Safe Z Jog Buttons

[T Carr]

Hi Folks,
I'd like to add Jog Buttons that move the Z axis to "safe Z" before moving X or Y. I'm guessing a brain would be able to do this.
 My VB and C++  skills are less than zero. 
Thom

[Azrael]

Try to explain a little bit better. As I understood, you need to lift up Z before other axis do any move? Can it be done by Mach, or you need to do it by pressing a button?
Cheers

[T Carr]

Thank you for your reply,
I want to add Jog Buttons   X+   X-  Y+  Y-   onto the screen.   When pressed, before the machine moves in either X or Y, it will lift the Z axis to the safe Z location and then travel in X or Y.   The idea is that the cutter will be at the top limit before the machine moves. This would eliminate jogging the cutter through material by accident .
Thom

[Chaoticone]

I think it would be easiest to add your buttons and make them VB script, then add the script to the buttons.

Brett

[T Carr]

Thanks,
Could you write the script for one direction?. Then I could alter it for the other three directions.
Thom

[Chaoticone]

LOL, I'll try, the problem is, it would be simple for someone that was good with VB, I'm not.   But, I do need to learn more about it and will try later today if possible.

Brett