jim shula
01-25-2020, 11:32 PM
I have an ancient PRT 5x10 shopbot I bought used 13 years ago. I'm guessing it was five years old or so when I bought it. It has been very reliable over the years as I have used it to cut boat kits for boats that I build, and to carve signs and do custom cutting jobs for customers.
The last couple times I used it, the pause function would self-activate even though I didn't hit the space bar or the panic button. I'd hit the resume button, the tool would run for a few more seconds or minutes, then pause again.
I changed keyboards and the problem persisted. My son opened up the control box and found a loose wire at input 4 (the panic button) and re-connected it. Now it won't locate the tool, and I get an error message saying "Comm Port seems OK, but no connection to control box made (Port 1). Also the input 4 light flashes.
Is my problem still the panic button? I have never used it, and wonder if I can just put a jumper across the terminals it hooks to in the control box (Input 4 and ground)?
The last couple times I used it, the pause function would self-activate even though I didn't hit the space bar or the panic button. I'd hit the resume button, the tool would run for a few more seconds or minutes, then pause again.
I changed keyboards and the problem persisted. My son opened up the control box and found a loose wire at input 4 (the panic button) and re-connected it. Now it won't locate the tool, and I get an error message saying "Comm Port seems OK, but no connection to control box made (Port 1). Also the input 4 light flashes.
Is my problem still the panic button? I have never used it, and wonder if I can just put a jumper across the terminals it hooks to in the control box (Input 4 and ground)?