Originally thinking, that the 24v power into the bottom board wasn't required as I wasn't using the original top board anymore was obviously the wrong thought, the bottom board still requires both sets of power inputs to run the steppers, so now all working, thankyou angel tech for some worthwhile a...

Yeah, i imagined it would not be cost affective to have it replaced, so decided to go the mach3 conversion route.....

got the charge pump working, but it doesnt turn off when e stop activated. Also I have no power to my steppers???? I have checked the 28v to the board and this is ok, but my motors arent locking up? fuse's are all ok on the board... any suggestions please??? is repair of the denstep board easy? I ha...

Thanks Angel Tech, I'll give it a go. Silly question how do I access the bios - in device manager - right click LPT port/properties etc.....

Currently converting my micro router to mach3, I have my BOB wired in, the e stop, x/y/z limits all work in mach3, the steppers lock up on switch on, but I can't get any power to the drivers through the BOB, the charge pump wont change state. I have the charge pump set up as output port/pin 1, there...

Yeah, I suspected a component failure, is it posbible due to the condition of the battery, that may have leaked onto the board, and caused further damage?

Do you know where I could get the drive board tested? Obv don't wanna have any more surprises.

Well, that was a short lived success. Now no LED. Have taken a closer photo of the connection's that do not look very good, (excuse the badly drawn arrow) but it now points to a burnt out blob on the surface of the board that was intact on the previous photo http://i876.photobucket.com/albums/ab326/...

You should be Ok just removing the 2 wires from the control transformer (bottom left) wire numbers 27 & 28 I presume & moving them to the terminals 60 & 61 (24volts). Both wires should be long enough to be moved. I often rewire this on service visits. Success, thanks guys http://i876.photobucket.co...

Thanks martin, that's made that alot clearer.

Hi, Is the wiring connection on this 25pin connector on the inside of my microrouter black box correct? As I would like to make a direct connection with the Baldor board from PC, and I assumed there should be more wiring than this?

I don't believe it does display a "-" when it is swtiched off but I will check. I've read the link and am a little confused about swapping over the logic supply voltage... Also I'm not entirely happy with overall condition of the Denstep board maybe due to its age, please see the below pic, http://i...

Microrouter v3- using VR5.54 I have gone to run my machine tonight and the seven segment LED on the denstep control board is not lit, I have checked all the fuses but they are all ok, the LED's on the spindle drive board and relay module are all on. Can anyone shed some light on this and hopefully p...

Hi, no, its the older model, the one with the red on/off switch.

http://www.ereplacementparts.com/porter ... _1873.html

The one on the denford website must be a newer version.

Hi, yes the LED is lit, it always shows the number 8 which I believe states that all is correct and functioning ok. I have an R232 cable joining the pc to the black box, is it worth trying a new cable? maybe a loose connection within the pin connecting plugs is causing an issue, can any standard off...

I am having issues connecting vr5 to my router, it has problems finding the .mnt file on the denstep board. It's been happening the last few times i've tried using my router. All com settings are ok and the correct machine is set in vr5, is it the denstep board beginning to fail or another issue. Af...

Hi, Does anyone know of a uk supplier for replacement 6mm or 1/4 collets for the Porter Cable 3102HD, as all I seem to find are from the US.

Or does anyone know of an alternative collet that would fit.

JSKRABA wrote:Hi
Its slow ie. it seams to stop and wait after each Gcode line, its the same in Turbo or Std its as though there is no buffering and the PC sends each line.

Hi JSKRABA, did you manage to resolve this issue?

Is the floating head on the c1000 a standard, or optional extra? and is it suitable only for only doing engraving on pcbs etc?

Ah great thankyou.

What are the differences between the 1000 and 1000 pro?