I recently change out my controll board. Because my machine would not turn on. Now my machine turns on but my machine will still not move. It is making a crazy noise now. What else should i be looking at to repair?
Did you get the connectors correct?
Which type of machine?
If a belt-drive, power down and remove all of the belts and put a bit of tape on the pulleys (so as to more easily see their rotation).
Power up, connect to the machine, “Bypass Homing Switches” per:
https://carbide3d.com/hub/docs/troubleshooting-homing/
then try moving each axis in turn — does the Z-axis motor respond to a command to move the Z-axis?
Check X- and Y-axes as well.
I have the Shapoeko 3xl. The connection are pretty straightforward. X with x and so on.
I will tryvthe guidance you gave me.
disconnect the bit setter, i am pretty sure I don’t have that additional board on mine, and i have a bit setter functioning.
So i disconnected the bit setter. And tried to connect to my machine to by pass the homing switch. It would not allow me to connect. I disconnected all my connections and reconnected. And still not working.
Work with the support guys. when mine did this, I didn’t have the blue light on. Board was bad. It’s only $100 for the board. It started with the stepper motors chattering/vibrating, then died with no connect. I believe it was caused by me leaving it powered on in home position for several hours. Evidently leaving the motors detented for an extended period is not good. My bitsetter plugs into the board without the extra board. Maybe try and reconfigure machine. I thought the blue light on meant good connection.
I think your control board is toast. The LED (circled) should not be on. And a word to the wise…When you get a new board, make sure everything is powered off before attaching cables to it.
I went back and looked at the Bit Zero Instructions, with the new board, you only need the little pcb if you have 2 probes, for bitsetter alone starting on Ver 2.4 it plugs directly to board in “reserve” spot.
This the brand new board that I just installed. Then all these other issues popped up.
I am going to unplug everything and makes sure no power is hoing to the machine. Then start all over. Ill let you know how it goes.
I’ve recently received a DOA (Dead On Arrival) control board, so it is possible. Also, it doesn’t appear that you have a Bitrunner or VFD Spindle, either of which connect to the black Bitrunner connector sticking out the right end of your control board. It’s been reported on these forums that connecting a VFD to the Bitrunner connector while things are powered on can kill the control board. Hence my general warning to make sure everything is powered off before making any connections.
Please report back how this shakes out.
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