Has anyone else had any problems with the new NJB jog boxes? We have had several go bad in the last couple years. You have to keep pushing the enable button harder and harder to jog the axis, until finally, no matter how hard you push the button, the axis won't jog. Hexagon says the whole jog box needs replaced. Does anyone know if the enable button can be replaced?
In a word? YES. Ours has begun to beep upon just picking it up, and sometimes jumps into turtle mode for a few seconds... then back to normal.
And yeah, many times one must apply absurd amounts of pressure to the enable button or else the machine moves herky-jerky. Your post makes for interesting reading in that ours came attached to a demo Optiv Performance 443, so figured it had just been dropped a few times during intense day-to-day roughousing at the R.I. training center. Now, from your info it seems the NJB may be defective from the get-go.
As for the ability to just replace the enable button? Am gonna go out on a limb here and say no. And even if it is replaceable?
I'll bet it's cost is an arm + leg. (maybe buy in bulk to reduce cost)
In a word? YES. Ours has begun to beep upon just picking it up, and sometimes jumps into turtle mode for a few seconds... then back to normal.
And yeah, many times one must apply absurd amounts of pressure to the enable button or else the machine moves herky-jerky. Your post makes for interesting reading in that ours came attached to a demo Optiv Performance 443, so figured it had just been dropped a few times during intense day-to-day roughousing at the R.I. training center. Now, from your info it seems the NJB may be defective from the get-go.
As for the ability to just replace the enable button? Am gonna go out on a limb here and say no. And even if it is replaceable?
I'll bet it's cost is an arm + leg. (maybe buy in bulk to reduce cost)
