Hey all. Set up a new dust collector today. Woohoo for a minute. Altmill was running a surfacing job whilst I cleaned up with that new collection system. My leg touched the Y2 axis motor and the static charge bit me pretty good, but it shutdown the carve. Got all reset and ready to run but the Y2 stepper did not respond. First thought was the stepper got fried. Not the case. Moved the Y1 cable to Y2 motor and theY2 responded.
Think I’ve narrowed the problem to the cable. I’ll order a new cable Monday…
Have y’all heard of this problem before?
What grounding set up do you recommend? Thanks
Have you tried to run the Y2 motor with the Y2 cable in the Y1 port of the SLB-EXT? I think that would confirm that the cable was bad if it doesn’t work. If it does work then the problem would have to be with the SLB-EXT, unless there is a flaw in my logic.
Thanks for the tip. I think it might be in the controller. I do have another controller in the shop. Will install that tomorrow and see what happens.
Actually, I’m going to replace it tonight.
Well. Swapped controllers. That solved the problem. Using broom until I can shed that static charge buildup….Thanks for the help….
@Keithleatherwood It’s good that you resolved the problem. In northern climes in the winter, static is particuarly bad because, often, the humidity in our shops is very low.
As you have resolved this, I’ll close the topic.