Need Help Gerber Hs15 Plus No Worky

[TRiTONdesign]

Hello, hoping maybe a Gerber dinosaur user could help. I have a Gerber HS15 plus that decided to not work today. Here is the current situation.

- Turns on
-3 lights flash on and off continually
- beeps on and off

 

[Jburns]

Here is some information that might help from the HS15 Plus manual:

The HS15plus is programmed to detect certain mechanical/electrical error
conditions at power-up or during operation. When an error condition
occurs, the plotter may turn off power to the servo motors. There will be
continuous beeping and flashing lights.
Error Signals
There are three kinds of error signals:

„ 3-second steady tone, lights on (running job)
The plotter continues but the job is clipped (parts are not plotted).
This happens when the job has exceeded the boundaries of the
plotter. There is no recovery and the job must be sent again with a
starting position that allows the job to fit within the plotting area.

„ 3-second steady tone, lights on (no running job, slewing only,
part of plotter jarred)
One or more axes are shut down because of excessive lag. For
recovery, press the RESET button to turn the axes on again. The Z,
theta, and Y axes will return to their home position. If a job was
pending, it must be resent.

„ Continuous beep and flashing lights
With this warning a procedure has been established to determine
which error condition may have occurred. See the next page for
determining error numbers.

 

[Jburns]

The number of beeps and blinking lights signify the type of error that
has occurred. Error conditions are assigned a 2-digit number. The
number is displayed by flashing lights and beeping, one digit at a time.
The RUN CONT key displays the first (tens) digit; the RUN SINGLE key
displays the second (ones) digit. For example, an error number of 25 is
displayed by pressing RUN CONT, which flashes lights 2 times, and
pressing RUN SINGLE , which flashes 5 times. Follow the procedure
below to find the number of the error.
1. Press the RESET key to clear the error signal (continuous beeping).

2. Press the RUN CONT key to hear the number of beeps which
represent the “tens” error code number. (No beeps means that the
error message number falls between one and nine). The Run lights
flash the same number of times as the “tens” error number. Press the
RUN CONT key again to repeat the message, if needed

3. Press the RUN SINGLE key to hear the number of beeps which
represent the “ones” error code number. No beeps means that there
is no “ones” error number (a zero). The Run lights flash the same
number of times as the “ones” error number. Press the RUN SINGLE
key again to repeat the message, if needed.

4. Press the RESET key to clear the error display mode and return to
the initial off-line status

The following examples may help you to understand how to determine
your error number:

„ If the RUN CONT key beeps twice and the RUN SINGLE key
beeps once, the error message code is 21.
„ If the RUN CONT key beeps once and the RUN SINGLE key
beeps twice, the error message code is 12.
„ If the RUN CONT key beeps once and the RUN SINGLE key
does not beep, the error message code is 10.
„ If the RUN CONT key does not beep and the RUN SINGLE key
beeps eight times, the error message code is 8.

 

[Jburns]

Error Codes PDF Below:

 

[TRiTONdesign]

I push reset and the continuous beeping stops.

no beeps when pressing RUN CONT or RUN SINGLE

Call Gerber Field Service? that is only option?

I read in some cached S101 pages about a Carraige Switch being stuck. anyone have similar issues with this old machine?

 

[TRiTONdesign]

Oh Yeah... T H A N K Y O U, Jburns!

Fred Weiss, I vow to be a premium subscriber when I get back up and running, lots of great info here!