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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: bevins on September 04, 2012, 10:41:31 AM

Title: Mach3 ignoring safe Z
Post by: bevins on September 04, 2012, 10:41:31 AM

Hi guys,

I have been using Mach3 for over a year and all of a sudden, it is ignoring the safe Z. Is the safe Z across the board in all modes? IT is set for .5, and it basically ignores it and goes from 0 across the part to the cut start position.

Any ideas? I am pretty sure it is something I or my collegue has done but I cannot find it.

Thanks n advance,

Bob

Title: Re: Mach3 ignoring safe Z
Post by: Hood on September 04, 2012, 02:12:20 PM

If you attach your xml and I will see if I can find the issue.
Hood

Title: Re: Mach3 ignoring safe Z
Post by: rrc1962 on September 04, 2012, 02:34:23 PM

Do you have a rapid move to safe Z programmed in the code?  Something like "G00 Z1".  If I remove them from my code, it will do exactly as you describe.

Title: Re: Mach3 ignoring safe Z
Post by: ger21 on September 04, 2012, 04:52:14 PM

Mach3's safe Z setting has no effect when g-code is running. The machine will move exactly where the g-code tells it to.

Title: Re: Mach3 ignoring safe Z
Post by: Hood on September 04, 2012, 04:57:35 PM

The way I was reading it was he was pressing GoToZ and it was just going to XYZ Zero without first raising in Z and then lowering Z when X and Y got to Zero.
Hood

Title: Re: Mach3 ignoring safe Z
Post by: bevins on September 05, 2012, 11:20:23 AM

I thought the safe Z was doing that. So it is aspire doing this?

Well at least it gives me a place to start looking.

thnaks,