Re: Shutter on ROB...

[droege@snapmail.us]

Rob,

One more thing.  This is why that scan of all the voltages is there at
turn on.  It just might show up a problem in the power supplies.  In this
case it might and it might not, since it may be that the load of the servo
is what takes the power supply over the edge.

Tom Droege

> When grilled further on (Thu, 4 Nov 2004 13:58:19 -0600 (CST)),
> droege@snapmail.us confessed:
>
>> Rob,
>>
>> OK the first thing to do is to sort out whether it is the MA Servo motor
>> or not.  Since it only happens on one shutter, just swtich the two and
>> see
>> if the problem switches.   If it switches, then it is something in the
>> drive electronics, if it does not, then it is a defective MA servo
>> motor.
>>
>
> I unplugged both servos and have been running so far with no errors.  Any
> speculation as to how the servo is affecting the system in this manner?
>
> I'll dig up a replacement this weekend and see how it works.
>
> Cheers,
> Rob
>
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