sleepsfortheweak
Plastic
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- Apr 30, 2018
Hey Guys,
I, as well as our local Haas contacts, are stumped on this issue. We recently had issues with our VF2 machine locking up and displaying garbage on the screen. I replaced the CPU board. However, the old machine locked up permanently before I could get our parameters off. We programmed the new board with what we found in the binders that came with the machine. I then tweaked the tool change position and spindle orientation to get everything working.
However, as soon as we thought it was back up, we started getting "ERROR 173: SPINDLE REF SIGNAL MISSING". This only seems to occur when starting/stopping/orienting the spindle. It's intermittent. Usually everything works fine including orientation and speed feedback...except when it doesn't. We didn't see this issue before replacing the board, so I was inclined to think it was a parameter error, not a hardware one. However, I've since replaced the MOCON board and the spindle encoder out of desperation with no success. The only other similar posts I've seen suggest the encoder or the belt, but I've replaced the encoder and the belt looks to be in good shape.
If anyone has a parameter set from a VF2 with Vector Drive for comparison, or any ideas of what to check, please let me know.
Thanks,
I, as well as our local Haas contacts, are stumped on this issue. We recently had issues with our VF2 machine locking up and displaying garbage on the screen. I replaced the CPU board. However, the old machine locked up permanently before I could get our parameters off. We programmed the new board with what we found in the binders that came with the machine. I then tweaked the tool change position and spindle orientation to get everything working.
However, as soon as we thought it was back up, we started getting "ERROR 173: SPINDLE REF SIGNAL MISSING". This only seems to occur when starting/stopping/orienting the spindle. It's intermittent. Usually everything works fine including orientation and speed feedback...except when it doesn't. We didn't see this issue before replacing the board, so I was inclined to think it was a parameter error, not a hardware one. However, I've since replaced the MOCON board and the spindle encoder out of desperation with no success. The only other similar posts I've seen suggest the encoder or the belt, but I've replaced the encoder and the belt looks to be in good shape.
If anyone has a parameter set from a VF2 with Vector Drive for comparison, or any ideas of what to check, please let me know.
Thanks,