Mach3
PMDX-131
Geckodrive G201
been up and running for over a year.
Running some parts in plexiglass, no speed demon, or long runs, just cutting some circles. Had to run to the aid of my son, so I hit stop in mach3, clicked the E-stop external switch as usual, and was gone for over an hour.
Came back and the Z-axis fuse was blown. Looked at the wires on the back of the driver (as I traced which axis was not lighting up) and saw the insulation was a bit melted. Figured it shorted there. Cut, stripped, and remounted the wires, changed the fuse, plugged PMDX and transformer back in, and pop goes the fuse. Shut off power, took the wires out of the pin block to check for shorts in motor...then I realized I don't know how to check for shorts in motor. (Kelling stepper)
Don't know how to check if driver is bad either.
Any idea if leaving the power to the board on and just hitting the e-stop for an extended period will muck with the driver or is the stepper going to go kablooie first?
Thanks
MM