MASSO Closed Loop stepper Troubleshooting

 

 

Permanent Alarm indication

 

  • The Red LED lights permanently when it looses steps and ca no longer recover.
  • If an error occurs because of insufficient power available to drive the motor
  • If the pulse rate exceeds the maximum that the motor can process.

In these cases repowering the motor will clear the alarm

 

  • Check the motor enable is receiving the enable signal from MASSO.
  • With a meter check the voltage between the -ve of the motor and the EN input of the motor. You should see a voltage of 5 to 24 volts and if you do not see this voltage you may have a broken wire.

The only thing needed to clear the Alarm LED on power up is the enable signal.

 

 

 

If you get a motor alarm but the motor does not show an alarm indication

  • Check the motor alarm input on the MASSO F1 settings screen.
  • The Motor alarm input should show Low when there is no alarm indication on the motor.
  • The motor alarm input must not be inverted.
  • If there is no alarm LED on the motor but the Alarm input is showing High, check the AL wire between the motor a the MASSO input as it is fail safe and it there is a break in the wire the alarm input will go high.
  • If this is a new installation ensure that the 10K resistor is installed and the motor power supply negative rail is connected to the negative of the MASSO Power supply.

 

 

 

Flashing Alarm LED Indications

 

 

  • Make sure that the wiring is making good contact and connected correctly.
     
  • Check the speed and acceleration time, if the speed is too fast and the acceleration time is too short, it may cause an alarm. 
    Appropriately reduce the speed and reduce the acceleration speed.
     
  •  Check the machine for binding on the faulty axis as this will cause the motor to stall and alarm
     
  • If during power up the motor moves it may cause a motor alarm where the The red Alarm light flashes five times at 0.8 second intervals and then repeats after 2 seconds. If this happens the motor needs to be repowered to resume normal operation by turning the machine off and back on or by power cycling the motor separately. Cycling the Estop in this situation may cause the motor to rotate and alarm again. Only power cycling the motor will remove the alarm once in this state. This is most likely to happen when the motor is used on the Z axis and the axis falls during the power up sequence. It is advisable to release the Estop button before powering up the machine.
     
  • If none of the options above resolve the motor alarm problem change the motor. 
    Replace the motor with the same model and do the exclusion test. This is best done by swapping the motor with another of the same type on the machine and see if the fault moves axis or stays on the same axis. If the fault stays on the same axis there is a mechanical problem and if the fault moves to the new axis then the motor is at fault.