Maxon Epos 2 No led - Burned out?

[Ruben D]

Hi,

I've having trouble with my Maxon Epos 2 24/5. A few days ago I was running motion control perfectly fine. All of my connections were laid out on a breadboard. Yesterday I tried to wire all of the connections into MIL connectors. Upon power up, the epos turned on as usual but the encoder signals were all off. I realized I made a mistake with the wiring and re soldered the connections. This time I powered it on however there was a very dim red led which faded away. I disconnected everything except the power. No leds come on and I can't communicate to the Epos.

Did I completely fry the EPOS?

Is there anything I can try to bring the EPOS back to life?

Thank you

[Joel Khan]

Ruben,

I would recommend setting everything up the way it once was connected (when everything worked). This will allow you to at least check how much functionality is left in the motor. You should reference your motor manual and the manufacturer of the motor on this topic as they will be able to shed more light on this than national instruments.

Are you using a national instruments controller or drive; if so, what specific products are you using? 

<Joel Khan | Applications Engineering | National Instruments | Rice University BSEE>