Fanuc 6T - 401 SERVO alarm
Tsugami Mercury lathe with Fanuc 6T. Got this old beast cheap and repaired the mechanical problems. Am learning Fanuc programming. After several weeks of programming, got the lathe to make parts and was in the middle of editing a line and suddenly got a "401 SERVO" alarm. Found "HCAL" LED illuminated (high current alarm) on the X-axis (left side) velocity control PCB #A20B-0009-0320/07C. After much mechanical checking, found nothing. Swapped the 2 velocity PCBs and the "HCAL" stayed with the PCB. I have been trying to troubleshoot to find the component(s) responsible, but need a schematic to go farther. The ICs Q3, Q4, Q5, Q6 and some of the resistors in that area have fantastically different voltages between the two PCBs. Again, swapped the PCBs and the voltages stay with the PCB. I believe the problem is on the PCB, not in the axis drive. Any ideas? or can anybody supply me a schematic diagram? I tried first with GE Fanuc and had NOOOOO luck. Also had no luck trying to connect the 6T to a PC so I didn't have to stand at the control, but no luck. If this problem can be solved, I will be back to trying to connect to RS-232. Thanks for any help!
401 ERROR HCAL LED LIT REPAIR
I FIXED MY IKEGAI AX25 FANUC 6T AS SUGGESTED 401 SERVO AND HCAL LED LIT.
1.I SWAPED BOARDS A20B-0009-0320 AND THE PROBLEM FOLLWED THE BOARD, "MAKE SURE"!!! THE PLASTIC JUMPERS LOWER LEFT HAND OF BOARD
ARE SET FOR X AND Z ON MY MACHINE THEY ARE SET DIFFERENT. REMOVE TWO CONNECTORS AND RELEASE TABS THAT HOLD BOARD, BEND TABS JUST ENOUGH TO REALEASE TO FAR AND THEY WILL BREAK.
2. IF PROBLEM FOLLOWS THE BOARD THEN REMOVE BOARDS AND REMOVE 1" SQUARE ISOLATION AMP AT6L-0300-00317 USING A SOLDER SUCKER AND SWAP THESE "BE CARFULL TO REMOVE PART GET ALL THE SOLDER OUT" . IF PROBLEM FOLLOWS THEN REPLACE WITH FANUC PART I PAID $168.00
3. AFTER I REPLACED THE PART AND POWERED UP I WENT TO DIGOS # 800 AND 801 AND ADJUSTED BLUE TRIM POT MARKED "OFFSET" (LOWER LEFT)
AND SET 800 AND 801 TO ZERO BY TURNING KNOB RIGHT OR LEFT
Summary the AT6L-0300-00317 is a common part failure the proudcure too about an hour and save me the cost of a complete board and or service call
Pratt & Withney fanuc 0m Alarm 401 almost Solved!
Hey! First of all Thanks to all the bloggers because they helped me to almost solve my problem.
2 weeks ago i bought a 1988 Pratt & withney tape drill mate (a little dinosaur). When i saw it at the shop it was working fine.
But when it was delivered to my place. I installed it and turned it on and OMG! 4 alarms!
401 Vrdy off
x axis not detected and also for the other 2 axis.:tired:
I started by reseting, turning off, on, off on,, and nothing...
so i saw that the 3 axis amplifier had a red led (HC) and obviously, the vrdy led was off...
i saw the diagnostis and there were the bits of the 3 axis in high current...
i checked ground, voltages, phases, inverted phases, and nothing:drowning:
Then i chequed the motors with my multimeter. impedances of .3 to 1 ohms and 3.5 mega ohms with ground... so the problem was not there... I turned it on with servos disconected and there was an issue with the y and z axis. Z axis was because of the break so i conected it. Alarm gone but still y axis.
i checked the diagnostics and there still was an issue with y axis (overcurrent). I swapped the x n y logic cables and the problem swapped from x and y. (drive problem) so i read that maybe the power transistors were busted. I chequed them i even splited them (x and Y) but the problem still in the same axis. :confused:
So i called many companies here in mexico, including fanuc and i received the solution of changing the drive card or even changing the complete drive.
Here the prices:
Only card:
fanucFA: 2,400 USD
other shop: 3,200 USD (chair)
Other Shop: 1,240 USD
Complete Driver
Other Shop: 1,750 USD
I was about buying the complete drive when i read in this forum about the tiny black boxes with a yellow sitker. So i took the advise and swapped the modules from x and y axis and Voala!!!! the problem followed the chip.:banana:
Now i'm looking for someone to sell it to me. i will replace it and see what happens. If it works i'll save a lot of money. Now i see that cnc service is a very good business...
Thanks to all for blogging.:cheers:
Guillermo