Thermal Dynamics Ultra-Cut 300 XT, Operating Instructions Manual

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ULTRA-CUT 400 XT
Manual 0-5275 APPENDIX A-59
206 Not used. Reserved codes from the earlier product.
207 Unexpected Current in the Work Lead.
HCT1, a Hall Effect current sensor on the positive (work buss bar) measures the work lead current. Inverter
section 1A is enabled during preflow time but there should be no current in the work lead before the pilot is
ignited and before the arc is transferred to the work. If current greater than 8A is detected before or during
preflow something is wrong.
1. 207 code before START applied:
• Defective work current sensor, HCT1.
• Defective Relay PCB
• Defective CCM
Defective Sensor
• The work current sensor, HCT1, receives power, +15VDC and -15VDC from the Relay PCB. Both must
be present for the sensor to work properly. Measure between Relay PCB TP1 (or J1-4) to J1-1 for +15VDC
and to J1-2 for -15VDC.
• If or – 15VDC not present remove the J1 connector and repeat the measurement at J1-1 & 2 on the
Relay board. If the voltage is now present the sensor is defective or shorted (the harness may be shorted).
If voltages still not present, the Relay board is defective.
Relay PCB
• Relay board LED D12, Work Current Detected, will light if the current sensor signal exceeds 0.05V. If
D12 is on, measure the sensor output signal at J1-3 with signal common on J1-1. This signal should be
0V +/- 0.04VDC. If greater than +/- 0.04VDC with no work lead current, the sensor is defective. If the
signal voltage is within the limits and D12 is on, then the Relay board is defective.
• If D12 is not on and the 207 code is still active, either the Relay board or the CCM is defective.
CCM or ribbon cable
• The work current signal leaving the relay board is on the 40 pin ribbon cable (Relay J4 to CCM J23) pins
27 (-) & 28 (+). If the voltage here exceeds 0.1VDC with no work current the Relay board is likely defec-
tive. Another possibility is in the 40 pin ribbon cable either pin 27 or 28 is shorted to an adjacent pin.
Otherwise the CCM is defective.
2. 207 code after START applied (during preflow):
• Short between power supply negative output and Work circuit.
• Short between power supply negative output and earth ground.
• Defective or incorrectly installed user supplied equipment such as torch height controls that make con
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nections to power supply output.
Shorts are more likely to cause DC output voltage low (code 205). However, if the short has enough resistance
it is possible to show code 207. To test, remove negative output cable and reapply Start. If 207 code does not
appear problem is a short somewhere outside the power supply.
User Installed Equipment
For user installed equipment to cause 207 code it would have to be connected on the output (to the rear) of the
current sensors. To test, disconnect user equipment and apply CNC START. If code 207 is gone user equipment
was defective or connected incorrectly.