I recently received my Shapeoko XXL last week. Got it all set up and was running the first jog sequence and the Z axis would just go down then stop and give me 3 errors in Carbide Motion. After being on the phone with Carbide 3D they troubleshoot that my X axis limit switch was bad. Received my new one today…installed and the same issue is going on… Strait down to the table then error codes on screen…From what friends have told me on IG is it’s supposed to go up on the first jog not down…The pully is installed on the left side is the first thing I checked when Googling the issue… Right now the machine I purchased to make money is costing me money… Any help appreciated…
If the Z-axis is going down when the Z-axis carriage spindle plate is installed so as to have the static pulley on the left there are two possibilities:
something is miswired
the stepper driver has failed and only runs in that direction
Hopefully it’s the former — that can be addressed by re-wiring — all wiring extensions should be straight through, and all wiring connectors should be consistent, stepper motors may be reversed in several ways:
swap the left and right pair of wires
reverse the ordering of the wires in the left or the right pair
reverse all four wires
Do whichever is appropriate to match the other wiring connectors — use a small tool to pop out the wiring lead pins and when reinserting them, make certain that they click into place.
If it’s the stepper driver, contact support and we’ll do our best to work this out.
It’s definitely wired correctly. I went down that road in the first trouble shooting journey on the phone. I definitely had a bad X limit switch because now I have no blue light with the new one installed. Guess I will give you guys a call Monday… thanks for the help.
CrookedWoodTex
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Which axis are you having trouble with? The “X” axis or the “Z” axis?
I wouldn’t describe the “X” axis as moving “UP” or “DOWN”.
I would describe the “Z” axis that way!
William refers to the “Z” axis, perhaps making the assumption that you did literally mean “DOWN” and “UP.”
The big thing is we need for you to be our eyes and ears and hands and to accurately describe what the machine is doing and how it reacts to a change which we’ve asked you to make.