Knee Probe Installation

Each knee on a Cleereman Linear Carriage, or the first knee on a proportional will have a positional sensing probe inserted into the cylinder. The probe sense the position of a very strong magnet in the cylinder in order to calibrate and track its position accurately.

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Knee Probe Installation

Turn off power to the setworks cabinet. and ensure the Setworks HPU is off, and the system has had time to relieve pressure. Retracted knee (away from saw) is the best position to do this maintenance)
On the backside of the carriage knee, remove the red probe connector guard and unscrew the probe connection.
Unscrew the probe from the cylinder and extract the rod, you may wanted a bucket or some sawdust to collect the remaining oil, should be a small amount.
Insert the new probe centered. The probe rod passes through a magnet at the end of the cylinder rod; if the rod is extended (knee towards saw), then it may be difficult to get the probe through the hole of the magnet.

Hand tighten the probe as best you can, do not over tighten with a wrench, 1/8th to 1/4 turn at most.
Screw the connection back to the probe (again, just past hand tight), and turn the setworks cabinet power back on, NOT THE HPU yet, and ensure it comes on with a green light at the back end of the probe
Replace the red probe connector guard
Startup the system and check knee functionality, knee calibration is usually not necessary

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