I Need Help!
I have an old, small knee mill and controller from the 80's with 2- spindles and 2- Z axis.
The pieces:
• 4 Brush Servos w/Tach and Encoders (Encoders_5v, 8 leads)
(Servo Dynamics)
• 4 D/A Boards (Servo Dynamics)
• 4 Servo Amplifier boards (Voltage: Peak/Continuous_100/92,
Current: Peak/Continuous_15/10 Amps) (Servo Dynamics)
• 1 Numericon 850 Controller (Pre DOS?_big _difficult input_impossible
output_program dumps every time the controller is shut off,
default often, must shut off at every default)
Recently the Y axis went nuts and continued to drive the servo anytime power was applied without a program running or any manual jogging input.
I traded the D/A board with another axis and the problem transfered to that axis.
The mill has 2 spindles and 2 Z axis so I eliminated the second Z axis and used that board for the Y axis.
This worked fine and I was able to proceed _For several days.
Then the controller screen displayed "Excess Error", the D/A board red lighted and I can't control a thing.
(104v are are being sent to the servo anytime the 15+/- Bias Power is supplied to the Model 1015-10 Amplifier board)
I swapped encoders_No change.
Opened servos_Some coolant and brush dust_Cleaned up/No help.
(Damage already done to boards?)
Do you have any suspicions as to what initiated the failures?
What options do I have?
Dump controller and boards_Run Mach2/3 with modern boards?
What integration issues will I encounter if I try to retain the Motors, Tach & Encoders?
Thanks In Advance For Your Help!