Conveyor Belt Motor NOT WORKING

[Nancy Figueroa]

Hi

I am having a problem with my conveyor belt motor. I tried testing the conveyor belt from the control panel in replicatorg and nothing happens. Apparently th etwo gears on the left hand side should be moving so that the conveyor belt can more but they are not doing anything. If you have any suggestions, they will be appreciated.

Thank you.

[Dan Newman]

Is this a new build -- the first time you've tried to run the ABP's motor?
If so, know that the system can be a little stiff at first. Turn the belt on
and then see if with your finger you can give a little assistance to the motor.
I had to do that the first time with my ToM. After the first little helping
hand, it worked fine.

Dan

[Nancy Ivette]

I just tried enabling the build platform belt and see if I could move
it myself but the problem is that the motor won't budge. It is not
moving so it won't move the gears that will allow the belt to move. I
have also checked all the electronics, and they seem to be correctly
connected.

[Mark Cohen]

There was a problem with the old firmware. Make sure you have the latest.

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[Dan Newman]

On 4 Feb 2012 , at 6:56 PM, Nancy Ivette wrote:

> I just tried enabling the build platform belt and see if I could move
> it myself but the problem is that the motor won't budge.

There's always the test of seeing if the motor free of any encumbrances
will turn when activated. That means removing the belt or removing the
gear for the belt drive spindle. Probably easier to remove the latter.
If the motor still doesn't turn even with encouragement then it's either
a bad motor, bad wires, bad PCB traces on the heater board, a bad extruder
controller, or something incorrectly wired. Lots of possibilities.

Dan

[Dan Newman]

On 4 Feb 2012 , at 7:03 PM, Mark Cohen wrote:

> There was a problem with the old firmware. Make sure you have the latest.

That being ReplicatorG 29 r2…

Dan

[Dan Newman]

My unclear bad… My point was that you should also, for good measure, have the latest
RepG as well. FWIW, the latest firmware is 3.1 which recent RepG's will have and
can install for you. When upgrading the firmware, you want the Motherboard and
Extruder controller to be at the same rev so you would want to upgrade them both.

Dan

[sto...@gmail.com]

Ours was quite stiff. Does the motor hum when you turn on? Note though it can not be left on long or can burn out? To move it may take some force with your hands and fingers. Just grab and growl.  :-)

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From: "Nancy Ivette" <ivett...@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Feb 4, 2012 9:56 pm
Subject: [MakerBot] Re: Conveyor Belt Motor NOT WORKING
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I just tried enabling the build platform belt and see if I could move

it myself but the problem is that the motor won't budge. It is not
moving so it won't move the gears that will allow the belt to move. I
have also checked all the electronics, and they seem to be correctly
connected.

[mtbsw]

Agree with others, must have firmware 3.1. My TOM came with 3.0
installed and motor would not do anything. I knew it was good as I
tested it on seperate power supply before final assembly. Should run
with earlier versions of RepG. I'm using ver. 27 and no problems. If
you assembled according to on line instructions you will probably find
that motor/belt runs backwards. Just reverse the motor lead connector
at the connector at the build platform connection.