base station issue causing perpetual blue led state in my 1.0 basestations

[Fishie]

one of my basestations has been acting up. it is constantly in its blue state. (base station 1.0)

my hypothesis is that it is some reason spinning faster than it should be, I think this because I can sometimes hear it start to spin up while its on and when I hear this noise it goes from a green LED to a blue one, it also vibrates more than my other base station (however I know this vibration isn't causing the issue) and I can also hear this basestation from further away versus the other one which I cant hear at all. The base station I have a problem with is set in C mode but I cant change this due to the fact that the other basestation doesn't work while in C mode (blinking purple for unknown reasons) if anyone has any fix please let me know as I am out of warranty

[Bob Loblaw]

I'd suspect the Powell lens fell out of the rotor. Inspect it with a camera while it's on to see if one of the lasers is not being shaped into a line, i.e. it's just shooting perpendicular to the rotational axis at a higher brightness and not shooting to the sides covering the whole FOV. You could also take it down and listen for the lens rattling around if you tumble the base station. There's videos how to open them and fix this.

The other won't work in mode C if you don't have a working one in mode B, because B is master and C must have an IR sync signal from a stable working base station in mode B.

[Fishie]

Originally posted by Bob Loblaw:

I'd suspect the Powell lens fell out of the rotor. Inspect it with a camera while it's on to see if one of the lasers is not being shaped into a line, i.e. it's just shooting perpendicular to the rotational axis at a higher brightness and not shooting to the sides covering the whole FOV. You could also take it down and listen for the lens rattling around if you tumble the base station. There's videos how to open them and fix this.

The other won't work in mode C if you don't have a working one in mode B, because B is master and C must have an IR sync signal from a stable working base station in mode B.

thank you for trying to help me fix this, i tried what yousaid but dont think this is the issue because all lasers point straight and there is no noise when i shake the base station.

the base station will run normally for about 15 minutes before it turns blue

[Bob Loblaw]

Originally posted by Fishie:

the base station will run normally for about 15 minutes before it turns blue

This is the most important detail out of everything you posted. You can disregard everything I said between you saying "it is constantly in its blue state" and it runs well for the first 15 minutes.

I saw a report about a base station that would fail when a user's air condition turned on. I learned base stations have a laser power circuit that compensates for temperature. Seems this process can go bad, though if that were the case here I'd expect a flashing red light, not a blue light indicating motor speed isn't stable.

Yours has abnormal vibration, suggesting a bearing problem (perhaps only when warm). It's in bad shape and is due for replacement. If you want to try to hobble along with it, changing the mounting orientation so the bearings are loaded differently might work. Running it without the cover so it doesn't warm up so much might also work, until dust becomes a problem.

[Fishie]

Originally posted by Bob Loblaw:

Originally posted by Fishie:

the base station will run normally for about 15 minutes before it turns blue

This is the most important detail out of everything you posted. You can disregard everything I said between you saying "it is constantly in its blue state" and it runs well for the first 15 minutes.

I saw a report about a base station that would fail when a user's air condition turned on. I learned base stations have a laser power circuit that compensates for temperature. Seems this process can go bad, though if that were the case here I'd expect a flashing red light, not a blue light indicating motor speed isn't stable.

Yours has abnormal vibration, suggesting a bearing problem (perhaps only when warm). It's in bad shape and is due for replacement. If you want to try to hobble along with it, changing the mounting orientation so the bearings are loaded differently might work. Running it without the cover so it doesn't warm up so much might also work, until dust becomes a problem.

wow... i had no idea this could happen. However you mentioned it being warm, however it is constantly below 65 degrees in my room, im guessing this also can cause issues? thank you lots for you help