Page 1 of 2
X axis drive fault.... need help
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 10:03 pm
by rppman
I have been a proud owner of a dc310b and a mpu 11 for a couple of years now. Always works great. Today I started the mill up and hit reset. "X axis drive fault". I have done a search and was unable to find any of my type of situation. I checked connections, all lights on the boards are green. Debug light was flashing but i think it always does. Number readout displays "1" which I think is normal. I know I haven't done anything to the machine, so I am wandering about my mach3 plugin for ajax. My system has just over 1000 hrs. On it.
I need help ASAP as i need to complete an aircraft order. Thanks, Scott
Re: X axis drive fault.... need help
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 7:40 am
by rppman
forgot to mention limits are jumped.
Re: X axis drive fault.... need help
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 8:39 am
by rppman
Come to think of it, I noticed the other day a little bit of noise coming from my x motor. I thought it was a ballscrew bearing. Could be a the motor? I have always had an issue with that axis. When i tuned that motor the setting were a lot different than the other two motors. If I put the same settings as the others the motor would go back and forth violently.
Re: X axis drive fault.... need help
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 6:37 am
by rppman
Ok I have done some more testing. I swiched x and y axis motor power and encoders to see if the problem followed the motor and it did not. Still said x axis drive fault. I will do a system check here in a while and see if i get any errors. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Scott.
Re: X axis drive fault.... need help
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 10:00 am
by Centroid_Liviu
Have you made any changes to your software configuration? You can try re-installing Mach3 and the plug-in (the install may have become corrupted somehow). Can you attach a screenshot of your configuration screen?
Re: X axis drive fault.... need help
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 11:38 am
by rppman
Mach3 has a system restore up to the previous 22 runs. I did that with no luck. I have not did a reload of mach3 and the plugin yet. I will try and get a snap shot of my config. Screen. You are talking about the ajax config screen right? Thanks for the help.
Re: X axis drive fault.... need help
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 12:27 pm
by rppman
Re: X axis drive fault.... need help
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 12:30 pm
by rppman
Re: X axis drive fault.... need help
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 12:37 pm
by rppman
When you reload mach3 and the plugin do you need to uninstall them first?
Re: X axis drive fault.... need help
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 12:38 pm
by Centroid_Liviu
You would need to uninstall them first. You should be given the option to keep your configuration backups but I would copy them over to a safe location just in case.