Amplitude Error

[Darrollh]

Can anyone explain to me what an amplitude error is?

[louisd]

a high demand on your motor to move, it can be from:
-physical friction (crap on granite bearing surfaces, incorrect belt alignments, worn components on drivetrain like a pulley bearing, low air pressure, etc)
-your motor controller board is dying
-drive motor wearing out

[Matthew D. Hoedeman]

maybe you are too grumpy.

oh, wait, "amplitude"....

[Darrollh]

Lmbo!

[comtech88]

The width of the analog count signal is wrong .
Y_AmplitudeError :	ERROR Y_Amplit,S%1,TR_FG117,Y Amplitude Error
usually a cleaning of the scale fixes it for me

[2013_junkie]

When the signal between the encoder and scale gets to weak or is lost (usually from dirt/worn scale/ scratch on scale) it will throw that error.

[Kp61dude!]

I too am experiencing this issue. Hex tech should be here this week. I tried everything.

[mckenzie]

I've seen that one before, for us it ended up being a board in the controller went bad

[Quality ish]

We were getting an amplitude error and sometimes it would squeal on long, fast Y moves. Toward the end, it would howl. Loudly.

Turned out to be a bad air bearing. Too much resistance and therefore too much strain on the motor.

Edit: We now wipe down the air bearing path with alcohol, as opposed to surface plate cleaner. Apparently, any cleaner other than alcohol can leave a residue.

[mckenzie]

i use denatured alcohol vs. isopropyl alcohol for this because it evaporates faster

[GREGF]

We had that problem here called hexagon they fixed it thru team viewer in 20 minutes.Ran some tests for scales and I think they've updated something in the controller everything runs fine now.I would start with that.