Z Crash or Z Motor Alarm on Cycle Start

Machines (Elite Series) Troubleshooting (Elite Series)
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New Elite Forman, VCarve Pro, Palm Router, using touch Probe, Using the post processor that turns on the router and vacuum. All motor cables and power cables are separated other than the router and Z motor are both under the Z axis bracket on top of the Stiffy, Motor wires on the left and router power on the right but are separate after that.

My process: The machine is homed, bit is loaded, load the file, use the probe to zero XYZ on the workpiece (all probe offsets are verified), click Go to Work Origin and the machine moves into place, hit Rewind then Cycle Start.

At this point one of 3 things happen. 1) The program runs flawlessly, 2) The Z runs to the top of travel and I get a Z Motor Alarm and have to start over, 3) The Z axis try’s to shove the bit thru the table, luckily the router has not been turned on yet and I start over with good results the next time.

After going thru this process several times I have made note of the Z height after hitting Go to Work Origin. It appears that the saved Z zero is not holding. If the Z height, after GtWO does its move, is around 4.5 inches above my workpiece (read on the Masso, cutting .75 in material) then the GCode runs great. If not…get ready for a CRASH or an Alarm.

Anyone seen this?

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What firmware are you on on the masso.

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It has version 5.03 on it.

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qmclarry – I also have the issue of the Z sliding all the way up when I select “go to work origin.” It has only hit the top and set off the alarm once on me. I assume this is for an auto changer or to give space to change a bit. I suspect there is a setting for this travel distance, but I haven’t looked into it yet.
I’m interested as well to see if someone has a solution to this……

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We may have different issues, mine only happens after I hit Cycle Start.

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Update: Got to thinking maybe EMI. The only place there is router or vacuum power any where close to motor wires is on top of the Z Slider. I have removed the router cable from the clamp on top of the ZS. It still goes by the same general area but I rigged a way to keep it a little further from the motor and control wires. I ran several files today without an issue. Hopefully that was it. I will report back in a few days for verification.

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