Hurco BMC-10L Not displaying anything

[Zoni]

Hi every one I am new to hurco so I dont know much about it. I bought a used machine about 2 years ago its z axis encoder was broken we changed it about a month ago when we turn machine on it only shows a courser blinking on the left corner of screen. I think it is ultimax 2 control (because it has a memory board) but on sure. The jumper and switches on personality and memory board may be disturbed Please guide me and if you can tell me what those jumper/switches are for it would be help ful

Thanks

[bloke]

Memory board switches should be:
SW1 all on
SW2 all on except 3
SW3 all on except 1 & 2
SW4 5,6,7 & 8 on, 1,2,3 & 4 off

You could try booting it up with the dual axis cards pulled out of the slots in the backplane (no need to pull them all the way out). If it does start, replace them one at a time to find the culprit. the system will run slowly with these out).

It may be a comms problem between the CPU and the CRT controller. You could replace U14 & U15 on the CPU (under the graphics card) and U11 & U15 on the CRT controller. These are MC1488 & MC1489 (one of each on each board) and do the serial link between the boards.

[bloke]

Personality switches:
SW1
1 on (machine type)
2 on (machine type)
3 off (machine type)
4 off (machine type)
5 0n (tool changer enabled)
6 0n (high speed spindle) this switch could also be set to off if the spindle is a 4000RPM head
7 unused
8 unused

SW2
1 off (language)
2 off (language)
3 off (language)
4 off (A axis disable)
5 off (B axis disable)
6 off (adaptive control)
7 off (unused)
8 off (unused)

SW3
1,2,3,4,5,6,7 off
8 on

[Zoni]

Hi, Bloke Thankyou very much for the reply. I Checked every think there were two switches on personality board on switch 1 1 was off, 2 and 3 were on and 4 th was off i changed it to what you have sugested I got the display but there were two more problems I am uploading the images.

1. when I insert both card system got stuck but if i remove x,y axis card the system would boot ( can you tell me the jumper and dip switches setting for axis card if those are changed as well)

2. when system boot up if says that system need to be calibrated and does not proceed any further. (if the memory board battery would run out what setting would me lost and how can i revive those settings.

I am also posting the jumper and Switch setting of personality and memory board.

Thanks and waiting for your help.



Memory Board Jumper

E11-E12 E8-E14 E7-E15 E26-E27 E30-E31 E42-E43 E46-E47 E70-E71 E74-E75 E106-E107 E108-E109 E102-E103 E104-E105
E98-E99 E100-E101 E87-E88 E91-E92 E64-E95 E96-E97

Personality Board (415-0177-001E) Dip Switches

S1

1-off 2-on 3-on 4-off 5-on 6-on 7-off 8-off

S2

1 to 7 all off 8 - on

s3

all off

jumper setting

TB1
1-2


TB3
1-2

TB4
2-3

TB5
2-3

TB6
4-9

TB7
no connection

TB8
2-3

[Zoni]

Images of Hurco BMC 10L

[bloke]

In the axis configuration page, leave the travel lengths set as they are for now. Set the calibrate to X Right Y Back.
Press Exit
Press Enter 999 Enter
After re-booting, press the bottom softkey (button).

[bloke]

I've just seen your personality SW1 is set off,on,on,off,on,on,off,off.
These are the settings for a 10NL and can be left as they are.

[Zoni]

When I press Exit it says please select appropiate soft key and also tell me what settings/info is lost of battery dies
and can that info be revived

[bloke]

Just after you've pressed "exit", press "enter" 999 "enter". It will then re-boot and then you can press the bottom softkey to start the software.

[Zoni]

Hi when I insert either of the axis card the machine wont boot after resetting the SW1 on personality card. Can you suggest where could the problem be because I remember the cards were working last time. Could the jumper or switch setting be a problem. Waiting for your reply.

[bloke]

As in my post above, you can leave your personality settings as they were originally as I noticed yours was set as a MC10LN. The settings I posted that you changed were for an MC10L. Try them back as they were. There is nothing on the dual axis card that will be different between a MC10L and an MC10LN.
You could make sure the Eproms on the dual axis cards are seated properly.

[Zoni]

Hi, I have changed the settings back but no use. same problem. the axis error is there. what do you think the error might be the card or the servo amplifier. and what does the light on servo amp mean

thanks