[maxman]

Hi Guys,

This is a question for any MCAM techs out there. I have had my Multicam for 13 years and have fixed most things on it, but now I am stumped.

Problem is basically this, When i try to home the machine the keypad spits out an error the the Dust Collector is NOT open. This causes the homing sequence to hang and then I cant home my machine or run any jobs on it. BUT there is no longer a Dust collector on the machine I have bridged these terminals on the Main Board a very LONG time ago.


Things I Have Tried:

1) Checked 5V voltage - 5.09V DC

2) Swapped around all the OPTO22 switches.

3) Swore and kicked the machine.


I can Jog all the axis motor 100 % with the BATMAN keys enabled
I can run the Spindle 100% from the invertor box itself.
I have checked all the wiring inside the mainbox, but nothing seems amiss.

What seems to happen is that when you switch the machine on the Dust Collector Opto22 is lit up and all is OK.

BUT as soon as you try to home the machine and the routine calls for the spindle to be initiallized then the spindle Opto lights up to enable the spindle and then immediatley the dust collector Opto switches off and spits out the error.

Is there no software available that I can get to access the parameter settings on the mainboard ( Extratech M24) ??
I feel maybe the Firmware has got corrupted somehow and is not "seeing" the input of the Dust collector input.

Anything else I could try ?

[MCPservice]

Shut down the Jobserver program completely.
Goto start, find Multicam and find Motion mechanic
Open Motion Mechanic
Goto Tools and select terminal. The screen should be white with a > in the field.
Type QC and enter. A list of variables should show up. The one we are look for is 201, it should read like this 0 201 set_integer. If it reads 1 201 set_integer, when need to enter the following, on the next >.
0 201 set_integer hit enter
Next lets look at the variable 221, make sure it reads 0 221 set_integer
Hit your F4 key and let the machine reboot.

This should take care of the machines thinking it has a dust hood.

please let us know if this works.

I WILL WARN OTHERS READING THIS POST DO NOT CHANGE PARAMETERS, JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN>>>> YOU WONT LIKE THE RESULTS<<<IF YOU CHANGE THE WRONG PARAMETER

[maxman]

Many Thanks MCP Service it worked.

The 201 parameter was set to 1 so i changed it to 0 but I did it via the service menu on the Keypad.


Could you possibly post a list of all the parameters and the various options so we could troubleshoot, If you think its too "Dangerous" to post on the open forum then maybe you can PM me ?

Thanks again !!:banana::banana::banana:

[MCPservice]

The flash list has been posted in a previous thread, here is the link.

http://www.cnczone.com/forums/multic...am-5000-a.html