HS15 cutter has stopped working PLEASE help!

[syclonesjs]

Hi guys,

Hope someone can help.

My HS15 cutter has just stopped working. It powers up fine and does the correct bleeps/flashes but the carriage doesn't slide to the far end like it used to to complete the boot up sequence. No response from the buttons either.

Can anyone help, i REALLY need to get this up and running but i fear a hefty Gerber tech/parts bill looming

Thanks in advance

Simon

 

[GARY CULY]

this may sound dumb but the SINGLE most thing ive ever done [fred told me this years ago] is first unplug everything ,all the cables the power and hook it all back up first...there thats done.. next check sensors ..make sure they can "see" [clean them from debris] now if that dont fix go on to other more complicated things

but take a couple minutes to eliminate the simple things....its honestly worked for me 3 times ever.2 FROM CONNECTIONS 1 FROM DIRTY SENSOR

 

[Drip Dry]

If it's not a simple thing to fix then I think before you have Gerber service it, you should consider buying a used one.
I think there's a ton of used HS15 cutters on the market.
I bet a Gerber service call is $500. or $600.

 

[syclonesjs]

Thanks guys,

I did wonder if it was something simple as surely a more serious error would show up when you power it on and you get the error flashes.

Where would i be looking to get at various sensors etc (i'm guessing opening up the case fully) something i havent done but ive built a fair few PC's from scratch so not scared to have a look see.

 

[Artildawn]

been a long time since I've worked with an HS15 but I do remember having a similar issue due to carriage strike sensor getting stuck so that when booted the machine would read the carriage as stuck even though it wasn't

 

[syclonesjs]

ah!........now thinking about it it did have jam recently when it started cutting a bit too close to the end of the vinyl and it got caught up.


How did you reset the strike sensor?

 

[Artildawn]

IIRC we manually popped it back out and oiled the slide mechanism to keep it from sticking... but it's been about 20 years.