Mega V controller questions

[alexlyn]

Hi,

I just completed my Mega V build last night and am having trouble getting it to move in the Y-axis. The right motor moves, but the left one does not, causing the machine to bind.

On my controller unit, I found that the external connections were in a different order from the assembly video: X, Y-Right, Z, then presumably Y-Left. Connected in this way, I am able to jog along the X and Z axes using UGS, but only the Y-Right motor moves when I try to move on the Y axis. The Y-Left motor itself works, because it moves if plugged into the Z axis connector.

Inside the controller, the motor wiring doesn't make sense to me. There are three stepper motor drivers, each connected with 4 wires to the X, Y-Left and Z connectors. The 4th motor connector just has two wires connected, so I don't know how it could even function as stepper motors require 4 wire connections. See attached. Is this how it is supposed to be wired?

How many stepper motor drivers should there be in the controller?

Any ideas?

[Bruce]

That doesn't look right to me either. There should be an X, Y1, Y2, and Z motor connections.
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[btreichel]

I had that problem once when I took the connections off the box and made the mistake of connecting one of the y axis to the 4th axis.

[alexlyn]

Thanks for the responses. I contacted MillRight support and it seems I received a Power Route controller instead of a Mega V controller.

[Bruce]

Sept 18, 2020 15:06:08 GMT alexlyn said:

Thanks for the responses. I contacted MillRight support and it seems I received a Power Route controller instead of a Mega V controller.

well that would explain it!