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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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
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 | Wed Aug 24 05:23:45 EDT 2016 | bukas
hello, DEK wont start and im getting this error message: motor com error, axis 1,2,3 fatal error, reinitialise machine. this happens about 30 sec after BIOSes are copied to shadow ram. euro sys cards are inserted properly and on segment display is s
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 31 07:40:58 EDT 2016 | bukas
BIOS stopped loading, now when I start machine monitor doesn't receive any signal. tried to start machine with different hard drive but nothing
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 31 08:12:37 EDT 2016 | ttheis
Search for the bios or motherboard on ebay. Type in the part numbers you find on the boards and see if anything comes up. Often these are standard pc boards. I've repaired my old MPM by finding the cards on ebay cheap.
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