Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 28 07:31:40 EST 2012 | bk
I'm assuming it's your x wagon tranducers that are out of synch. So the first place to start is look at your couplings on both x motors and make sure one of them isn't broken or starting to break. After that i would try swapping out your x board with
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 22 21:24:02 EDT 2019 | richgreen01
Hi All I have the above machine and every day on start up i get the failed to initiate hardware message.I have been getting around this by re initiating the motor controllers and it is good to go after this.Does anyone know the causes of the initiat
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 06 14:33:53 EST 2020 | bk
Another thing you can check is where the bar comes down off of the hydra z motor there is a little bearing you can see from the front make sure that bearing is turning even oil it up a little. You can also adjust the tension by loosening the tiny set
Electronics Forum | Mon May 09 19:00:47 EDT 2022 | SMTA-64387687
Z-force sensor is a tool travel indicator. It has nothing to do with Z travel. Does the Midas head move at all, during initiation? It sounds to me like a Z motor/encoder problem. Is the Midas head ribbon cable plugged in?
Electronics Forum | Mon May 09 19:27:19 EDT 2022 | mikevb
Thanks for the response. Yes, the z motor initializes in the service program just fine. It moves and reads a position. Also in the service program, I try to test the z force sensor and it gives me the same error - no z indicator at all. All cables ar
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 28 18:00:31 EDT 2024 | alexv
The tapping noise is what you hear when Hydra taps each tool on the tool bank to make sure the tips are seated well. The error is a Z-motor problem. The gear is at the top of the Hydra and needs grease. Have you cleaned the old grease and applied new
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 19 04:23:38 EDT 2007 | chrispy1963
You dont mention if it is ONLY occuring with the A12 or is it other tools as well? Only spring tools or Stiff ones? Regardless of that, the small X Wagon motor is controlled by the track ball and the bigger X Axis motor is controlled by the joystic
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 06 12:41:37 EST 2011 | bk
That depends on what service screen you are using there are 2 of them.One is the exit to service under your exit prompt. The other is an extended version of the service program and you have to exit tpsys under the exit prompt and type in service -x w
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 21 12:48:13 EDT 2009 | bk
ok you verified that the motor was bad. So now i would go back and verify that your voltages are still good on the back of the computer box and on the booster board. If they all check out fine. I would take the mot x board from your working machine a
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 18 03:55:39 EDT 2007 | allgood
Thank you for the reply - and yes its a TP9-UFP! Problem doesnt happen all the time and may not happen for extended periods on the job where we see it most - this particular job uses all feeder slots so the head is whizzing back and forth quite a l
