Just posting this here incase the community can help me get this thing going, as I am hoping to finish my cribbage board projects before December…
I have sent an email to support, just FYI for everyone.
I last used my SO5P 3 or 4 days ago with no issues. Now today once I set everything up and it went through all of it’s other pre-cut functions as expected, the spindle did not turn on.
The most I could get out of it was 1200 rpm when the “jog” button was manually depressed on the VFD itself. The M3S commands would not work either.
I tried setting up the new machine many times, checked all of the connections, unplugged, restarted, reinstalled all to no avail.
Visually there is nothing wrong with it.
Not enough that I can tell, I was reading through the forums last night before bed. I’ll most likely open the case today, check for LEDs, and check pins for voltage readings
okay, so re-confirmed that any of the M3 commands do not work…technically…I do see changes to the VFD readout screen, but they never go higher than 127.0 unless I depress the red-ringed button, it will go to 133.0. M5 makes it go back to 0.
I removed the side cover, there is no green light when everything is on, so this condition, according to what I’ve read here, means its likely a controller issue…i think.
More than likely I will have to buy a compact router so i can still complete these pending projects, super crumby because i really don’t have the money for it, esp. when i when paid US$700+ for something that didn’t last me even a year with not a lot of work done.
hopefully i get a reply from support today.
Open to hear any other tips or work arounds to make this paper weight functional, I skipped out on the chance to work OT at work to continue to build my business, I’m feeling pretty bitter right now.
I’m on my fourth VFD so I feel your pain. C3D is giving out free compact routers to some users with these VFD issues so you might want to check with them on that before purchasing one.
If you have no green light and you have verified that it is getting 24v from the SO5 controller then the issue is in the VFD box. Did you buy the VFD a while ago? The newer PCB’s should have fixed this issue. What version of the VFD control PCB do you have?
If you have a older PCB version you can desolder Q3 and put a jumper across the emitter and collector as seen in the picture below(the soldering was done by C3D and not me).
if memory serves me correct I got my machine in april. board says its 1.1 inside the vfd. my controller is v2. I have no verified voltages yet, I’m in a time crunch to get some projects out before december hits, so i picked up a makita router this morning to keep progressing.
Although i do have a soldering iron, i do not have the other tools required to do this unfortunately.
That’s unfortunate timing for me, I’m in a time crunch for some projects and shipping to Canada usually takes a week even with a rush, I would still have to pay taxes and brokerage fees so, sadly nothing is free for me.
This just happened to me tonight as well as I go into all my Christmas items - yikes. Thankfully the big orange has this router in stock so I am on my way to grab one while I get this figured out.
Thanks for the troubleshooting tips, I saw someone asking if the red ring being dim - mine is.
What was the finding if the ring is dim? Of course as soon as I find this I am tied up with family obligations but I can’t wait to get home to try all the steps listed in this thread.
If the LED on the push button is dim then it normally means you have a bad VFD control board. The LED circuit is not getting the full voltage needed and if it is not getting the full voltage needed then neither is the power supply that is on the VFD control board. That power supply is what powers the rest of the board. If it is getting 24V from the Shapeoko then there should be a green LED lit on the control board. Only the V1.1 boards should be effected by this issue as they removed the problem in later designs.
