Post by wanaaabee on Jul 4, 2020 12:09:10 GMT
I have a Mega V, after careful assembly I had success after first power up and initial movements without running any G Code. I loaded a short program and began testing not using a bit doing air cuts and observing the machine and its actions. The system would run for a random amount of time and then stall going off line. I sourced information here about others having a similar problem. I narrowed it down to similar problems that others had with interference. I then ran a homing cycle successfully and then disconnected the homing switches to see if the machine was entering a fault because of the limit switches and it ran the same way again entering into offline in UGS. The twist on that is after it entered into the offline status mid cycle, the control box shut down completely, lights out, fan off. I pressed the emergency stop, and unplugged the machine. I manually moved the machine to a safe position and initiated a restart. I plugged the control box back in and began a restart. When I released the E stop nothing happened. I waited a few minutes to see if it was a breaker of some sort, not sure if the box has one in the power supply to reset. I again did the procedure to restart the control box and the lights on the control boards blinked on for a second and then went out. The fan spun for a quick second and then again went dark. So here we are with no ideas. I am using a Mega V XL, Mac mini running the most current UGS, up to date on all updates on computer and software. I have the limit switches and the probe module.
Any help would be appreciated. I am thinking something went in the control box. There was no binding of odd noises when the event happened. I checked for free movement of all motors and found no issues. The system seemed to be working as described other than the random going off line. I also tried different USB cords to see if that was the issue. I have all of the power cords running away from any of the sending wires for the motors or sensors. They are at least 12 -24 inches separate.
Any help would be appreciated. I am thinking something went in the control box. There was no binding of odd noises when the event happened. I checked for free movement of all motors and found no issues. The system seemed to be working as described other than the random going off line. I also tried different USB cords to see if that was the issue. I have all of the power cords running away from any of the sending wires for the motors or sensors. They are at least 12 -24 inches separate.
