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I'm seeking some help getting a 3-axis K2 machine back up and running, and maybe revamping the whole control system.

It was having some trouble a few years ago with limit switch randomly...

Thanks Gerry -- I didn't know that about the motors and I just confirmed it with K2.
Sounds like that can definitely be an issue. No LEDs on the motors that I can see unfortunately.
Had almost...

Thanks for the suggestions Lee,

I agree I think its electrical. I put a small fan in the control area and opened it up so more air was getting in and out, and I still had a shut down. Unless some...

tips anyone? sorry getting a little desperate.

Actually maybe I mis-spoke -- the computer is connected to the controllers using parallel ports. The servos are connected by individual cables coming out of the controller box--here are a couple...

Hi Gerry,

The computer connects to the controller via parallel port.
I had definitely considered a single drive faulting, but the fact that every axis seems to have problems led me to believe...

Hi Ger -- thanks for responding. I suspect thats exactly right.

The latest development-- I'm realizing that it almost ALWAYS works after a good 24-hour resting period. If I use the keyboard jog...

Now yet another development. I loaded some gcode and ran it, and it started moving. I immediately stopped it with the space bar as it was in a bad position to run anything, and was able to move...

Hi Warren, thanks for the suggestion. I should have mentioned that I've been keeping an eye on the diagnostic page and no limit switch has been triggered.
I finally got the thing to move around but...

Hi --- first time poster.
I'm pulling my hair out with this problem that happened at the worst possible time in the middle of a big job--too late to outsource, so I'm hoping to get some...