I’m working with a fairly new Avid Pro 4896 with servos and the AV40S spindle.
I finished a 4’ x 8’ spoil board flattening pass. After completion of the program, I homed the spinal which resulted in a loud crash of the gantry and a fault notification on the cnc12 window. I looked over the machine which looked fine. I then shut down the machine as I was finished for the day and figured I would let it cool down after the several hours of work.
Now that I am back to work, the machine is still showing a fault which I can not clear. Upon further investigation, I noticed that none of the servo led’s are illuminated in any way. I’ve checked all the cables which seem to be fine. The main controller is getting power with the circuit boards inside illuminated but the two SDR-480P-48 units do not appear to be powering on. I shut down the power to the controller and checked all the wired connections which seem to be fine and connected securely.
I’m not sure what to do from here as I am not an electrician and any further investigation is beyond my abilities. Any help in resolving this issue would be appreciated.
These two large items in the controller box do not seem to be getting any power. The servos are still showing no led light and I can not seem to clear the fault in the CNC12 software.
I’ve been working in AutoCAD for close to thirty years so it’s natural to lay everything out in that program. When beginning my journey with Avid CNC, it seemed obvious to use Fusion to convert the CAD files into usable files for the machine. It’s been a bit of a learning curve, but I’m getting there.
One example of things I’m still fighting with. When I start my files on the CNC, it seems I’m already cutting above the materials by about the height of the material. Meaning my material height thinks it’s another piece of the same material above the actual material. I typically into the tool menu and adjust the z height adding the material height to where the roll thinks it would be and everything cuts perfectly.
