Why dont my belts retract?

Troubleshooting
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my belts stopped retracting
They all retracted in the past
however suddenly stopped
I have restart fluid, and maslow
i did click the alarm button before “retract all”

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Hmm I haven’t seen that before.

Which firmware version are you running?

This sounds like a connection issue to me. The latest firmware should give you a pop-up to alert you if you get disconnected

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v7.4
no popup
I can still move the z axis
the maslow has a solid green light
and a flashing red light

the serial just says “retracting belts”
(even though its not)

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is there a list
that states what each error code means?

I reinstalled the maslow operating system
and now when i try to retract belts i get error 152
also i can no longer move the z axis

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Byron Abbey wrote:

is there a list
that states what each error code means?

http://wiki.fluidnc.com/en/support/alarm_and_error_codes

I reinstalled the maslow operating system
and now when i try to retract belts i get error 152
also i can no longer move the z axis

that probably means your maslow.yaml is corrupted/reset

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I think that this is the culprit. If you press the Setup → Test button what do you see?

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I just encountered this…test says “Encoder not found on Bottom Right” after fighting to calibrate for five days; I even built a new frame, thinking my experimental one was too flexy.

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The good news is I futzed with the CAT 5 cable and restarted and that, at least, is well.

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I’ve just tightened up my frame and the anchor points because it was ‘too flexy’
This is totally an issue
So yeah, with my recent experience I would strongly recommend doing anything to make your frame and anchor points less ‘flexy’.

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David Negaard wrote:

The good news is I futzed with the CAT 5 cable and restarted and that, at least, is well.

yep, encoder not found just means it can’t talk through the cat 5 cable to the
encoder.

David Lang

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it said it couldn’t find one of the motors
turned out one of the cables wasn’t connecting properly
thanks for the suggestion bar
its working now
doing the first calibration

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You did not waste your time doing that. We’ve seen quite a few users who were having errors or inaccurate cuts who benefited from a stiffer frame.

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