When It Does Not Work Right - GRAPHTEC FCX4000 SERIES User Manual

When It Does Not Work Right

Symptom
• The plotter stops with
"POSITION ALARM"
displayed during
initialization or cutting.
• It is cutting with origin point
shifting to center of the
media.
• Displays command error.
• There are too many tool up
and down.
• Cannot change the tool
condition.
• Tool condition changes.
• It does not become specified
length. (Slight distance
error)
Possible Cause
CONDITION setting for the
media is invalid.
The pen carriage does not
move by hitting something.
External force is applied to
the pen carriage while cutting.
Movement is disturbed by the
media chaff in the operation
area.
The plotter is defective.
Data created with lower left
origin point is received when
the plotter is set with center
origin point.
(With HP-GL command)
Data sent to the plotter is not
correct.
Setting for the tangential
mode is set to ON.
Setting for the sorting is set to
ON.
Setting of the priority is set to
PROGRAM.
The [ENTER] key is not
pressed after changing the
TOOL CONDITION.
Distance adjust value is not
correct.
Solution
Slow down the speed or lower the
FORCE.
Move the object disturbing the
operation, and turn on the plotter after
turning it off once
Move the object disturbing the
operation, and turn on the plotter after
turning it off once.
Move the object disturbing the
operation, and turn on the plotter after
turning it off once.
Contact your sales representative or
the Graphtec call center.
Reset the origin point to center on
the application software, or reset the
origin point of the plotter to lower left.
Check the data.
Turn OFF the setting for the tangential
mode unless you are cutting thick
media.
Normally, use the plotter with setting
for the sorting OFF.
Change the setting of the priority to
MANUAL.
Check the TOOL CONDITION again.
Perform distance adjust.
14-3
Reference
Setting the Tool Condition
Setting Origin Point When
HPGL is Set
Error Message in GP-GL
Command Mode
Error Message in HP-GL
Command Mode
Setting the TANGENTIAL
MODE
Sorting the Cutting Data
Priority of Tool Condition
Selection
(CONDITION PRIORITY)
Setting the Tool Condition
Setting the Distance Adjust