Originally Posted by
Delw
Raps
I may be off base but I had some problems as well with a machine that was moved and it was a nightmare to figure out.
first check the obvious the power, make sure you have the right power coming in to the right transformer connections on the back of the machine, that will play havok with you when you engage differnt functions of the machines like your spindle orient.
then on the side of the machine were the cards are check all the connections mainly the bullet plugs ( wiggle them why the power is on) following is a pic they are copper colored.
my case was a few problems, bullet connectors ( one wasnt connected the others were loose and a bad spindle drive, but its gets worse. I was down for a month and left to my self to figure it out.
got the new spindle drive figuring that was the problem. still didnt work and did what your talking about ( kinda)
it would work then would then would etc. soon as I took a cut, did a spindle orient , did a tool change, or the x moved in a rapid the alarm would come on was a freaking nightmare.
in trouble shooting and by pure accident there was a jumper on the new spindle drive number 38 and 39 if you look at the pic closely you will see they are not screwed in, however with a screw driver everything was tight. I checked everysingle wire on that entire machine for tightness. in a panic/rage I started getting a tad pissed and pulling wires a little to hard this is when I noticed that the jumper came right out. put it back in and tightend it but it wouldnt tighten. both screws were stripped and wouldnt hold a wire if they had too.
once that was done I never had another problem
like I said mine was a combination of things all due to shipping and a bad spindle drive( parts of the drive actually broke off in shipping we found out when we opened the drive up)