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xPro no longer locks drivers

Discussion in 'Controller Boards' started by Steven Yampolsky, Dec 6, 2018.

  1. Steven Yampolsky

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    I've been using xPro with AcroLaser for 4 months now with great success. The board has accumulated at least 100hr of trouble free operation. This morning, I turn it on an noticed that drivers are not locking in place like they usually do when the power turned on. When I issue a move command nothing happens! The M5 commands turn the laser on/off no problem though. the voltage on the board input is stable 24V. what could it be? What can I check?
     
  2. bubba

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    Do you have a fan for your xPro?
     
  3. Steven Yampolsky

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    No, it's open air with heatsinks
     
  4. bubba

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    Without a fan the xPro tends to overheat. If it doesn't work after the board has cooled down there is a good chance that the board is fried.
     
  5. Peter Van Der Walt

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    Also, check that $4=1 in your Grbl settings
     
  6. Steven Yampolsky

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    Thanks for the tip. Alas it was set to 1 already and still no move commands possible :-(
     
  7. CNCMD

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    Post your GRBL Settings. I believe the first one $1 needs to be set to 255 in order to lock the drives all the time.
     
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  8. Steven Yampolsky

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    So after a long delay, I figured I'd check the board out. Started looking at the settings and noticed something odd: all my $$ settings were gone! How did that happen?! Anyways, after setting everything back to what I had before(I had a screenshot from before) and it came back to normal. what gives!? I guess I shouldn't complaint: the board is back and working.
     
  9. Giarc

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    The screen shot is smart. I did the same and was glad I did after I lost everything once.
     
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