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products use differential outputs.
5.1.1 Differential Control
For most systems you will use differential step and direction. The step and direction outputs are located on the bottom
row of RJ1, the large mod jack block. See the diagram below.
Figure 19 Differential Step and Direction Mod Jacks
The pinout for the mod jacks is shown below.
Function
Reserved
RJ45 Pins
1
White &
Colors
Orange
Table 2 Axis Control Mod Jack Pinouts
For any drive from MachMotion, you can plug it directly into the axis control mod jacks.
Note: For more information on the Drive Enable signal, see Drive Enable section.
5.1.2 Single-Ended Control
For single-ended control you can use the terminals on TB1 (the large green terminal block). The top row is for the
direction signals and the middle row is for the step signals. The first letter on each terminal is the axis name and the
second letter is the function (D for direction and S for step). See the picture below.
Table 3 Singled-Ended Step and Direction Terminals
5.2 Enabling Your Axes
After your drives are connected to the Apollo I, open up Mach3 and enable your axes in the following way:
Drive Error
Direction +
2
3
White &
Orange
Green
Drive
Enable
GND
(SOV)
4
5
Blue
White & Blue
Direction -
Step +
6
7
White &
Green
Brown
Step -
8
Brown
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