tried to use the infamous series wiring diagram posted as part of the reprap pro instructions.
My steppers are NEMA 17's, the LDO-42STH47-1684AC models. The ones I have are not wired but have 6 pins that a connector plugs into, with only 4 of these pins being used (so two 'blanks'). I was given wires and connectors with the steppers, but the colour coding is completely different.. if you imagine a birds eye view of a stepper motor, with the spindle pointing up towards you and the pins downwards it goes:
Pin 1 = BLACK
Pin 2 = (N/A {BLANK})
Pin 3 = RED
Pin 4 = GREEN
Pin 5 = (N/A {BLANK})
Pin 6 = BLUE
I keep getting it wrong trying to think what my wire colours correspond to the wiring colours on that diagram of the left stepper. If anyone can help me figure this out I'd appreciate it!