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Mach Discussion => Mach4 General Discussion => Topic started by: Jarbuckle on December 31, 2020, 03:12:37 PM

Title: help with homing please
Post by: Jarbuckle on December 31, 2020, 03:12:37 PM
Due to my stupidity, I had to reload mach4 onto a new computer.  In the process of re-setting up the machine, I am trying to home the axis.  They will home just fine but when I do, Mach4 quits communicating with the ESS.  Any ideas on why this is happening?  And more importantly, how to fix it...  The machine will move just fine until i home it.  Oh, and I am not homing to switches yet.  I am homing in place.  I have disconnected all the switches.  I am not getting any errors. 
Title: Re: help with homing please
Post by: Jarbuckle on December 31, 2020, 03:57:11 PM
I figured it out finally.  Apparently, if you have one motor slaved to another, you only have to home the master.  Who knew?
And BTW, if you are curious, I knocked the first computer off the stand with a ladder while installing a new outdoor faucet for my wife.  No good deed ever goes unpunished.
Title: Re: help with homing please
Post by: Brian Barker on December 31, 2020, 06:57:40 PM
Maybe next year will be better ? Good luck we are all in this together, keep your stick on the ice.

Red green!