Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 18 10:58:04 EDT 2015 | adventurelights
Thanks, have checked the vacuum tube and ribbon cables. They seem to look ok. Theta motor seems to be woking. I'm leaning towards the theta encoder going wanky. Is that possible?
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 01 15:25:09 EDT 2015 | adventurelights
Which encoder did you replace? The one sitting on top of the midas shaft and below the small board or the one attached t the motor next to it? I don't even know if the first one is an encoder.
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 18 21:47:14 EST 2012 | jaimebc
So just to update and close this thread, it was the ZFIB board ( the one mounted on top of the theta motor) that was causing the theta motor to error out) Problem fixed. $ 30 dls or so from MYDATA. Hope this helps some one down the road.
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 15 23:45:53 EST 2012 | jaimebc
robgd3, The Z motor can be purchased separately, however, the theta motor can't. You need to buy the whole midas head. I didn't get as far as dissembling the theta motor casing to get to the theta motor. That was my worse case scenario. We ran thou
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 06 20:23:35 EST 2020 | bilalfarooqi
Hey everyone, We use a MyData MY12 machine and we are experiencing a problem with the Midas head. I recently replaced a torn vacuum tube that goes on the zfib card. The machine worked perfectly for a day and a half but now MY12 has completely stoppe
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 13 11:41:23 EST 2012 | dontfeedphils
I can't remember what motor control cards in the machine are interchangeable, but if the controller card for the theta axis is a common control card then you can swap out the one currently controlling the theta axis with a different axis and see if t
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 20 15:03:37 EST 2012 | jaimebc
Bruce, Since we had spares, I replaced the X wagon cables, XFMB cable, nothing. FFX Cable, nothing. Swapped mot cards, nothing. Vaccum seal, nothing.At this point I truly believe the problem is either on the theta encoder or the theta motor. Unfortu
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 13 11:14:15 EST 2012 | jaimebc
For the past few weeks we have experienced an intermitent midas theta error.During normal production the machine times out while just after picking up a component waiting for the theta to center it.Sometimes it fails to leave a tool. Reinitianing the
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 16 18:20:39 EST 2011 | dontfeedphils
According to the message guide it just says that it's a error telling you to initiate the Hydra Theta axis. I suppose the encoder for the hydra theta motor could be losing count and causing it to need to be re-initiated, or it could be something to
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 15 19:56:18 EST 2012 | rgduval
I would have said it sounded like a motor/encoder problem...but, since you found the broken resistor, that was likely the source of your issue. The resistor and capacitor are a filter for the motor, MyData likes to put them on nearly all of the moto
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