[TroyMckune]

I am brand new to the forum.

I have a 1998 Multicam MT22 that I have owned since new. For the last 19 years it has operated pretty much flawlessly with only spindle bearing replacement, X axis control board replacement, and just recently a new X axis lead screw and supernut. This machine has ran about 3-5 days a week for 19 years and has produced over half a million parts. The machine is connected to a Win 98 PC using the DNC software.

A week or so ago I was running a program and during routing it just stopped. Both Axis movement stopped and the spindle stopped. I looked at the controller and it said "WAITING" as if I had just turned on the machine. It then proceeded to go to the Machine Automation screen. A little freaked out I turned off and on the machine, reset home, adjusted program, and continued running flawlessly for the rest of the day and next.

Today during a drilling program it did it again and reset. This time I checked to see if the spindle was still enabled and it was. I reset everything again and it worked fine for the rest of the job.

I talked to Multicam and they said it is hard to troubleshoot but it could be the 5V power supply, the M23_4 Controller board (which they do not sell anymore), or loose connection or frayed wire.

Any thoughts or experience with this? Anyone have a M23_4 controller board for sale?

Thanks,

Troy Mckune

[NSchlee]

There's a M23-2 board for sale on Ebay. But if it were me I'd do more checking on your system, loose wires, and check the 5V PS as mentioned.

Neal

[MCPservice]

It sounds like you may have lose communications with your PC, check your serial cable from the computer to the control board.

I am brand new to the forum.

I have a 1998 Multicam MT22 that I have owned since new. For the last 19 years it has operated pretty much flawlessly with only spindle bearing replacement, X axis control board replacement, and just recently a new X axis lead screw and supernut. This machine has ran about 3-5 days a week for 19 years and has produced over half a million parts. The machine is connected to a Win 98 PC using the DNC software.

A week or so ago I was running a program and during routing it just stopped. Both Axis movement stopped and the spindle stopped. I looked at the controller and it said "WAITING" as if I had just turned on the machine. It then proceeded to go to the Machine Automation screen. A little freaked out I turned off and on the machine, reset home, adjusted program, and continued running flawlessly for the rest of the day and next.

Today during a drilling program it did it again and reset. This time I checked to see if the spindle was still enabled and it was. I reset everything again and it worked fine for the rest of the job.

I talked to Multicam and they said it is hard to troubleshoot but it could be the 5V power supply, the M23_4 Controller board (which they do not sell anymore), or loose connection or frayed wire.

Any thoughts or experience with this? Anyone have a M23_4 controller board for sale?

Thanks,

Troy Mckune