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Wiring Servo Stepper Motor to Black Box Controller

Discussion in 'Controller Boards' started by Eastalamotrading, Jun 22, 2020.

  1. Eastalamotrading

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    Hello, I recently purchased a used CBeam that is modified to cut 30"x30", it has linear rails and ball screw and Im currently using Mach 3. The Y axis has an upgraded Clearpath servo stepper motor (SDSK-2310 RQN). I am going to purchase the Black Box Controller and was wondering if anyone knows how to wire this servo motor to the Black Box.
     

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    BlackBox's focus is on being self-contained with onboard stepper drivers. It does not directly support external drivers.
    Also not sure if Grbl supports those either, Grbl works with stepper drivers that have Step/Dir/Enable inputs
     
  3. Eastalamotrading

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    I’m thinking of purchasing the high torque stepper motor from openbuilds and replacing the see I. Will this solve the problem?
     
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    Yes, refer to start [OpenBuilds Documentation] for more
     
  5. Eastalamotrading

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    Great, so the stepper motors from open builds are just plug and play with black box?
     
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    Yes, all our stuff, are designed to work well with all our other stuff :)
     
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    Will the high torque motor have enough power to move the bed on an expanded cbeam that has an bed 30” x 30”
     

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