I need a little help.

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I need a little help. I think one of my drivers has just failed - when I home z, one tower (delta printer) plunges to the bottom, goes back up to the endstop switch at the top and then vibrates for a brief moment. Any z movement sends this tower downward if starting from home position. My fault - I was showing someone how the delta moves with it turned off. My question: can I reconfigure the M5 driver to run the z motor and, how?

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This should help you : http://smoothieware.org/3d-printer-guide#toc30

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Thanks, Arthur - I thought so but wanted to check before doing it!

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And… got it in one. A rarity for me!

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What are the specs of the motors on your printer? Recommended motors usually don’t cause problems from manual movement but there are many motors with poor specs which will

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I don’t know specifics for certain but it is a standard, Chinese, NEMA 17 running @ 1.5a. I wouldn’t doubt the “poor specs” at all. I’ve replaced many parts on this printer so far. Too many!

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What’s the winding resistance, winding inductance and rated voltage?

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Well, rated unknown but running @ 12 volts.