Stepper motor control with a joystick

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Hello people, i am working on a project that involves using stepper motors and easydrivers. So i uploaded some code to make the stepper motor turn when i use the joystick. The upload was fine but when i started testing it, i noticed that the stepper motor did nothing. No sounds no buzzing nothing. idk what it is but i then tried it on 4 other stepper motors and they did not work either. I also noticed from the box that the wires where all messed up (the motors came with the wires) some pictures are attached below. Here is an example:

The wire end the you plug the motor The end where you plug the Arduino
red -------------------------------------------------------------- red
black ------------------------------------------------------------ blue
blue ------------------------------------------------------------- green
green ------------------------------------------------------------ black

pls help as soon as possible.

May thanks, 1024_Bitcoins

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Please post your wiring, and how you have powered the easydriver please.

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We need code, a data sheet for the stepper, a data sheet for the stepper driver, what Arduino board you are using, what you have for a motor power supply. A schematic and photos of your wiring always help, too. Ideally, we need to have enough information to duplicate your project to be able to provide the best help.

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missdrew:
Please post your wiring, and how you have powered the easydriver please.

i am using a DC power supply from wanptek i put it at 9 volts which is what i used before and it worked and the wiring is

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groundFungus:
We need code, a data sheet for the stepper, a data sheet for the stepper driver, what Arduino board you are using, what you have for a motor power supply. A schematic and photos of your wiring always help, too. Ideally, we need to have enough information to duplicate your project to be able to provide the best help.

The code

#define step_pin 3
#define dir_pin 2 
#define MS1 5 
#define MS2 4 
#define SLEEP 7 
#define X_pin A0 
 
int direction; 
int steps = 1025; 
 
void setup () {
   pinMode (MS1, OUTPUT);
   pinMode (MS2, OUTPUT);
   pinMode (dir_pin, OUTPUT);
   pinMode (step_pin, OUTPUT);
   pinMode (SLEEP, OUTPUT);
   
   digitalWrite (SLEEP, HIGH);
   delay (1); 
   

 
   digitalWrite (MS1, LOW); 
   digitalWrite (MS2, LOW); 
   
}
 
void loop () {
  while (analogRead (X_pin) >= 0 && analogRead (X_pin) <= 100) {
    if (steps> 0) {
      digitalWrite (dir_pin, HIGH); 
      digitalWrite (step_pin, HIGH);
      delay (1);
      digitalWrite (step_pin, LOW);
      delay (1);
      steps--;
    }
  }
  
    while (analogRead (X_pin)> 100 && analogRead (X_pin) <= 400) {
      if (steps <512) {
        digitalWrite (dir_pin, LOW); 
        digitalWrite (step_pin, HIGH);
        delay (1);
         digitalWrite (step_pin, LOW);
        delay (1);
        steps ++;
      }
      if (steps> 512) {
        digitalWrite (dir_pin, HIGH);
        digitalWrite (step_pin, HIGH);
        delay (1);
         digitalWrite (step_pin, LOW);
        delay (1);
        steps--;
      }
    }
      
    while (analogRead (X_pin)> 401 && analogRead (X_pin) <= 600) {
      if (steps <1025) {
        digitalWrite (dir_pin, LOW);
        digitalWrite (step_pin, HIGH);
        delay (1);
         digitalWrite (step_pin, LOW);
        delay (1);
        steps ++;
      }
      if (steps> 1025) {
        digitalWrite (dir_pin, HIGH);
        digitalWrite (step_pin, HIGH);
        delay (1);
         digitalWrite (step_pin, LOW);
        delay (1);
        steps--;
      }
    }
 
    while (analogRead (X_pin)> 601 && analogRead (X_pin) <= 900) {
      if (steps <1535) {
        digitalWrite (dir_pin, LOW);
        digitalWrite (step_pin, HIGH);
        delay (1);
         digitalWrite (step_pin, LOW);
        delay (1);
        steps ++;
      }
      if (steps> 1535) {
        digitalWrite (dir_pin, HIGH);
        digitalWrite (step_pin, HIGH);
        delay (1);
         digitalWrite (step_pin, LOW);
        delay (1);
        steps--;
      }
    }
   
    while (analogRead (X_pin)> 900 && analogRead (X_pin) <= 1024) {
      if (steps <2050) {
        digitalWrite (dir_pin, LOW);
        digitalWrite (step_pin, HIGH);
        delay (1);
         digitalWrite (step_pin, LOW);
        delay (1);
        steps ++;
      }
    }
}

and what are data sheets? and i am using a arduino uno

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