Thanks Fraser, this really clarifies (I think the spec does not mention 'per second' explicitly hence the confusion about what the units represent). The remaining questions on this topic I have are: 1) Veolcity Max in the API is 115000 - is there any particular reason why this is 115,000? I can actu...

Hi I hope everyone is well and safe. I was wondering if you could help / clarify how acceleration and velocity of bipolar steppers works when connected to STC1003 and StepperController class. 1. Velocity: the VelocityMax in Stepper class is 115,000 but I can set it to much higher value and the motor...

Hi I have 2 suggestions for new Phidgets for your consideration: 1. VINT hub with more ports than hub0000, or a way to daisy chain them but having an option of e.g. 6 and 12 ports would be great for most uses. 2. Encoder input on VINT stepper controller boards (and others). I know this is controvers...

Thanks Patrick, the last firmware tool worked!

My plea to have this tool either as standalone or part of CP stands

Hi Patrick Thanks for prompt response. The firmware tool is throwing an error: 1. I use latest Win10 Pro (fully patched) 2. I connected only one board - 1067_0 to my usb (nothing else on any other usb) 3. I installed Phidget Ctrl Panel from 1 Nov (as the firmware tool has hard dependency on it) 4. I...

Also, is there a way to prohibit Phidget Control Panel to upgrade firmware when the user clicks on the motor? Sometimes it is useful to be able to control motors directly from Phidget Control Panel, e.g. for troubleshooting. But if double-click on the motor in Control Panel goes straight into firmwa...

Update: Firmware 203 for 1067 is not good. I definitely need a procedure to downgrade from firmware 203 back to 202. I have found an old 1067 stepper board with 202 firmware and tried using that board with my software - it works well. When I try the same code with the updated firmware (203), after ...

Hi I have upgraded a couple of 1067_0B boards from 202 firmware to 203 firmware today and would like to downgrade back to firmware 202 - how can I do this? I tried installing an older version of Phidgets driver but it would not offer option to install older firmware. There isn't anything in the API ...

Resolution (for the benfit of anyone who experiences something similar):

the stepper controller STC1003 has died, most likely one of the ICs on the board.

Hi I have 2 x stc1003 connected to 2 bipolar steppers and to a pc via vint hub and everything worked fine until I switched the set up on today. The steppers started making a singing noise and phidgets control panel can't see STC boards anymore (only another dcc1003 that is hooked up). I never had an...