So after 8 years of moderate use my PRSalpha 9648 is developing issues. Recently had to change the y motor/driver, now looks like the x's need to be replaced as well.
This past week had the reported problem of "emergency stops" faulting for no reason. This led to a new board being overnighted yesterday, which fixed the issue.
While diagnosing the issue support had me update the control software to latest version 3.8.50. This has created all sorts of issues and it was recommended that I revert back to what I had previously been using, 3.6.44.
Doing so has not fixed the following issues and weekend support has not been able to advise on the following..
1- When jog.. Z doesn't revert to preassigned z safe hieght. Which I have set to 1". It travels at whatever hieght it last stopped.
2- I have the bit zeroed to spoilboard surface as well as drill. Bit is set to z safe hieght of 1". When airdrill is zeroed to same surface, the z safe hieght reverts to .5"??
When running a ecab file- bit/drill starts cutting/drilling below the spoilboard surface. It thinks the spoilboard is the material to be cut. Its almost like I need to zero to the top of the sheet material, but that's not how it should work.
4- Parts to be drilled are offset of Y,0 by about 1-1.5". Its like the drill offset from the bit at 0,0. Using "make it easy on me" in shopbot setup those are (x -1.681 & y -1.146)
5- I can turn spindle on/off from keypad. However spindle does not turn on in either ecab or partsworks file.
If anyone has any insight I would greatly appreciate some guidance.
Thanks,
John