Bend-Tech Dragon mAchines, Troubleshooting Manual

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vi Bend-Tech Dragon Troubleshooting Guide
Contents
7.1.3 Smooth-stepper is not Connecting to
the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
7.1.4 Axis is not Responding or is
Responding Incorrectly . . . . . . . . . . . 42
7.1.5 No Power to the Control Box . . 43
7.1.6 Unknown Failure within the Control
Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
7.1.7 Control Box is Outdated. . . . . . 43
7.2 Replace the Motor Driver . . . . . . . . . 43
7.3 Replacing the Control Box Power
Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
7.4 Replacing the Smooth-stepper. . . . . 45
7.5 Replacing Control Box Fuses. . . . . . 45
7.6 Re-seating the Breakout Board . . . . 46
7.7 Replacing the Control Box . . . . . . . . 46
08
Sensors Troubleshooting ...... 49
8.1 Sensor Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
8.2 Checking a Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
8.3 Inspecting Sensor Cables . . . . . . . . 50
8.4 Setting a Proximity Sensor . . . . . . . . 50
8.5 A-Axis and Z-Axis sensors . . . . . . . . 51
09
Connections ............................ 52
9.1 Troubleshooting ESS Connections . 52
9.1.1 ESS Failure to Connect . . . . . . 52
9.2 Connection Lost While Machine is
Running . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
9.3 Ethernet Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . 54
10
Troubleshooting Mach3 ......... 56
10.1 Diagnostics in Mach3 . . . . . . . . . . . 56
10.1.1 Mach3 License Data . . . . . . . 56
10.1.2 Coordinating Dragon Designations
With Mach3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
10.1.3 Dragon Axis vs. Mach3
Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
10.1.4 Testing Homing Sensors in
Mach3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
10.1.5 Jogging With Mach3 . . . . . . . 57
10.2 Mach3 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . 58
11.2.1 Limits 3, 4, and 5 triggered
in Mach3 and Emergency Mode
Activated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
11.2.2 “Emergency” Box is Flashing Red
and Machine is Unable to Home. . . . 58
10.3 Reviewing G-Code in Mach3 . . . . . 58
10.4 Prioritizing Mach3 on the Computer 58
10.5 Opening Mach3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
10.6 Jogging in Mach3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
10.6.1 Jogging During Calibration . . 60
10.6.2 Jogging Between Projects . . . 61
10.7 Determining Machine Status in
Mach3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
10.8 MDI (Alt-2) Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
10.8.1 Input Text Box . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
10.9 Diagnostics (Alt-7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
10.9.1 External Signals . . . . . . . . . . 62
10.10 Ports and Pins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
10.11 Limit Switch is Triggered in Mach3 64
10.12 Leaving Mach3 Open . . . . . . . . . . 64
10.13 Diagnosing an E-Stop in Mach3. . 65