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General Mach Discussion / Re: Can't move Z Axis in positive direction

« on: January 25, 2023, 09:09:05 AM »

Thanks for the response.  Hardware issue.  I tried a third stepper controller and that worked.  Thanks again.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Can't move Z Axis in positive direction

« on: January 24, 2023, 10:13:58 PM »

To clarify, if the motor coil wiring is swapped, the Z axis will only move in the up direction.

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General Mach Discussion / Can't move Z Axis in positive direction

« on: January 24, 2023, 08:18:49 PM »

Hi there,
I am working on setting up Mach 3 on a 3 axis plasma cutter.  Everything is working fine except for the Z axis.  It will only move in the negative direction.  This includes both jogging and MDI moves.  The X and Y axes work fine in both directions.  Soft limits are temporarily set to 0 min and 0 max for all three axes so I don't think that is the problem.  I have tried two different stepper drivers and two different stepper motors on the Z with no luck.  Could I be missing something in the configurations?  Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks, Steve