ZZero plate issues

[dave swanyek]

Just got my shop bot standard 4896. Its all together powered up. My issue is the zzero plate does not seem to be making contact when I test it. the input light will not come on.I put the grounding clip on the collet and touch the plate to the bit and nothing. I have tried touching the plate to the clip and that gets me nothing. I am out of ideas and really want to surface my table.

[jerry_stanek]

In the setup did you tell it you had a zero plate? Did you put the correct wire on the Number 1 input and not the number 1 out put?

[dave swanyek]

yes I told it I had a plate. Also wire in correct place just a manual stated. If i touch the plate right to the clip shuld it show a coneection?

[myxpykalix]

you're doing it all wrong....you are supposed to clip the alligator clip to your middle finger then stick your tongue to the plate.:eek:

Follow the wire back to the connector and hold it with the wire coming out of the back and tell us which hole it is inserted in. You are not completing a circuit and its probably because you have a wire in the wrong place.

Did you insert the wire or was it done for you when you got it?:confused:

[dave swanyek]

it was done when I got it,I took the black wire and the ground out of the clip and wire nutted them together to see if it is the plastic connector still not a connection I don't have any 3 wire cable in me shop to test if bad cable

[garyc]

Dave...
Take a short jumper wire and jump the board connector "INPUT 1" (or INP 1) to the ground connection nest to it. You can touch the screw terminals in the top of the blue terminal block.

Also verify that the black wire from the 3 conductor wire goes to INP 1, the green goes to Ground and the red should go to +5V

[dave swanyek]

Gary,
I have all the wires in the proper location. What will the jumper tell me?

[jerry_stanek]

It will tell you if there is a break in the wire

[garyc]

Dave...
Like Jerry says, it will confirm that the input 1 circuit is working on the control board. If it lights when you jump it, then the wiring from the board to the clip/plate has an open in it.

Also, if you have one of the newer machines, there will be a molex connector for the probe where the clip and plate connect to the wire. You can also do a check by jumping the green to black at that location

[dave swanyek]

Ok so I jumpered it and no green light. What's the next step to try?

[myxpykalix]

Call; shopbot tech support. This happened with me when i first got my bot back in 06 we had a few wires crossed and it got resolved by tracing them back.

[dave swanyek]

Will do thanks for your help.