clear board sensor error

[dcozort]

I have been to the trouble shooting section with this issue and tried all the fixes they recommend.... no help 1) tape lpaced on the board ect,ect.. Bard you wanted to know the conditions in ordered to better triangluate the problem... The machine carved just fine earlier that day.. light in shop daytime lots of windows... Went back later that night kept getting clear board sensor error unable to read..... Trouble shooting section said to place tape on the board where the sensor is going to take a reading,,,,, or press down on rollers while cranking down on the shaft or place a light in that general area... Tried a hand held flouresant light no fix... Tried a 1000 watt shop lamp ... No fix went to option 7 and took reading over board.. It read O the machine has 10 carving hours on it... I then grabbed the truck and happened to noticed the led jump to 114 and back to 0.. I placed a little pressure on the truck and it jumped to 114 again.... as I released pressure it went back to 0 again.... The glass is clean all that I know to do is done... I will try again this morning with full daylight and post results... please respond.... I did all fixes power clear ECT,ECT.

[Jeff_Birt]

Two simple things which I'm sure you have tried. 1 ) Clean the sensor with compressed air. 2 ) What type of wood are you carving on? Any knots etc?

When you grabbed the Z-truck did anythign feel loose loose, i.e. does it wiggle, it should move up and down with slight pressure, Y-Trueck should also not wiggle. The board senosr is actually mounted to the bottom of the Y-Truck, it does not move up-down. If your board sensor reading changed when you played with the Z-truck it might indicate somethign being loose electrically or mechanically.

[dcozort]

Jeff just talked to carvewright people.... The wires to the board sensor run along the back of the truck assembly in a plastic channel.... I removed my sensor to check for wire kinking .... As soon as I pulled to sensor down sure enough there was about 2 inches of slack balled up in the sensor housing with numerous kinking.... The C/W boys said to go to the top of the truck and slowly pull the wires until the slack was at the top of the channel.... So I did I also noticed the ribbon wire was a little lose.. This works by a snap lock after inserting ribbon as far as it will go snap a black lock located on the ribbon housing.... C/W put a little bit of silicone between housing and ribbon in order to prevent it coming lose from viberation it is black in color.... This silcone appears to roll of fairly easy... Anyway if anyone is having a clear board sensor error this fixed mine very quickly.... Taking the cover of was very stright foward as well as understanding what goes where...So far if these are the types of bugs I have to look foward to they are no problem.... That was about as easy as adjusting infeed and outfeed tables on a jointer... Well back to carving... By the way for all of you that are wondering why the copy offset was removed from software version .115 it is because it is not polished yet .... it still has some bugs that require work .... That is stright from carvewright 1-25-07... see Ya Thanks Jeff and all at C/W...

[Jeff_Birt]

Glad you got it worked out!

[Digitalwoodshop]

As a former Sony Service Tech, this sounds like a little problem that might be very common to many over time. 90% of Play Stations 2's I fixed, got a new laser optic because the gamer's smoke and the tar sticks to the lens. The cooling fan sucks the smoke past the optic causing a read error. It got where you could look at a unit and know what was wrong before even plugging it in.

Sony had a web sight where tech's could post fixes for other tech's to research and read. This is much better.

Good Job Guys !!!! GREAT Job Troubleshooting, give yourself a pat on the back.

AL

[The Bard]

There is a .pdf we can send you that shows how to take off the cover and I THINK one on how to replace the board sensor. If not, I'll make one.

[dcozort]

hey Bard if you would send me a pdf on sensor replacement I would appreciate it.... One of the other chris's was going to send me a pdf yesterday on cover removal,, I couldn't wait if you know what I mean.. Besides if you can't figure that one out...well I say no more... A pdf on sensor replacement would be something to put with my machine documents.... That looks like an item that would probably need replacement in time..... Thanks for the help.... Dennis P.S. What is a suitable replacement for the black colored silcone used on the electronics parts to seal them in place ???

[The Bard]

We used Liquid Nail before... but we've moved on to 3M weather stripping... it's yellow and in a red and white tube.

I'll ask around today about the sensor replacement...

but honestly it's very easy. there are two screws at the bottom of the sensor and when taken out, it's just a matter of unplugging and replugging the wires.

[pontiak]

I just had the same problem with my machine. 17 hours on it. The wire kinked. I need a new sensor. Out of stock. Have to wait for them to send me a new one.

[The Bard]

and unkinking the wire didn't help?