Unsure if my NEMA 14 stepper motor wiring is correct

Question

So I'm pretty brand new to Arduino's in general so I do apologize if its a simple mistake. But basically I'm trying to use the <Stepper.h> library to control my NEMA 14 motor on an arduino with a CNC shield and a A4988 driver. Specifically at this moment I am testing out this code:

/*
 Stepper Motor Control - one step at a time

 This program drives a unipolar or bipolar stepper motor.
 The motor is attached to digital pins 8 - 11 of the Arduino.

 The motor will step one step at a time, very slowly.  You can use this to
 test that you've got the four wires of your stepper wired to the correct
 pins. If wired correctly, all steps should be in the same direction.

 Use this also to count the number of steps per revolution of your motor,
 if you don't know it.  Then plug that number into the oneRevolution
 example to see if you got it right.

 Created 30 Nov. 2009
 by Tom Igoe

 */

#include <Stepper.h>

const int stepsPerRevolution = 200;  // change this to fit the number of steps per revolution
// for your motor

// initialize the stepper library on pins 8 through 11:
Stepper myStepper(stepsPerRevolution, 8, 9, 10, 11);

int stepCount = 0;         // number of steps the motor has taken

void setup() {
  // initialize the serial port:
  Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop() {
  // step one step:
  myStepper.step(1);
  Serial.print("steps:");
  Serial.println(stepCount);
  stepCount++;
  delay(500);
}

Now unfortunately when I run this code I can hear the motor whirring, but it doesn't revolve. I'm guessing that either I wired the motor incorrectly, or because I'm using a CNC shield the pins in the code should be different. Also, I've checked the voltage going into the driver in accordance with this website. I've also attached pictures below of my setup to just to make everything clear:

1. Picture of CNC shield atop Arduino board with wires connected as follows:

2. Picture of Stepper motor I'm using:

3. Specifications of the NEMA 14 motor I'm using: Can be seen here

I'm sorry for the convoluted post but I am kind've stuck so any help would be greatly appreciated and if there's any more info needed to help clarify my problem I will update the post or reply to your comments. Thanks!

Answer 1

I would first check with a multimeter which pins from the the shield have voltage. Draw on a piece of paper the sequence of pin activated by the driver and check your motor connection. Probably you have just inverted two wires, this would also explain the whirring sound.