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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: No contract with probe error if trying to use touch off after changing tool
« on: March 07, 2022, 07:45:12 PM »
Hi,
Probably not.
What motion controller are you using? Most motion controllers regard a probe move, ie a g31, where the probe does notmake contact as a fail and stops Mach4.
However there are circumstances where you might use a g31 instead of a g1 and you are not expecting the probe to make contact. The controller will stop Mach none-the-less.
The Ethernet SmoothStepper has a setting (Configure/Plugins/ESS/Probing tab) that determines its behaviour when a non-contact event occurs, by default Mach will stop. You may want to change it.
Craig
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Tried this 3 times with multiple programs same result. This is a bug right?
Probably not.
What motion controller are you using? Most motion controllers regard a probe move, ie a g31, where the probe does notmake contact as a fail and stops Mach4.
However there are circumstances where you might use a g31 instead of a g1 and you are not expecting the probe to make contact. The controller will stop Mach none-the-less.
The Ethernet SmoothStepper has a setting (Configure/Plugins/ESS/Probing tab) that determines its behaviour when a non-contact event occurs, by default Mach will stop. You may want to change it.
Craig