We recently purchased a Blackbox X32 we have it hooked up to a Nema 23 motor purchased from open builds.. Since we are brand new to CNC and GCode any help is welcomed. The first thing we are trying to do is speed up out stepper motor when we jog it, and increase the length it travels. We do not have he motor hooked up to a machine, this is more of a test bench scenario where we are just trying to get the motor to jog. I realize there are GRBL settings that need to be changed and any insight would be great. This is our first project so I am completely green about how to get this started.
Jog speed is determined by Steps per mm, Acceleration and Max Rate in Grbl Settings Steps per mm, because your commanded move is in mm/min - and on a real machine it would have to travel that real distance, in the real time unit. On a bench it may look "slow" but on a machine be moving very fast already. Our machines use +-200 steps per mm for leadscrews. If its belt driven - CONTROL includes a steps per mm calculator next to the input field in Grbl Settings Acceleration and Max Rate has to be tuned to the machine - to prevent stalling. See Grbl v1.1 Configuration · gnea/grbl Wiki Grbl v1.1 Configuration · gnea/grbl Wiki and Grbl v1.1 Configuration · gnea/grbl Wiki respectively. The whole Grbl wiki is worth a read
I cant even get my motor to due a full rotation. Do you have some recommended setings that I could try to get this running ? I am using open builds Nema 23 motor.
OpenBuilds CONTROL > Connect to the controller > Grbl Settings tab > Select any of our machines from the list > Save and reset when prompted. Could also be wiring, see docs:blackbox-4x:faq-identify-motor-coils [OpenBuilds Documentation]
