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===== Spindle refuses to spin ===== | ===== Spindle refuses to spin ===== | ||
VFD (Variable Frequency Drive motor driver - big controller box near the floor on the South side (+X) of the machine) Green light -> Power. Switch is on small box beside the controller box. Circuit breaker is on the East wall labelled Precix. Red light -> Drive fault. Press the light/button to reset. | VFD (Variable Frequency Drive motor driver - big controller box near the floor on the South side (+X) of the machine) | ||
Green light -> Power. Switch is on small box beside the controller box. Circuit breaker is on the East wall labelled Precix. | |||
Red light -> Drive fault. Press the light/button to reset. | |||
Sometimes the serial port on the PC gets into a weird state and comms are lost to the drive. A full power off, power on reset of the PC is needed to clear this problem. | |||
===== Mach3 errors, gantry refuses to home/move ===== | ===== Mach3 errors, gantry refuses to home/move ===== | ||
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Well, don't do that. Something about the probe screen/script being lame and leaving the machine in the wrong units, from step 6 in quick start above: | Well, don't do that. Something about the probe screen/script being lame and leaving the machine in the wrong units, from step 6 in quick start above: | ||
6) Zero the Z axis using a piece of paper and ‘INCR” jog mode, or Z-PROBE. If using Z probe, first check probe speeds and distances in the probing screen | 6) Zero the Z axis using a piece of paper and ‘INCR” jog mode, or Z-PROBE. If using Z probe, first check probe speeds and distances in the probing screen. | ||
===== Ethernet SmoothStepper ran out of data in the middle of a move ===== | ===== Ethernet SmoothStepper ran out of data in the middle of a move ===== | ||
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* Improperly tuned acceleration or velocity settings that cause slippage on an axis | * Improperly tuned acceleration or velocity settings that cause slippage on an axis | ||
* Power was removed from the motor drivers, and the axes drifted or moved from their set position | * Power was removed from the motor drivers, and the axes drifted or moved from their set position | ||
===== Spindle won't reach all the way down to the table ===== | |||
Someone removed the 6 screws that hold the spindle motor plate to the Z axis and raised it 2 inches. Move it back down. | |||
===== You can help expand this list by hopefully not breaking the Precix too badly! ===== | ===== You can help expand this list by hopefully not breaking the Precix too badly! ===== | ||