JB Lynn
04-16-2005, 2:37 PM
Hello Everybody :)
We're trying to get our recently purchased but lightly-used (2 years old) GCC
Explorer 30 Watt Machine (38"X20" Table) to work properly...MANY new
parts including table screws, X Motor, Lens, X board/cable etc. etc.
It's a looooooong story about it needing all of the above but it's
now
just about perfect except for the following problem!
After powering-up and initializing, the machine always goes back to
the 10.5 X position...that's right, will not go back to the 0 X
origin
or extreme left. Have confirmed that Carriage Lock is (OFF), have
done (USER RESET) and (SYSTEM RESET) and of course attempted to do an
Origin Set but while in Origin Set mode and still cannot get the cutting head
to move to the left (or towards 0) beyond the 10.5' inch mark with the arrow keys; What
could be the problem? Maybe wrong firmware (for a smaller machine)
or
is there some other software setting done at LCD that will fix this?
Could it be a mechanical problem or adjustment? NOTE: If I manually
push the head to 0 X position while the machine is off, when it
repowers it will stop at the 29 inch X position! Basically, it seems
like it wants to start or stop about 10.5 inches beyond or shy of
either X extreme (left to right), hope this makes sense? Finally, we've noticed that the LCD shows (- negative X) coordinates while the cutting head is at the 10.5' X home position (on table).
Thanks in advance for ANY help, Regards, JB
PS: about the only thing not yet replaced is the Motherboard, any chance this is the culprit? Again, this is NOT the latest explorer, it was built in late 2002.
We're trying to get our recently purchased but lightly-used (2 years old) GCC
Explorer 30 Watt Machine (38"X20" Table) to work properly...MANY new
parts including table screws, X Motor, Lens, X board/cable etc. etc.
It's a looooooong story about it needing all of the above but it's
now
just about perfect except for the following problem!
After powering-up and initializing, the machine always goes back to
the 10.5 X position...that's right, will not go back to the 0 X
origin
or extreme left. Have confirmed that Carriage Lock is (OFF), have
done (USER RESET) and (SYSTEM RESET) and of course attempted to do an
Origin Set but while in Origin Set mode and still cannot get the cutting head
to move to the left (or towards 0) beyond the 10.5' inch mark with the arrow keys; What
could be the problem? Maybe wrong firmware (for a smaller machine)
or
is there some other software setting done at LCD that will fix this?
Could it be a mechanical problem or adjustment? NOTE: If I manually
push the head to 0 X position while the machine is off, when it
repowers it will stop at the 29 inch X position! Basically, it seems
like it wants to start or stop about 10.5 inches beyond or shy of
either X extreme (left to right), hope this makes sense? Finally, we've noticed that the LCD shows (- negative X) coordinates while the cutting head is at the 10.5' X home position (on table).
Thanks in advance for ANY help, Regards, JB
PS: about the only thing not yet replaced is the Motherboard, any chance this is the culprit? Again, this is NOT the latest explorer, it was built in late 2002.