1992 Haas vf-2 this is insane...

[mikemike^3]

Hello,

I have a 1992 Haas vf-2 that I am about to melt down for scrap and build a toilet with.

About 3 weeks ago I turned on my machine and all I saw on the screen was snow. In the top left was a blinking square kind of like a DOS prompt.

I left the machine alone for about 3 days and the powered it again and it worked!

But yesterday the same thing happend. I have a snowy screen with a flashing DOS square in the top left.

Ohh and even when I push buttons it does not beep or do anything.....

Any help?

I can see the plunger down the hall.........

[Geof]

Have you checked the power supply for the main control board?

[mikemike^3]

Hello, I have checked the powersupply, but there are many of them, can you point me in the right direction, I was on the phone with the tech and the power to each supply is there....



Thank you for the reply

[Matt@RFR]

Does a simple power down / power up clear the screen? Mine does that occasionally, and has since day one. Takes a minute to deal with.

[erd39030]

Before you make your toilet
could you read all the EPROMS of the processor board and email them to me,
please?

We have a 1990 VF-1 that could make a nice toilet too...


This are the symptoms:

It hangs out at random.

I think that the EPROM might be corrupted, because:
1) If I press the Alarm button twice, the screen shows garbage.
2) When the mill freezes the RUN led of the processor board goes out.
3) It has new processor & video boards, but with the original EPROM
4) I still freezes with all memory and parameters erased, and with all servos and encoders disconnected.
5) I read all the EPROMs, burned them in new chips, still the same.

But the fact that it does not freeze always at the same point tells me that it is not a software issue. Can it be?

Any ideas?

Has anybody ever attempted to replace the Haas boards with a PC? (Mach3, EMC2)

Regards:
Everardo Rascon
Auto-Tec

[BigNizzy]

My money would be on the power supply.

It looks like a PC power supply (because it is) but it has slightly modified internals. Haas do a replacement.

[mikemike^3]

If its the power supply, how would I suspect it is? Just hook up an oscope to each voltage output?

[mikemike^3]

Before you make your toilet
could you read all the EPROMS of the processor board and email them to me,
please?

We have a 1990 VF-1 that could make a nice toilet too...


This are the symptoms:

It hangs out at random.

I think that the EPROM might be corrupted, because:
1) If I press the Alarm button twice, the screen shows garbage.
2) When the mill freezes the RUN led of the processor board goes out.
3) It has new processor & video boards, but with the original EPROM
4) I still freezes with all memory and parameters erased, and with all servos and encoders disconnected.
5) I read all the EPROMs, burned them in new chips, still the same.

But the fact that it does not freeze always at the same point tells me that it is not a software issue. Can it be?

Any ideas?

Has anybody ever attempted to replace the Haas boards with a PC? (Mach3, EMC2)

Regards:
Everardo Rascon
Auto-Tec

If you show me how to download the eeproms I will send it to you, I have rs232 port also...

[BigNizzy]

If its the power supply, how would I suspect it is? Just hook up an oscope to each voltage output?

Good quality meter onto each of the outputs, from memory it was the power supply to the mocon that went on ours.

[mikemike^3]

Does a simple power down / power up clear the screen? Mine does that occasionally, and has since day one. Takes a minute to deal with.

Hello, no powerup/down does not fix the issue.

[mikemike^3]

Good quality meter onto each of the outputs, from memory it was the power supply to the mocon that went on ours.

I will check the power supply with all the outputs disconnected (cabling off) and check for power to each. is it 5v? or 12v? 24v? not sure....

[BigNizzy]

From Memory it's a mixture of 5v and 12v the manual should help.