I have two Vexta (Oriental Motors) ASD30A-A drivers each with a different firmware onboard. I also have a hyperlink cable used to communicate with them. I am wondering if anybody has experience with these systems and could help me determine which firmware is loaded on which driver. I would then need to have the firmware read on one of the controllers mounted in my control box to determine the correct driver unit to use.
Thanks Mark, they (shopbot) are kind of protective of their proprietary firmware which is loaded on the driver and replaces the factory loaded Oriental Motors code. I discovered this when I went and purchased the motor and driver unit directly from Oriental Motors in order to save a buck. All I am looking to do here is to have a look at the code on both the drivers so that I can determine which one is the correct driver to use. I did not keep them separate and now I am unsure which one is the modified driver. Bone head strikes again.
I have no programming background and have no idea of what program or interface to use to inspect the units. I am very curious to learn this as well as using arduino boards and other microprocessor boards to control these larger framed stepper motors and drivers. I will have a set of four 90 mm framed steppers and driver units free to use in other applications once I replace my Z axis with the newer system I am describing in the above paragraph. Here are the motors for anyone who is interested, the first photo is of the newer gearbox and stepper which has much finer steps than the older motor without gearbox which is the second photo.
I suppose I could just hook them up to the control box and observe how they perform to determine which driver unit is the correct match for the control software but where is the fun in that? I am probably going to need to reset or re install the factory firmware in the driver units which used to be installed on my CNC previously since they may be proprietary as well and could work poorly with an arduino or raspberry pi controller.
