Stepper motors should hold position when error.

I am running a 3 axis CNC mill with stepper motors, through a 7i76eu card running linux CNC. Currently when one of the motor drivers gets a fault, the motor lose all power. This is problematic for the Z axis, which uses a stepper motor with a brake. When its driver gets a fault the brake is engaged, but there is a delay, in the meantime the z axis is in free fall for about 10cm. Is it possible to program the stepper drivers in such a way that when they get a fault they stop the motors and hold the position.

Thank you for all the answer and suggestions in advance.

Faults from stepper drivers are wired as inputs on mesa card. When fault is triggered mesa triggers emergency stop.

Does the drive itself power down on a fault?

Yes,

the motor driver detects the fault and sends the signal to the the mesa. When driver detects the fault it also disables the motor (causing the z axis to fall). What I want is for the driver to stop the motor and hold position when it detects a fault not disable it.

Can you change the drives disable behaviour?
If not, is there a way to reset the drive?

That is what I am trying to figure out. I searched online but found nothing.

Can you reset the drive by disabling and immediately re-enabling the drive?
That is something that could be done in hal (at least for Z)

(assuming you have the drive enable connected)

This is dependent on the outputs and inputs of the stepper driver you are using. Can you share more?

Personally, I don't think you can achieve what you want.

But getting faults on the drive implies an incorrectly set up stepper. Fix that and the problem goes away.Try reducing the current on the drive.

I have built my CNC just this month so I have only conducted test cuts, and have not gotten a driver error while machining yet, i just thought such a setup would make more sense if it did happen.

How are errors on drivers on CNC mills usually set up.

I am using Motor Driver CL-HSS860 driver with nema 34 stepper motor.