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User

’s Manual

 

For

 

DM542T

 

 

Full Digital Stepper Driver 

 

Version 1.0 

Designed by StepperOnline® 

 

 

                                                             

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Summary of Contents for DMT556T

Page 1: ...User s Manual For DM542T Full Digital Stepper Driver Version 1 0 Designed by StepperOnline 2017 All Rights Reserved Web site www omc stepperonline com E Mail sales stepperonline com ...

Page 2: ...of 4 lead Motor 4 Connections of 6 lead Motor 4 Half Coil Configurations 4 Full Coil Configurations 5 Connections of 8 lead Motor 5 Series Connections 5 Parallel Connections 5 5 Power Supply Selection 6 Regulated or Unregulated Power Supply 6 Multiple Drives 6 Selecting Supply Voltage 6 6 Selecting Microstep Resolution and drive Output Current 6 Microstep Resolution Selection 6 Current Settings 7 ...

Page 3: ...a higher microstep output thus offers smoother motor movement 15 selectable microstep resolutions including 400 800 1600 3200 6400 12800 25600 1000 2000 4000 5000 8000 10000 20000 25000 Soft start with no jump when powered on Input voltage 20 50VDC 8 selectable peak current including 1 00A 1 46A 1 91A 2 37A 2 84A 3 31A 3 76A 4 20A Pulse input frequency up to 200 KHz TTL compatible and optically is...

Page 4: ... 4oz Mechanical Specifications unit mm 1inch 25 4mm Figure 1 Mechanical specifications Recommend use side mounting for better heat dissipation Elimination of Heat Drive s reliable working temperature should be 45 113 and motor working temperature should be 80 176 It is recommended to use automatic idle current mode namely current automatically reduce to 50 when motor stops so as to reduce drive he...

Page 5: ...LOW Please note that rotation direction is also related to motor drive wiring match Exchanging the connection of two wires for a coil to the drive will reverse motor direction DIR ENA Enablesignal This signal is used for enabling disabling the drive High level NPN control signal PNP and Differential control signals are on the contrary namely Low level for enabling for enabling the drive and low le...

Page 6: ... lead stepping motors 6 lead motors have two configurations available for high speed or high torque operations The higher speed configuration or half coil is described because it uses one half of the motor s inductor windings The higher torque configuration or full coil uses the full coil windings Half Coil Configurations As previously stated the half coil configuration uses 50 of the motor phase ...

Page 7: ...de range of applications Series Connections A series motor configuration would typically be used in applications where a higher torque at lower speed is required Because this configuration has the most inductance the performance will start to degrade at higher speed In series mode the motors should also be run at only 70 of their rated current to prevent overheating Figure 7 8 lead motor series co...

Page 8: ... current from the power supply capacitor of the unregulated supply only during the ON duration of the PWM cycle but not during the OFF duration Therefore the average current withdrawn from power supply is considerably less than motor current For example two 3A motors can be well supplied by one power supply of 4A rating Multiple Drives It is recommended to have multiple drives to share one power s...

Page 9: ...arallel and serial connections of motor coils will significantly change resulting inductance and resistance it is therefore important to set drive output current depending on motor phase current motor leads and connection methods Phase current rating supplied by motor manufacturer is important in selecting drive current however the selection also depends on leads and connections The first three bi...

Page 10: ...ference performance of the drive it is recommended to use twisted pair shield cable To prevent noise incurred in PUL DIR signal pulse direction signal wires and motor wires should not be tied up together It is better to separate them by at least 10 cm otherwise the disturbing signals generated by motor will easily disturb pulse direction signals causing motor position error system instability and ...

Page 11: ...fective edge by 5 s to ensure correct direction c t3 Pulse width not less than 2 5 s d t4 Low level width not less than 2 5 s 10 Protection Functions To improve reliability the drive incorporates some built in protections features Priority Time s of Blink Sequence wave of red LED Description Over current protection activated when peak 1st 1 current exceeds the limit 2nd 2 Over voltage protection a...

Page 12: ...ystems can be traced to electrical noise controller software errors or mistake in wiring Problem Symptoms and Possible Causes Symptoms Possible Problems Motor is not rotating Motor rotates in the wrong direction The drive in fault Erratic motor motion Motor stalls during acceleration Excessive motor and drive heating No power Microstep resolution setting is wrong DIP switch current setting is wron...

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