Shopbot Desktop - DOA? Input 4 error. Help!

[Guerra Cues]

So, got my shopbot desktop.
Got it leveled and installed and when I turn it on this the error I get.
I am stuck, can't do anything at all, nothing moves.
:confused::confused::confused:
Don't know what to do!

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj164/bestkites/error.jpg

[VanIslanddan]

I have had this error and after a conversation with shopbot tech support I did a firmware update and it solved the problem.

[steve_g]

Tony

Sorry your first attempt was anticlimactic. The things that seem obvious to me may not be to you, so...

I have a PRT alpha, not a desktop however most some things are likely similar.

1. Do you have an E-stop that perhaps got pushed in during setup? you have to manually reset it usually with a slight twist and a "pop out" action.
2. My control box has two buttons on the side. One "Resets" the control box when you first turn it on, and the other starts the router/spindle and is pushed when prompted by the software.

These two items are what the error message would suggest. double check them and let us know...

Steve

[Guerra Cues]

You guys are awesome. Let me check and I will get back to you guys.

[Guerra Cues]

Steve,
My shopbot has no reset buttons available that I can see and the control box is enclose in plexiglass. No easy button available :( I am just stuck.
Nothing happens.


Tony

Sorry your first attempt was anticlimactic. The things that seem obvious to me may not be to you, so...

I have a PRT alpha, not a desktop however most some things are likely similar.

1. Do you have an E-stop that perhaps got pushed in during setup? you have to manually reset it usually with a slight twist and a "pop out" action.
2. My control box has two buttons on the side. One "Resets" the control box when you first turn it on, and the other starts the router/spindle and is pushed when prompted by the software.

These two items are what the error message would suggest. double check them and let us know...

Steve

[Guerra Cues]

I have had this error and after a conversation with shopbot tech support I did a firmware update and it solved the problem.

I will give them a call tomorrow.

[Brady Watson]

SB3 doesn't know that your machine is a desktop. Type in the UR command and hit enter 3 times to blow through the defaults. Find the desktop settings file under PRS Shopbots, select it and say OK. You should be up and running.

-B

[Guerra Cues]

SB3 doesn't know that your machine is a desktop. Type in the UR command and hit enter 3 times to blow through the defaults. Find the desktop settings file under PRS Shopbots, select it and say OK. You should be up and running.

-B

Thanks Brady. I will give that a shot tonight and will update the thread.
Thanks again!
Tony

[Guerra Cues]

SB3 doesn't know that your machine is a desktop. Type in the UR command and hit enter 3 times to blow through the defaults. Find the desktop settings file under PRS Shopbots, select it and say OK. You should be up and running.

-B

That was it. Problem solved and everything works the way it is supposed to.

[steve_g]

Fantastic! Now go break some bits...

Steve

[Kyle Stapleton]

Found this old posts, fixed me right up.
Thanks Brady