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External Motor Drivers

Discussion in 'General Talk' started by Jeremy Schuld, Apr 14, 2025 at 10:05 AM.

  1. Jeremy Schuld

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    hi everyone I am new and building my first machine utilizing the frame of an old CNC. I have large nema32 6.0 amp motors and I have digital stepper drivers (DM860T) to power them. My question is how do I connect them to the black box x32? Is that even possible? I need step/dir signals. I’m trying to wrap my head around all this stuff. Thank you.
     
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    Available on the interconnect header inside - they are labelled, but note soldering to the backside of the pins does void warranty, BlackBox is not intended for use with external drivers.
     
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    I think my board a different version because those pins do not exist. That’s the direction CHATGPT led me down also. Got a recommendation for a different controller?
     
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    All BlackBoxes has the pins labelled inside next to the interconnect header....

    Did you open it up and take a good look?

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    Even the old 4X since 7+ years ago had the labels :)
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