Haas Control gone south

[DiamondD]

We have a VF5 that was made in 6-99. The controller keeps typing lower case "h" across the bottom of the screen. We have figured out that it is not a button stuck because it would type Upper case. I really need this machine. Is there anybody out there that has had this problem and knows a quick fix to it?

 

 

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[Kannon]

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We have figured out that it is not a button stuck because it would type Upper case.

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is it just the "h"?

 

holding the shift key down while hitting a letter will give you lower case..

 

does this appear when you typing the h or does it just keep showing the h's being entered?

 

sounds like the keyboard gone bad.

[DiamondD]

I can make it type lower and upper case "h". and any other letter will do the same. But when you type something on the screen it will put lower case "h" mixed in with the edit. If you are stand in at the control watching it, it puts a lower case "h" on the screen every 2 seconds. If you hit reset it clears the "h"'s and starts all over again.

 

Thanks for your help

[Troy Gossett Indepak Inc.]

Is it affecting the the ability to run the machine? If not I suggest you make you edits at the computer until you can get the machine repaired. (HAAS should have the part on the truck)

[DiamondD]

Troy,

 

The machine will run a program perfectly, but the problem is getting a program loaded. Before we can hit send on our shop link, the control errors out because of the "h"'s on the screen.

 

Do you know what part it is that causes the "h"'s?

[Kannon]

just got off the phone with Haas and they think your processor is going bad..

He says they need to install it cause there is a software load needed....and it would be a good idea to get your programs backed up incase.

 

hth

[DiamondD]

Cool deal. At least I know where we stand. Thank you very much for your help.