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Mach4 General Discussion / Slaving Axis in Mach 4

« on: July 21, 2018, 10:42:47 PM »

Hello, can anyone point me to where I can find any information on slaving an axis to my Y axis in Mach 4?  I am using the Pokeys57CNC board.
Thanks!

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PoKeys / Re: Mach4 and Pokeys57CNC limit switches

« on: July 21, 2018, 10:06:54 PM »

Hello and thanks for your suggestions!  I did start over and finally got the home sensors working on all three axis.  I'm not sure what I did differently than the numerous previous attempts, other than closing Mach 4 down and restarting after making changes.  Now all I have to do is figure out how to slave the Y axis to the A axis and hopefully be able to start experimenting.

Thanks again!

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PoKeys / Re: Mach4 and Pokeys57CNC limit switches

« on: June 25, 2018, 10:40:42 PM »

Thanks for the reply Craig.  I did probe the input and it's normally held high and the sensor when active sinks it to ground.  I have the Z motor connected and mapped to the motor 4 connector.  I was using this motors home pin which is #12 on the Axis switches connector.  I did try the sensor input on pins 14, 16, and 18 and saw no status changes on the Mach4 diagnostics panel.
Thanks again for the input.

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PoKeys / Re: Mach4 and Pokeys57CNC limit switches

« on: June 25, 2018, 06:28:09 PM »

Hello everyone, first time ever posting anywhere so please excuse my ineptness.  I'm having difficulties sensing a home sensor on a router that I'm trying to setup.  I'm using a Pokeys57CNC board, Mach4, and external stepper drivers.  I have a NPN sensor which takes pin #12 on the Limit/Home connector of the Pokeys57CNC low when sensing the axis in the physical home position.  I don't get any indication on the Mach4 diagnostics screen that it's detecting the sensor.  The router that I'm trying to setup has three axis.  I've started out with the Z.  I can control the + and - direction of the motor but haven't been able to get any further do to my input issue.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!