NextStep powering up problems
Posted: Wed 22 Sep , 2010 17:34 pm
Andy - I have been working with Steve on this one - but have lost communication over the past two days. He must be on holiday.
Situation - Machine - Microrouter Compact - 5 years old
When NextStep is powering up - I have a middle dash in the LED light in the upper left hand corner. I understand that that indicates the power up test failed to find any valid firmware in the flash device.
I've checked all the fuses on the circuit boards and switched out the cable with one I have on my other machine (1000).
More ... when I hit the estop the relay is not kicking in!
Also - when powering up we are not getting through to the guard mechanism to auto unlock. We've taken out the estop and blown it out and it appears to be mechanically functioning ok - what I mean is there are no broken parts and the switch isn't mushy.
The NextStep USB is loaded and running.
I'll send a couple of pics - one will show the z axis motor control switch on the blank panel - that is where my problems first started - I was getting the z axis traveling down toward the table when autohoming and bottoming out at the end of travel and bouncing hard up and down. I responded to this problem by looking at, then cleaning the limit switch. That's when my other problems began to emerge.
Could I be seeing the circuit board with the motor controls and relay on it, going out???
Situation - Machine - Microrouter Compact - 5 years old
When NextStep is powering up - I have a middle dash in the LED light in the upper left hand corner. I understand that that indicates the power up test failed to find any valid firmware in the flash device.
I've checked all the fuses on the circuit boards and switched out the cable with one I have on my other machine (1000).
More ... when I hit the estop the relay is not kicking in!
Also - when powering up we are not getting through to the guard mechanism to auto unlock. We've taken out the estop and blown it out and it appears to be mechanically functioning ok - what I mean is there are no broken parts and the switch isn't mushy.
The NextStep USB is loaded and running.
I'll send a couple of pics - one will show the z axis motor control switch on the blank panel - that is where my problems first started - I was getting the z axis traveling down toward the table when autohoming and bottoming out at the end of travel and bouncing hard up and down. I responded to this problem by looking at, then cleaning the limit switch. That's when my other problems began to emerge.
Could I be seeing the circuit board with the motor controls and relay on it, going out???