Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 07 17:17:43 EDT 2023 | ttheis
We swapped the Y1 and Y2 pc800 controllers with no change. We swapped out the UIMC III-I cards from another machine with no change. VRM amps all look OK, no errors. The machine moves the head both in the x and y directions during the zeroing attemp
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 07 12:42:42 EDT 2023 | ttheis
We checked the three pacsci pc800 servo controllers and they all look OK, no red or error lights. VRM amps all look OK. Still haven't found the issue.
Electronics Forum | Sat Jul 08 02:21:40 EDT 2023 | unsung
I did clean the gold strip and black encoder box pretty good it took me a few trys but it work ( it did had rust on the machine from the rain I guess... from being out side for awhile)
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 11 18:19:18 EDT 2023 | unsung
You're welcome hope you repay it by helping someone else here.
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 28 22:42:34 EDT 2023 | unsung
I work on a few of these Universal machines before. Check your severos ( I believe their 6 of them ) in the back of the machines all of them should be on. If you see a red light on one of them it's gone bad and that's your Y axis card. It's easy to
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 27 05:28:32 EDT 2023 | ttheis
We powered up our Advantis machine after leaving off for several months. When we powered it up went to zero it we get an error on the y1 axis during zeroing. Command move home: pattern step 0. The y negative limit is hit during homing, the axis then
Electronics Forum | Sat Jul 08 02:10:31 EDT 2023 | unsung
Wipe down and clean the 2 Gold strips on Y Axis and the encoder ( located on both sides of the machines covers must be removed ) Probably has dirt happen to someone who had an old universal 2007 that was sitting outside in the open air for a few day
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 10 13:08:21 EDT 2023 | ttheis
Thanks, I do recall reading about loading firmware onto some of the VME cards (VRM axis controllers I believe.) I will review this again. I agree that it seems to be some issue with reading axis position after hitting the home switch. The first thin
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 10 13:57:21 EDT 2023 | ttheis
We were able to get the machine to zero after 'scrubbing' the encoder head. We used a piece of paper towel and IPA and slipped it between the head and the scale. We moved it back and forth a few times to clean the head then blew out any remaining dus
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 07 17:33:25 EDT 2023 | jdengler
Since you haven't received any useful advise I will throw my 2 cents in. I do not know this machine but in general what you describe is an axis that does not get it's home pulse in time. Many machines will have an in-range sensor that gets flagged
