no heartbeat and relays on always
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no heartbeat and relays on always
We have been using an acorn for almost a year on a router and love it, out of the blue last Saturday all the relays on the expansion board came on(turning laser cross, vacuum, dust collection and air on at once!) and the heartbeat went out. Now I can not communicate with acorn or do anything, we have checked all wiring and tried power cycling many times to no avail. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Re: no heartbeat and relays on always
My Board was also dead one day after running a new part.
Solution was a bad placed wire from one NPN home sensor, that got squeezed and shorted at max. Y travel.
Replaced the wire and took care of not to squeeze it, problem solved.
Uwe
Solution was a bad placed wire from one NPN home sensor, that got squeezed and shorted at max. Y travel.
Replaced the wire and took care of not to squeeze it, problem solved.
Uwe
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Re: no heartbeat and relays on always
Hello. the BBG might have been 'bricked'. if so perform the debricking procedure.redbrewsathome wrote: ↑Tue Jan 04, 2022 6:03 pm We have been using an acorn for almost a year on a router and love it, out of the blue last Saturday all the relays on the expansion board came on(turning laser cross, vacuum, dust collection and air on at once!) and the heartbeat went out. Now I can not communicate with acorn or do anything, we have checked all wiring and tried power cycling many times to no avail. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
posts to review.
https://centroidcncforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=2406
and
https://www.centroidcnc.com/centroid_di ... icker.html
if you still have an issue, please ask for an RMA and we will take a look at it and repair or replace.
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Re: no heartbeat and relays on always
went through the steps to diagnose and still no heart beat with bbg sitting on bench plugged into usb. time to try debricking?
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Re: no heartbeat and relays on always
no leds at all, have emailed centroid and talked to a lovely lady on the phone who told me someone would call but nothing yet!
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Re: no heartbeat and relays on always
cnckeith wrote: ↑Wed Jan 05, 2022 3:37 pmHello. the BBG might have been 'bricked'. if so perform the debricking procedure.redbrewsathome wrote: ↑Tue Jan 04, 2022 6:03 pm We have been using an acorn for almost a year on a router and love it, out of the blue last Saturday all the relays on the expansion board came on(turning laser cross, vacuum, dust collection and air on at once!) and the heartbeat went out. Now I can not communicate with acorn or do anything, we have checked all wiring and tried power cycling many times to no avail. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
posts to review.
https://centroidcncforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=2406
and
https://www.centroidcnc.com/centroid_di ... icker.html
if you still have an issue, please ask for an RMA and we will take a look at it and repair or replace.
Went through all the steps as you said but no difference, I need an rma# please!
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Re: no heartbeat and relays on always
Support will post an RMA here for you and instructions to follow in the morning
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Re: no heartbeat and relays on always
John,
Your RMA# is 35480. Please mark it on the outside of the box and send to:
Centroid
RMA# 35480
159 Gates Rd
Howard, Pa 16841
Your RMA# is 35480. Please mark it on the outside of the box and send to:
Centroid
RMA# 35480
159 Gates Rd
Howard, Pa 16841
Need support? READ THIS POST first. http://centroidcncforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=1043
All Acorn Documentation is located here: viewtopic.php?f=60&t=3397
Answers to common questions: viewforum.php?f=63
and here viewforum.php?f=61
https://www.centroidcnc.com/centroid_di ... _gear.html
All Acorn Documentation is located here: viewtopic.php?f=60&t=3397
Answers to common questions: viewforum.php?f=63
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https://www.centroidcnc.com/centroid_di ... _gear.html
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Re: no heartbeat and relays on always
Thank you, is it possible to purchase an ether1616 kit and a thc kit and have them sent back with acorn to save some shipping and packaging?centroidsupport wrote: ↑Thu Jan 06, 2022 10:24 am John,
Your RMA# is 35480. Please mark it on the outside of the box and send to:
Centroid
159 Gates Rd
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Re: no heartbeat and relays on always
I would have liked to see your control cabinet, and exactly what steps occurred that led up to the malfunction. It is important, the last thing you want is to put in a new Acorn and it happens again. So its best to try and get to the root cause of the problem first.redbrewsathome wrote: ↑Tue Jan 04, 2022 6:03 pm We have been using an acorn for almost a year on a router and love it, out of the blue last Saturday all the relays on the expansion board came on(turning laser cross, vacuum, dust collection and air on at once!) and the heartbeat went out. Now I can not communicate with acorn or do anything, we have checked all wiring and tried power cycling many times to no avail. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Basic diagnostics and troubleshooting should happen.
Following this post would be most helpful help provide suggestions.
https://centroidcncforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=1043
Centroid will inspect your board and they will be able to determine whether it was a component failure or damage.
My personal experience in 5+ of working with Acorn, is that I have not experienced any Acorn failures because of components on Acorn. I HAVE experienced failures because of self inflicted mishaps. I have also noticed intermittent operational problems by users not following good or proper wiring practices. This is not to say you didn't get an Acorn with a component failure. Electronics components do have a failure rate. Centroid does understand the importance of reliability in machine motion control, so they do their best to source reliable components from reliable sources.
Can you explain what was going on step by step leading up to the failure?
Marty
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We can't "SEE" what you see...
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