I finally retired, set up the machine that’s been sitting in my garage for over three years, and I was running through the revised setup video and got to the point where it tells me to Home the machine, and it throws a homing error. I have unplugged and unplugged all of the connectors, ensured they’re in the right receptacles, I can see that the home detectors work properly. The red light goes out when it should and turns on when it should. I have inspected each plug end and it looks as if there are no bent pins. The set up screen does not appear to have any untoward errors on it. when I go to the jog screen I can move to the right about 5 inches before it stops and alarms, and I can move from the front to the back about 5 inches before it stops and alarms. I can manually move the axis through its entire range of motion(when power is off, of course) and I can manually move the slider on the X axis from left to right through its entire range of motion. If I move it manually, it can move the same relative amount of space from its current position as a can from when it’s in “home” position.
This is a first GEN Foreman with a Masso controller. I have not gotten to the point of updating the firmware yet. Still trying to get it square, although I’m pretty sure it’s VERY close already.
I’d check the homing sensor inputs in the MASSO F1 screen while triggering each sensor by hand. They should change state consistently. Since the axes also stop after only a few inches, I’d check the motor alarms and homing settings too before changing the firmware. Hopefully it’s just a sensor or connection issue.
Check to see if there is individual motor alarms. Also if manually moving the axis without Unplugging it (even if turned off) you can burn out the motors.
The good folks at OneFinity support talked me through it. It had to do with the firmware, and the fact that I did not have the z-slider installed. The 1F video had the homing step before the Z installation, and putting in the Z solved that part, and updating the firmware allowed it to fully traverse both X and Y axis. Now I’m methodically going through all of the MANY steps needed to install my water cooled 220V ATC spindle. Waiting on clips to support both the liquid and air lines that do not fit in the drag chains. The clips should be here on Tuesday, and I think I’ll have all the other stuff installed by then. This is a lot of setup, especially for a newbie, but I’m getting there with lots of help from the vendors.