I have been using my 3 XL with Z-Plus today to cut speaker cabinets. After about 1 hr of cutting I turned it off for 1 hr. I came back and initialized the machine again and this time the Z Axis would not stop trying to hammer itself into the top position. It would make a noise since it reached the end of its travel but still kept trying to move up. So I was not able to initialize it. Then Carbide Motion threw this message " Machine controller restarted unexpectedly and maybe in an undefined state".
I used the wrench trick to see if all the red limit switch lights would come on and they all came on properly. I unplugged and plugged the wire harness connections for the limit switch and Z steeper motor and rebooted my laptop. I tried to initialize the machine again and same thing kept happening.
Has anyone experienced this and how did they solve it?
Thanks
I upgraded to Carbide Motion 613, I was using 575 before). Now I see the setting input pin state window. I attached a screen shot of it here. I was not sure if these setting were ok. I was not able to click the circles beside the x y z axis options.
Hi Will. Its all working now! It was the aluminum pipe that was within the Z-Plus axis. It triggers the homing switch. It had loosened over the 3 yrs that I had the machine and was not getting close enough to trigger the switch. I took the Z Plus apart and tightened up the aluminum rod that triggers the Z homing switch. Put it back together and it worked like a charm.
