Hello Guest it is March 29, 2024, 06:11:17 AM

Show Posts

This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.


Messages - Whirlwind

Pages: 1
1
Finished Screens / Re: Mach3 Screenset 2010 New Auto Z Problem
« on: April 24, 2013, 02:54:22 PM »
Problem Solved!

It did turn out to be noise...of course. Apparently, everyone in the world has the same noise problem with their Auto Z setup.
After reading about everyone else with the same problem I fixed it with a .1uf capacitor wired ACROSS the +5 volt pin and the pin that is wired to the touch plate.

2
Finished Screens / Mach3 Screenset 2010 New Auto Z Problem
« on: April 23, 2013, 11:26:34 PM »
I have been running my CNC machine for about a year now and have been getting tired of all of the tool changes and always having to re-do the Zero Z setting by hand.

I decided to buy the 2010 screenset just to have the tool changes functions which would make things easier. The problem is that I can't get the Auto Z up and running. I have tried everything. Whenever I start the Auto Z function the Z axis moves very slightly down toward the table then moves back up to whatever I have the Clearance Plane set at. After that the software states that the Z axis is now at zero even though the tool never even came close to the touch plate.

I have searched through these, and other, forums and have tried the solutions offered to get rid of noise. A 300 ohm resister placed in-line on the +5 volt pin did not help nor did a .1uf capacitor so I guess I have ruled out noise. I am hoping to get a little help with this as my life would be much easier if I could get this tool change function up and running.

I am running Mach3 Version R3.043.066 with no issues other than this one.

Here are a few questions for you...

1. The touch plates are wired into pin 15 on my breakout board and I allowed Mach3 to automatically detect it and it did successfully. Should the touch plates be wired into a 5 volt pin instead?

2. To eliminate noise, if that is truly my problem, should the resistor be wired in-line on the 5 volt pin? What should the value of the resistor be?

3. What about the capacitor? Should it also be wired in-line on the five volt pin or should it be wired ACROSS pin 15 and the 5 volt pin? What should the value of the capacitor be?

4. Are there any other possibilities other than noise I need to look at?

If you have the answers I seek please be very specific in describing your solution.

Thank you all for your help.

Pages: 1