Help - Machine Down
27 Apr 2016 17:25 #73958
by fc60
Help - Machine Down was created by fc60
Greetings,
Went to machine some parts on my milling machine. Four axis, XYZ and A(rotary table). Vertical mill.
Clicked on Home All, and as the Z-axis was homing I clicked on MDI to see if G55 was active or not.
Then all motion stopped.
Next, I click on Home All and the Z-axis is going the wrong way! It is headed for the table instead of going up and homing.
The only files I can see that were modified were emc.var and emc.var.bak.
I copied these files from an old configuration and pasted them into the current configuration.
Powered the computer completely off and restarted.
The Z-axis is still going the wrong way.
Please let me know what to fix as I need to make parts.
Cheers,
Dave
Went to machine some parts on my milling machine. Four axis, XYZ and A(rotary table). Vertical mill.
Clicked on Home All, and as the Z-axis was homing I clicked on MDI to see if G55 was active or not.
Then all motion stopped.
Next, I click on Home All and the Z-axis is going the wrong way! It is headed for the table instead of going up and homing.
The only files I can see that were modified were emc.var and emc.var.bak.
I copied these files from an old configuration and pasted them into the current configuration.
Powered the computer completely off and restarted.
The Z-axis is still going the wrong way.
Please let me know what to fix as I need to make parts.
Cheers,
Dave
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27 Apr 2016 17:34 #73959
by fc60
Replied by fc60 on topic Help - Machine Down
Greetings,
Had a vision. Better check if X and Y home properly.
So, I homed X and Y manually. All went well.
Then I removed the cover to the limit switches for Z.
Next I homed Z with my finger on the Red Button, just in case.
Surprise!!! Z homed properly.
Despite all is working, what happened originally?
Cheers,
Dave
Had a vision. Better check if X and Y home properly.
So, I homed X and Y manually. All went well.
Then I removed the cover to the limit switches for Z.
Next I homed Z with my finger on the Red Button, just in case.
Surprise!!! Z homed properly.
Despite all is working, what happened originally?
Cheers,
Dave
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27 Apr 2016 17:39 #73960
by Todd Zuercher
Replied by Todd Zuercher on topic Help - Machine Down
Just venturing a guess, sticky switch, bad contact, bad wire, or some other problem relating to the Z axis home switch signal.
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