Hey Forum,
I am trying to add in an ARO servo gun into a refurbished R30-iB controller. I have the required software installed, Motor ID directly from ARO, and have all the variables punched into the config from the servo card. And I have another robot with the same additional amplifier wired the exact same way to the main board, this controls a trunnion and it is working fine.
After rebooting the CPU after punching in my variables I get the error SVGN-173 indicating that the Group 2: Axis 1 has timed out. When I hold the deadman I cannot get my fault light to clear, but I have no additional info from the pendant other than it saying "Waiting for servos ready". When observing inside the cabinet and toggling the deadman, I can hear the contactors for the servos engage and all lights on the main board are green, and I do not have the "SVALM" or "SVEMG" lights on. However, I notice that I do not get a status back from the external amplfier where as the robot I have that works will read the status "0" on the aux amp. I have checked all my wiring and everything looks like its connected fine, and I do have power to the amplifier when testing with a multi meter.
However, in the control start I also have a setting called "Hardware Start axis" that gives me range options from 37 - 61. It is set at 37 right now; I cannot find any additional info on what this number should be, potentially this is my issue?
Anybody else configure an ARO servo gun and run into a similar issue? Do you guys think the amplifier is no good? Is there a way to confirm that with the teach pendant, as it definitely has supply power.
I also checked all fuses on all boards including the one inside the external amplifier, these are all fine.