Light Machine Corp. Benchman XTr (retrofit)

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9 years 10 months ago #84162 by TGTROPIC
Steve,
we are not able to move the table at all either. when using the arrows on teh PC to move we get " Amps could not be enabled. If problem persists please contact tech support"
LED1 ON
LED2 ON
LED3 ON
LED4 ON
LED5 ON
LED6 ON
LED7 OFF
LED8 OFF
LED9 OFF
LED10 OFF
LED11 ON
LED12 ON
LED13 ON
LED14 OFF

I have swapped the computer from another machine that is presently working with no success.
we have a spare controller that we swapped out and with no change.
Thanks SO MUCH for continued help guys!!
TG

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9 years 10 months ago #84213 by steve_a
TG Tropic, I suspect the servo amps all have their status LED lit Green not Red? Also, have you ohmed out F5 (fuse 5) ? I can't imagine Light machines working on this board and not checking that but you never know.

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9 years 10 months ago #84215 by TGTROPIC
Steve,
I assume that you are referring to the Copley controls on our machine, and they are not lighted at all, red or green.
When I test for power on J10 I get 0 so they are getting nothing.

F5 test good.


TG

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9 years 10 months ago #84224 by steve_a
Well no lights.... THAT'S better! The Copley Controllers derive their power from the servo voltage supply. So the fuse is good and the next question is are you getting power from the transformer, Full Wave Bridge and inductor. So at connector J9 on pins 2 and 3 you should see 50V DC (I thought it was at least 70V DC but there should be some large DC voltage in that range.)

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9 years 10 months ago #84226 by TGTROPIC
Steve,
I was checking J9 and thought it was J10. Was looking for AC voltage there.
Getting 2.9vDC on post for black and white wire, but 0 when I probe the wires with the plug installed.
TG

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9 years 10 months ago #84235 by steve_a
I think you've found your problem... or at least you're really close. I had to refer back to some photos I took of my machine before I gutted the power supply. Also, my board is a little but different but the electronics are very similar. The numbering system is off but they are basically the same machine. Now I have to caution you... you're about to get into the 240VAC so you have to determine for yourself how safe you feel in your ability to work around high voltage. I know it scares me but I'm kind of like Bugs Bunny hitting bombs on the detonator to see if they are duds... so far so good. That being said ... there are two big honker coils in the middle of the machine and a full wave bridge rectifier that are supposed to supply you with the 50-70VDC you are supposed to be seeing across the white and black wires. From my photos, the black wire comes from the full wave bridge rectifier and the white goes into another coil and then into the rectifier. This is essentially the bigger coil acting as a transformer, the full wave rectifier converting it to DC and the smaller coil acting as a smoothing inductor for the output. What I would do is, with the power off, disconnect the spade connectors for the black (and green/yellow wire on my machine) and the white wire, power on the machine and see if I have DC voltage on those terminal on the Full Wave. If yes the inductor coil is open if no then there may be a problem with the transformer coil. SO if no, then I would look at the Drive Pilot light. If it is illuminated, the the transformer coil is likely open. If the pilot light is off then you are at page 1 of the schematic at co-ordinate 3 B and that is the circuit to examine next. It's a bit exciting because I'm thinking you can absolutely fix this. Good luck.

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