AWC608 Freezing and switching languages at random
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2019 3:12 pm
Good Afternoon!
Recently, I noticed that the ammeter of my 60w laser was reading a max of 8-9mA at 75% power. I later found that at 80, 90, and 98% power, I got the same results.
My first thought was that my PSU had gone bad. While trying to diagnose I ran a couple of lower powered jobs. During this, my AWC608 started acting up -- first it locked up during a job, and when reset went into power failure resume and resumed the job. Then it started locking up at the end of a run, requiring a reset, and now (in a space of 48 hours) it will start reverting to Chinese language in the middle of a job, though a quick power cycle brings it back to english. Before the locking and freezing started, I noticed that it would display static X and Y coordinates on the display when the machine was working instead of the usual work timer.
My questions are:
1) is it possible that the controller problems are causing my laser power issues, rather than the laser power supply?
2) Conversely, is it possible that if my laser psu is bad, it could be negatively affecting the controller?
3) Would a factory reset of the controller possibly resolve this issue?
Thank you!
Recently, I noticed that the ammeter of my 60w laser was reading a max of 8-9mA at 75% power. I later found that at 80, 90, and 98% power, I got the same results.
My first thought was that my PSU had gone bad. While trying to diagnose I ran a couple of lower powered jobs. During this, my AWC608 started acting up -- first it locked up during a job, and when reset went into power failure resume and resumed the job. Then it started locking up at the end of a run, requiring a reset, and now (in a space of 48 hours) it will start reverting to Chinese language in the middle of a job, though a quick power cycle brings it back to english. Before the locking and freezing started, I noticed that it would display static X and Y coordinates on the display when the machine was working instead of the usual work timer.
My questions are:
1) is it possible that the controller problems are causing my laser power issues, rather than the laser power supply?
2) Conversely, is it possible that if my laser psu is bad, it could be negatively affecting the controller?
3) Would a factory reset of the controller possibly resolve this issue?
Thank you!