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=== Job Crashes === | === Job Crashes === | ||
==== SmoothStepper Buffer Under run ==== | |||
'''Your work piece is trash, start again, home position lost''' | |||
# Click through error | |||
# Start your job again | |||
Causes: | |||
* Communication error between smooth stepper and PC | |||
==== Touch off failure ==== | |||
'''Your work piece is not trash yet, but might be if you don't follow these steps''' | |||
One of the following: | |||
* Touch off get stuck with torch touching the plate | |||
* Touch off fails to detect plate and rams into the plate | |||
* Error probe ignored in status bar - If this is the case clean the shield nozzle, dross has gotten inside, do not move work piece | |||
# Hit escape '''ONCE''', not e-stop, not reset, escape | |||
# Double click in the g-code window to display line numbers eg: 20:N0100 G91.... rather than N0100 G91.... | |||
# Look for the current line, it should be highlighted and be: G31 Z -100 | |||
# Look up a few lines for the torch moving to safe height: G00 Z1.5 | |||
# In the operator console click in the line number box | |||
# Type in the line number of the safe hight move and hit return | |||
# Highlighted line should change to that line | |||
# Hit "Set next line" button | |||
# Hit cycle start | |||
Causes: | |||
* Dross has built up inside shield | |||
* Work piece is flapping around like a flag in a breeze, put some weights on it | |||
* Dross/corrosion on the plate cause a none conductive area where the torch touched off | |||
* Torch cable has become too taught and caused the probe connection to come loose or the probe ring not to touch the torch shield | |||
==== Torch fails to ignite ==== | |||
'''Your work piece is not trash yet, but might be if you don't follow these steps''' | |||
Mach3 shows job stuck on M3 command. | |||
# Hit F5 to re-ignite the torch (possibly twice) | |||
# Job should continue once M3 detects arc transfer signal from the plasma cutter | |||
Causes: | |||
* Unknown at this time | |||
==== Mach3 Crash ==== | |||
'''Your work piece is trash, start again''' | |||
# Shutdown the control box | |||
# Close Mach3 | |||
# Turn on control box | |||
# Start Mach3 | |||
# Run your job again | |||
Causes: | |||
* Unknown at this time | |||
== Todo List == | == Todo List == | ||
