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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: black33guy on May 10, 2014, 08:33:24 PM
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I have my mill running in all three axes. I don't seem to be able to figure out even after watching the tutorials how to tell the mill where the bounds of the table are. The video tutorial assumes a home switch. I don't have one yet. It seems like I should be able to teach the software where the table is and have some soft limits. As it is, when I try to execute the roadrunner program, I eventually fault in the y-direction, mainly because I don't seem to be able to get the work-space positioned so that it's contained by the table.
Can someone give me a clue as to what I'm not understanding about this? thanks, rex
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Move your tool to the lower left of teh table then set XY to zero. That way you have the full extent of the table to work with.
(;-)TP
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OK, that worked.
Now I'm trying to set machine coordinates to 0,0,0 when I have the table positioned as such. If I press "Ref All Home", then y and z set to 0.0 without moving the table. x does not, the table begins moving in the x direction. "zero y" and "zero z" have green boxes around them. "zero x" has a red box. The settings in the "motor home/soft limits" screen are the same for all three. Why doesn't x behave the same as y and z?
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Figured it out. I had x configured with an input signal; turned it off and it works correctly now.