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Stepper Motor Troubleshooting

fuzion_reaktor
fuzion_reaktor over 11 years ago

Hello, my name is Peter R and for the past several months I have been building a 3D printer. I have the frame and everything done, but I consistently run into the issue where my stepper motors run erratically; when I issue a movement command they change direction at random, move in unpredictable spurts, clank, grind and make weird noises--and that's if I'm lucky enough to get them running at all. They appear to be uni-polar motors, and I have wired their four wires in as many orientations as possible and still get the same issue? Is this a board problem, or the motors themselves?

The motors are 17H249-02S motors, manufactured by Xuquan motor, but there is little documentation on them on the internet as far I have found.

Many thank to whoever can answer this.

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  • fuzion_reaktor
    fuzion_reaktor over 11 years ago in reply to D_Hersey +2
    Huzzah (yes I say huzzah) I have inadvertently solved my problem. My end-stops were wired improperly so the control board thought that they were closed. Thus my motors could never move in the direction…
  • fuzion_reaktor
    fuzion_reaktor over 11 years ago in reply to kidiccurus +1
    Motors, yes are a plugging in problem. This is just weird. But switching the two works and I have successfully printed a small misshaped cube...Progress...
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    0 D_Hersey over 11 years ago

    What I do in this situation is to build a dummy stepper motor.  I use power resistors to simulate the coils, I put an led + ballast resistor in shunt with each of these.  Alternatively, I could use light bulbs.  This is how I determine my stepper is getting the right signal.  Thinking about it, you have two coils being energized bidirectionally.  You would need to use two signal diodes, two (different color) LEDs and a ballast resistor for each coil.

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    0 D_Hersey over 11 years ago

    What I do in this situation is to build a dummy stepper motor.  I use power resistors to simulate the coils, I put an led + ballast resistor in shunt with each of these.  Alternatively, I could use light bulbs.  This is how I determine my stepper is getting the right signal.  Thinking about it, you have two coils being energized bidirectionally.  You would need to use two signal diodes, two (different color) LEDs and a ballast resistor for each coil.

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