Losing communication on Z (please help)
Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2021 12:50 pm
Hello everyone,
This week I started loosing full communication of the Z axis.
During a roughing tool path z stopped moving up and down. I stopped the machine and it would not move manually. Tested power and there was power going to the motor. When switching the wires y still would not move Z up or down. I powered down for about thirty seconds rechecked all the connections and still nothing. Tried resetting the controller to 4004 and 4003, still nothing.
Left it off for about 5 minutes powered it up, now everything works fine. Ran maybe 2 more projects with no problem at all. Then today it happens again. Went through all the pervious steps with the same results until I powered down for about 2 - 3 minutes and now everything is working fine again.
My control box is secure under the machine with minimal dust and I keep a fan blowing all the dust and chips away.
Just wondering if anyone has any thoughts on what could cause this? Or how to trouble shoot it further?
Any input would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Tom
This week I started loosing full communication of the Z axis.
During a roughing tool path z stopped moving up and down. I stopped the machine and it would not move manually. Tested power and there was power going to the motor. When switching the wires y still would not move Z up or down. I powered down for about thirty seconds rechecked all the connections and still nothing. Tried resetting the controller to 4004 and 4003, still nothing.
Left it off for about 5 minutes powered it up, now everything works fine. Ran maybe 2 more projects with no problem at all. Then today it happens again. Went through all the pervious steps with the same results until I powered down for about 2 - 3 minutes and now everything is working fine again.
My control box is secure under the machine with minimal dust and I keep a fan blowing all the dust and chips away.
Just wondering if anyone has any thoughts on what could cause this? Or how to trouble shoot it further?
Any input would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Tom