p>Thank you for purchasing the G320 drive. The G320 DC servo drive is warranted to be free of manufacturing defects for 1 year from the date of purchase. Any customer who is dissatisfied with it or is unable to make it work will be cheerfully refunded the purchase price if the G320 is returned…
Thank you for purchasing the G340 drive. The G340 DC servo drive is warranted to be free of manufacturing defects for 1 year from the date of purchase. Also anyone who is dissatisfied with it or is unable to make it work will be cheerfully refunded the purchase price if the G340 is returned within…
Thank you for purchasing the G320X drive. The G320X DC servo drive is warranted to be free of manufacturing defects for 1 year from the date of purchase. Any customer who is dissatisfied with it or is unable to make it work will be cheerfully refunded the purchase price if the G320X is returned…
The GM215 works as a multiple-axis motion controller when 2 or more drives are connected via its RS-485 interface. When used this way, one GM215 must be named as the X drive (SW3 = ON, SW4 = ON) to make it the master drive. Each of other drives must be set to a unique axis name (Y, Z, or W) using…
Thank you for purchasing the G201 drive. The G201 microstep drive is warranted to be free of manufacturing defects for 1 year from the date of purchase. Also anyone who is dissatisfied with it or is unable to make it work will be cheerfully refunded the purchase price if the G201 is returned within…
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE G201X AND G201
The G201X is 100% backwards compatible with the G201 and G210. It has several new features and performance enhancements:
1.) STEP and DIRECTION is +3.3VDC and +5VDC compatible at 2.5mA
2.) Recirculate mode during STANDBY greatly reduces motor heating while…
Thank you for purchasing the G202 drive. The G202 microstep drive is warranted to be free of manufacturing defects for 1 year from the date of purchase. Also anyone who is dissatisfied with it or is unable to make it work will be cheerfully refunded the purchase price if the G202 is returned within…
Thank you for purchasing the G203V drive. The G203V is Geckodrive’s new generation CPLD-based microstep drive. It has short-circuit protection for the motor outputs, over-voltage and under-voltage protection, over-temperature protection, reversed power supply polarity protection and will survive…
Thank you for purchasing the G210 drive. The G210 selectable step drive is warranted to be free of manufacturing defects for 1 year from the date of purchase. Anyone who is dissatisfied with it or is unable to make it work will be cheerfully refunded the purchase price if the G210 is returned…
Thank you for purchasing the G212 drive. The G212 Microstep drive is warranted to be free of manufacturing defects for 1 year from the date of purchase. Also anyone who is dissatisfied with it or is unable to make it work will be cheerfully refunded the purchase price if the G210A is returned…
Thank you for purchasing the G250X drive. The G250X microstep drive is warranted to be free of manufacturing defects for 1 year from the date of purchase. Anyone who is dissatisfied with it or is unable to make it work will be cheerfully refunded the purchase price if the G250X is returned within…
Thank you for purchasing the G251 drive. The G251 microstep drive is warranted to be free of manufacturing defects for 1 year from the date of purchase. Anyone who is dissatisfied with it or is unable to make it work will be cheerfully refunded the purchase price if the G251 is returned within 15…
PHYSICAL AND ELECTRICAL RATINGS
MINIMUM
MAXIMUM
UNITS
Supply Voltage
18
50
VDC
Motor Current
0
3.5
A
Power Dissipation
1
13
W
Short Circuit Trip
14
A
Temperature
0
70
°C
Humidity
0
95
%
Motor Inductance
1
30
mH
Input Frequency
0
200
kHz
Step Pulse “0” Time
2
uS
Step Pulse “1” Time
1
…
This is intended to help users solve common errors with the G540. If you cannot get your G540 to work properly after following the steps in this guide, please contact technical support by clicking here.Generally speaking, there are only a few number of reasons why the G540 will not function as…
Thank you for purchasing the G901X step pulse multiplier. The G901X is covered under a manufacturer’s warranty for one year from the date of purchase. If you are not 100% satisfied with the G901X you may return it for a full refund, minus shipping charges, provided it is like new cosmetically and…
Thank you for purchasing the G213V drive. The G213V is part of Geckodrive’s new generation of CPLD-based microstep drives. It has short-circuit protection for the motor outputs, over-voltage and under-voltage protection, over-temperature protection, reversed power supply polarity protection and…
Thank you for purchasing the G210X drive. The G210X microstep drive is warranted to be free of manufacturing defects for 1 year from the date of purchase. Also anyone who is dissatisfied with it or is unable to make it work will be cheerfully refunded the purchase price if the G210X is returned…
The GM215 is a 7A, 80VDC step motor drive with an integrated motion controller. It can be used as a step and direction input motor drive or as motion control enabled drive. The operating mode and mode related functions are set via the 10-position slide switch on side of the drive. The GM215 has 3…
This manual covers the GM215 when it's used as a conventional STP/DIR input step motor drive. Go to the GM215 MOTION CONTROLLER MANUAL if the GM215 is used as a motion controller and motor drive.
SWITCH SETTINGS AND CONNECTOR WIRING
Figure 1
GM215 SETUP FOR MOTOR DRIVE MODE
CAUTION:
Perform the…
This manual covers the GM215 when it's used as a motion controller and motor drive. Go to the GM215 STEP MOTOR DRIVE MANUAL if the GM215 is used as a conventional STP/DIR input step motor drive.
SWITCH SETTINGS AND CONNECTOR WIRING
Figure 3
GM215 SETUP FOR MOTION CONTROLLER MODE
CAUTION: The…
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CONFIGURE AXIS CONFIGURATION COMMAND
Syntax: a CONFIGURE: i AMPS, IDLE AT p % AFTER s SECONDS<ENTER>
Operands: a = X, Y, Z, W
CONFIGURE = configure axis command
0.0 <= i…
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MOVE MOTION COMMAND
Syntax: asn, asn, asn, asn<ENTER>
Operands: a = axis X or Y or Z or W
s = + or – or <SP>
0 =< n <=16,777,215 for s = <SP>
0 =< n…
Program flow commands break the normal sequential order of program flow by forcing an out of sequence location of the next command. Commands then execute sequentially again starting at the new location. The main program flow commands are unconditional jumps and loops (GOTO), calls and returns from…
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OUTPUT MISCELLANEOUS COMMAND
Syntax: a OUT n c <ENTER>
Operands: a = X or Y or Z or W axis name
n = 1 or 2 or 3
c = ON, OFF, BR, RS, ER
Operation: Outputs OUT1 or OUT2 or…
DOWNLOAD FIRMWARE UPDATE
To update the firmware on the GM215, please download the file below (right click and select "Save target as..."):
GM215 PIC Update Hex File (49KB)
DOWNLOAD DS30 BOOTLOADER GUI
Download the .exe file below and save it on your computer. Please make a note of the file location…
