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Parallel Port breakout boards, motherboards, and dedicated accessories / Re: Connecting PMDX-126 to ESS

« on: September 20, 2016, 02:56:36 PM »

Steve:  Thanks.  I just ordered a few cables from you guys about an hour ago.  I wil get it set up with the one cable I have until the new cables arrive.   Can you recommend a regulated 5V power supply?  Thanks in advance.

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Parallel Port breakout boards, motherboards, and dedicated accessories / Connecting PMDX-126 to ESS

« on: September 20, 2016, 12:33:18 PM »

The instructions say "Connect the PMDX-126 to the smoothstepper using one or two 26-pin female to female ribbon cables"  It doesn't further expand on this.  Should I be using one or two.  My setup is as follows and I plan to draw 5V from the ribbon cable to power the ESS.

Setup:

PMDX-126 (Rev C)
PMDX-134
ESS

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SmartBOB controllers and dedicated accessories / Re: USB Device Not Recognized

« on: March 06, 2016, 08:45:53 AM »

This is just a follow-up if anyone was following this thread or may experience the same problem I had in the future.  This error was all my fault.  I plugged the usb header in backwards and the USB protection diodes kicked into action.  I also want say that Bob was outstanding with customer service and got me all fixed up.  Boards are up and running and now it's time to go cut some wood. I do have another silly question that I will post later. 

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SmartBOB controllers and dedicated accessories / Re: USB Device Not Recognized

« on: February 01, 2016, 04:31:54 PM »

Bob:  Last suggestion did not work either.  Serial #'s for the 2 PMDX-422 are 32604 Rev B1  and 32542 Rev B1

I'm going to Fedex these out to you.  Thanks

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Parallel Port breakout boards, motherboards, and dedicated accessories / Re: Terminal Plug Connect for PMDX-132

« on: February 01, 2016, 12:06:18 PM »

Yep, those are the ones I am referring to.  Thanks

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SmartBOB controllers and dedicated accessories / Re: USB Device Not Recognized

« on: February 01, 2016, 12:05:11 PM »

OK I will try these recommendations when I get to the shop. 
The USB hub was unpowered.  So it was getting it's power from the laptop. 

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Parallel Port breakout boards, motherboards, and dedicated accessories / Terminal Plug Connect for PMDX-132

« on: February 01, 2016, 11:00:54 AM »

I have a legacy PMDX-132 motherboard that I am using as a 3axis currently and I am adding a 4th axis.  Does anyone know where I can get 4pin terminal plugs for it.  I have no idea where I got the existing plugs I have from.  I purchased the 4pin plugs from PMDX, but the pin distance is too short.  They need to be 5mm. 

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SmartBOB controllers and dedicated accessories / Re: USB Device Not Recognized

« on: February 01, 2016, 10:55:40 AM »

I will send that info later.  I am not in the shop right now.  Do you think I might get any of these errors if the PMDX-134 is bad.  Should I try to switch that out?  I have an extra. 

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SmartBOB controllers and dedicated accessories / Re: USB Device Not Recognized

« on: February 01, 2016, 07:31:59 AM »

As per your latest instructions when I started Mach4 I get the error......   ERROR:Port auto-scan did not find a valid PMDX-SmartBOB-USB device.

After I hit ok, the following error pops up.  ERROR: Could not connect to the SmartBOBUSB device.  Please plug in or check the USB cable and re-start Mach4


I also tried to download firmware as per the instructions and get the error. Could not start firmware download
Error 7 Communication error

Another log file sent. 

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SmartBOB controllers and dedicated accessories / Re: USB Device Not Recognized

« on: January 29, 2016, 03:33:11 PM »

Bob:

So it turns out I have several issues.  But I am farther ahead today than I was yesterday.  So here's what I learned......

1. The PMDX-422 board I have does not work.  I actually have two, so I tried the second and now my USB not recognized issues are fixed. 

2. The internal USB connector I purchased, PMDX-USB-HDRtoB-Panel, does not work.  When I plug my computer directly into the PMDX-422 no issues.  USB is recognized. 

3. Trying to go into a USB hub on my laptop doesnot work. I have to go directly into the laptop. 

So here's my remaining issues.  I re-installed the COM driver as per your instructions and I can now see it under PORTS and COMS.  I started Mach 4 and it gave me the "Update Firmware" option.  I clicked "update" and it said "call PMDX for support".  I rebooted to see if anything would change, and now under device manager the STM Virtual Port has the yellow exclamation.  I am sending you a log file now. 

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SmartBOB controllers and dedicated accessories / Re: USB Device Not Recognized

« on: January 29, 2016, 08:56:14 AM »

Thanks in advance Bob.  I will give it a try. 

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SmartBOB controllers and dedicated accessories / USB Device Not Recognized

« on: January 28, 2016, 06:08:11 PM »

I am trying to get my new control box up and running but keep getting a "USB device not recognized" error. 

So here's the play-by-play.......

I am using a Dell Laptop running Windows 7 64 bit.  I have a PMDX-422 BOB connected to USB.  I am interfacing to a PMDX-134 . 

I installed Mach 4 hobby 4.2.0.2803 

I then installed SmartBOB-USB Mach4 Plug-in as per instructions.  The version is 0.36.171

When I plug the PMDX-422 into my computer as per the instructions, that's when I get the error.