need help setting up, and troubleshooting config for a 48" X 48" X 5" router

as soon as i finish my cup of coffee, i will try the Chinese blue board settings.

i don't suppose there is anybody in Maine, USA that could do a house call?

~Travis

I'm in Missouri but a riding buddy made it to New York a few years back does that help?

JT

not much, but thanks

ok, here are my findings of the settings, and such.
the steppers run smoothest at the setting for L298 preset, not so much at the blue board settings.
more importantly, i noticed the noise was actually the steppers stalling. admittedly, i do have to clean and lube the machine, but i suspect that is just the sign pointing to the real problem. i don't think my cheap Chinese drivers are supplying the 5A that the seller stated they would produce, so my steppers don't have the get-up, n go to get over the small bumps of debris. i suspected that may be the case, but i had hopes that it would work anyway.

I have ordered, and i am currently waiting for the recommend slide and screw grease to arrive from amazon (no local suppler). when it arrives, i will completely clean and lube the machine, and see if it still stalls. i have dosed the machine with WD40 when i got it to prevent rust, but that is it so far.

~Travis

You might lower your acceleration if your not using a high voltage. What voltage is your drive running on?

JT

i am using a temporary 18V, 20A PSU. i have some 36V PSUs on order.

~Travis

More volts should help. In the meantime try lowering the voltage and acceleration until the machine doesn't stall.

The issue with jogging working in Stepconf but not in LinuxCNC is likely to be due to Stepcof not even trying to enable the drives, whereas LinuxCNC is trying to enable the drives, but is actually disabling them.
So, try inverting the amp-enable pin(s) in Stepconf.