laser tube fires only with test button!!

[LARRY1988]

im trying to make my laser tube on/off using z axis dir (controlled with mach3).
when im pressing the test button on the power supply there is red led turning on.
i wired z axis dir to the high ttl on the power supply and when z axis, and when z axis goes down the led turning on, and if z axis goes up the led turns off.
i guess that the signal is ok but still the laser tube not fires!!!
please HELP!!! i attached wiring diagram.... and im sorry for my english

 

[LARRY1988]

please...someone?
i realy dont know what to do...please...

 

[Cyparagon]

There aren't many experts on CNC here. You'll have to give more information. Does the laser tube fire with the test button? Where is the test button? Do you have a pinout of the laser power supply's connectors? What is the waveform for the Z axis signal output?

 

[The Lightning Stalker]

It could be that you connected the wires backwards. You are going to have to disconnect everything and test each piece individually. Figure out what the TTL input wants - inverting, non-inverting, or what. Then connect a VOM (or better yet a logic probe or oscilloscope) to the z axis outputs to see what is coming out of there. Worse comes to worse, you will need some type of circuit to convert the z axis signal into something the laser PSU can understand. Most likely though it's just a case of having the wires hooked up wrong.