Yeah its a 2016. The Z bearings are on their way out too. The issue isn't that I was down 3 days and spent $1000. The issue is that they had the fix before they sold me the machine. It should have been upgraded.
They will gladly upgrade anything you like...just tell them what to upgrade and pay for it.
Yes, the battery backup has been around for a bit...they were offering as an upgrade when buying new. I opt for that when they are around the battery...or I show a low battery alarm at startup.
Backups for parameter and programs is on you.
Also to catch the "Low Battery" alarm is on you. It really does suck as its only a quick message at power up then goes away. I missed it as well on one machine. My usual morning startup is to go around to each machine and hit the Power On button, go around again and Power Up button, around again and start the warm up cycle. Make coffee,catch up on emails and by then guys are in to run machines. I never hang around Control long enough to catch the Low battery...gotta make time to take a look, it goes on for several days before battery quits.
I screwed up when my tech said don't worry about it, he hot swaps and then proceeded to lose them all anyway. HFO met me someplace in the middle after I asked how long does it take to change a battery.
What really pissed me off it I left machine on all weekend as I saw on a Friday...tech made it in for 10am and spent the rest of the day working on it. Lost a day on a day I needed machine...paid a guy to clean machines all day...no parts made.
Again, it was on me.
Z axis bearings toast?? Thats real odd...have 12 machines and haven't had an issue with a bearing. Tomorrow that may change as I just said something. Switches, thrust bearing loosening, motors, boards. encoders, keypads, clutches, gearbox...Z axis bearings, thats odd.