Duet and Dual Motors On Z Axis
Posted by ElmoC
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Duet and Dual Motors On Z Axis December 13, 2015 03:47PM |
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Does the Duet support a mode where I can use the 5th motor drive (for a second extruder) as a second driver for the Z axis? The documentation I have been able to find all show a second motor connected via a tee to the one driver. I've never been a fan of this configuration and was hoping to use this other driver since it will not be used otherwise.
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Re: Duet and Dual Motors On Z Axis December 14, 2015 05:51AM |
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Does the Duet support a mode where I can use the 5th motor drive (for a second extruder) as a second driver for the Z axis? The documentation I have been able to find all show a second motor connected via a tee to the one driver. I've never been a fan of this configuration and was hoping to use this other driver since it will not be used otherwise.
Currently not. However, unless your Z motors are low current/high voltage types then there is no reason not to connect them both in series and drive them from one driver, as RepRapPro does in their Mendel and Huxley kits. If they are low current/high voltage types, connect them in parallel instead.
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Re: Duet and Dual Motors On Z Axis December 14, 2015 06:24AM |
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ElmoC
Does the Duet support a mode where I can use the 5th motor drive (for a second extruder) as a second driver for the Z axis? The documentation I have been able to find all show a second motor connected via a tee to the one driver. I've never been a fan of this configuration and was hoping to use this other driver since it will not be used otherwise.
Currently not. However, unless your Z motors are low current/high voltage types then there is no reason not to connect them both in series and drive them from one driver, as RepRapPro does in their Mendel and Huxley kits. If they are low current/high voltage types, connect them in parallel instead.
You said to connect the same type in both parallel and serial.
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Re: Duet and Dual Motors On Z Axis December 14, 2015 07:17AM |
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ElmoC
Does the Duet support a mode where I can use the 5th motor drive (for a second extruder) as a second driver for the Z axis? The documentation I have been able to find all show a second motor connected via a tee to the one driver. I've never been a fan of this configuration and was hoping to use this other driver since it will not be used otherwise.
Currently not. However, unless your Z motors are low current/high voltage types then there is no reason not to connect them both in series and drive them from one driver, as RepRapPro does in their Mendel and Huxley kits. If they are low current/high voltage types, connect them in parallel instead.
You said to connect the same type in both parallel and serial.
No I didn't, please re-read it, in particular the work "unless".
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/14/2015 07:18AM by dc42.
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