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Mach Discussion => Mach4 General Discussion => Topic started by: beat on March 05, 2017, 11:39:56 AM

Title: problem with my tool lenght sensor
Post by: beat on March 05, 2017, 11:39:56 AM

hi all
i need your help  :o
i try to use a tool length sensor with mach 4 but i don`t unterstand how i can use the measurement.
what i`ve done:
i use a Ethernet smoot stepper plugin.
and i`ve already configured my input as a probe.
if i press the button on my tool length probe, the probe light in the machine diagnostic is going on.
so i think the configuration is ok.
if i press a button (for example) z position "measure z" something like a macro is executing but few seconds later nothing happen and the enable switch is flashing green. my cnc machine is doing nothing.
is somebody here who can help me with the settings, should i configure something more? not just the input from the tool length sensor?

Title: Re: problem with my tool lenght sensor
Post by: DazTheGas on March 05, 2017, 02:14:10 PM

What version of the ESS plugin are you using?? If its v194 then go back to v193 as probing is not functional in v194.

DazTheGas

Title: Re: problem with my tool lenght sensor
Post by: beat on March 05, 2017, 02:31:39 PM

Oh really?
Ok, i check this tomorrow evening.
Thank you for your answer.

Beat

Title: Re: problem with my tool lenght sensor
Post by: beat on March 06, 2017, 03:24:56 PM

Hi Daz the Gaz

I've version 186
Do you know, is this version ok?
And could you tell me how i can measure my tool length?
Maybe i make something wrong  :-\
Thank you for your help

Beat

Title: Re: problem with my tool lenght sensor
Post by: beat on March 12, 2017, 05:09:10 PM

Hi all
Is somebody here who can tell me how the probing  should working?
Thank you for your help.
Kind regards
Beat