Need Help!- Hardinge CNHC I Startup problem

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I just bought an older (late 80's) Hardinge CHNC1 CNC Lathe from a friend. He had it running in his shop but was having an intermittent problem with the machine when it starts up. When I hit the "Control On" button, the crt starts up, gives a "2000 ORD1 Emergency Stop" alarm and shuts everything down including the CRT. Unfortunately it is not intermittent for me, I cannot get the machine to stay on at all. Anyone ever seen this before or have any ideas? I have talked to Hardinge about it a couple of times but they dont seem to know what it is. They suggested I pull out the control unit and send it to Siemans to have it reconditioned. That is going to be expensive. I was hoping someone had an idea on the forums before I spend the big bucks to have a service person come in to help. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

[mdsr909]

Try holding the on button until the crt comes on. We have one machine that this works on.

[JohnnyTurn]

Hardinge rues the day they got "In Bed" with Siemens.

I have seen the E-stop switch wiring come loose behind the switch from all the novices frequent slamming of the "Save my ass red button!"

Check for loose wires on the E-stops, it can cause all kinds of trouble.

JohnnTurn