Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 12 14:39:23 EST 2020 | SMTA-Alex
Do you have a photo of the actual error?
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 12 14:44:56 EST 2020 | alvarez94
Thanks for responding, this is the photo of the error that appears on the screen
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 12 14:53:21 EST 2020 | SMTA-Alex
Looks like an X-belt problem. is it tensioned correctly, not too loose or too tight? Or the X motor is acting up.
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 12 15:15:10 EST 2020 | SMTA-Alex
Not really, just eyeball. Does it look too loose or feel too tight. Is it lubricated properly, is there enough grease on the sprockets? Also, check the ribbon cables. They might be damaged.
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 13 16:23:07 EST 2020 | alvarez94
I checked it and there is no problem with the lubrication the cables are in good condition. The band feels a little loose I will try to make the adjustment to see if that is the problem.
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 21 17:12:43 EST 2020 | SMTA-Alex
Have you performed the maintenance? It might need grease, or there might be excess old grease, that's putting more friction on the Hydra Z. Check if there might be interference from the vacuum tubes or wires.
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 21 18:27:23 EST 2020 | tomdegas
Thanks for the quick response. I’ll try it tomorrow and let you know if that worked. I do grease it but there may be residual older grease still there.
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 03 12:36:14 EST 2020 | tomdegas
I cleaned and re-greased everything on the Hydra head and I even changed the motor and encoder and it still gives me the timeout error Z/156. Where do I look now? My machine has been down now for 3 weeks.
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 03 13:35:29 EST 2020 | emeto
So to sum up: you have no mechanical blockage, you have new motor and encoder. That leaves only two more parts(cable and Hydra Z-Controller).
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 03 13:40:44 EST 2020 | tomdegas
I swapped out the cable with no luck. The Hydra Z controller is the board on the right side of the Hydra head with everything plugged into it right?
