Check the four belt drives of Maslow4 before final assembly?

Troubleshooting
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I got 3/4 belt motors working the first try and both Z axes but I’m going to need to disassemble in order to address one belt. Incidentally it has a yellow light on it’s encoder ethernet port (none of my other belt drives have one). I don’t know exactly what that means. Hopefully it’s just a jam up, and I don’t need a new encoder on that drive.

I’m pretty sure it would be an easier setup to wire up and retract the belt drives to make sure they work before final assembly.

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If anyone already has opinons about the fastest way to get belt drives off the machine, I’d love to hear them. :slight_smile:

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Just updating the max current setting to 1800 got all four to retract… On to calibration. I still think it would be a better idea to test the belts and electronics before final assembly.

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I also agree with this. Each arm could be tested prior to final assembly which would save people alot of grief.

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