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General Mach Discussion / Zaxis traveling in wrong direction for Z safe setting in code and G0 Z10...
« on: March 07, 2020, 06:05:18 AM »
Hi All
I am new on the forum and It seem I have reached the limits of my understanding on the topic.
I have 6040 cnc machine and recently I changed the controller to Gecko g540 running on Windows XP, the machine is running fine how ever I had to change the Z axis setup to Low Dir Active since save Z value generated with Vectric in the code was sending the Z axis downward (below stock) in stead of upwards (above stock). Problem solved I can use the code as intended.
How ever when I hooked up Z touch plate and try to use it with Z_TOUCH_PLATE_SCRIPT_REV11_N.TXT (thanks to Charlie Sarsfield) it is working but stays between 2-5mm above the stock or where the new zero should be. Going trough the forum I realized that It will be wise to use Mach3 ver .062 over .066
Reinstalled Mach3 to .062 kept the old settings, result was the same try to turn of Safe_Z Setup in Mach3 under Config only one I could find, I could not find one Config/logic as suggested in one topic. Wondering if I am missing something?
Also tied to run the script as M959.m1s with Code''M959'' as a command for the auto zero button but it didn't work most likely I do not know how to setup this correctly. I did rename the .txt file to .m1s and typed Code''M959'' in the script for the button
Then I tied to use Fred's Auto Zero2_N.txt and it sending the Z axis 10mm below the new Zero, same problem as the Safe Z in the code generated with Vectric. Maybe the issue is related to something that I am currently unable to see/understand. Further more after the script have finished it seem like I am still referencing from the top of the table and G0 Z10 is trying to climb above the physical limit of the axis or the machine Z 0 where I am staring from. This looks logical since new zero reference is not in effect for some reason? and in same time makes no sense since the same command in the script is sending the z axis 10mm downwards, and yes the coordinates do change both for work table and machine under offsets tab.
I did not had a zero touch plate with the old controller. Files attached below.
Hopefully some one would be able to point me in the right direction.
Regards
Pirka
I am new on the forum and It seem I have reached the limits of my understanding on the topic.
I have 6040 cnc machine and recently I changed the controller to Gecko g540 running on Windows XP, the machine is running fine how ever I had to change the Z axis setup to Low Dir Active since save Z value generated with Vectric in the code was sending the Z axis downward (below stock) in stead of upwards (above stock). Problem solved I can use the code as intended.
How ever when I hooked up Z touch plate and try to use it with Z_TOUCH_PLATE_SCRIPT_REV11_N.TXT (thanks to Charlie Sarsfield) it is working but stays between 2-5mm above the stock or where the new zero should be. Going trough the forum I realized that It will be wise to use Mach3 ver .062 over .066
Reinstalled Mach3 to .062 kept the old settings, result was the same try to turn of Safe_Z Setup in Mach3 under Config only one I could find, I could not find one Config/logic as suggested in one topic. Wondering if I am missing something?
Also tied to run the script as M959.m1s with Code''M959'' as a command for the auto zero button but it didn't work most likely I do not know how to setup this correctly. I did rename the .txt file to .m1s and typed Code''M959'' in the script for the button
Then I tied to use Fred's Auto Zero2_N.txt and it sending the Z axis 10mm below the new Zero, same problem as the Safe Z in the code generated with Vectric. Maybe the issue is related to something that I am currently unable to see/understand. Further more after the script have finished it seem like I am still referencing from the top of the table and G0 Z10 is trying to climb above the physical limit of the axis or the machine Z 0 where I am staring from. This looks logical since new zero reference is not in effect for some reason? and in same time makes no sense since the same command in the script is sending the z axis 10mm downwards, and yes the coordinates do change both for work table and machine under offsets tab.
I did not had a zero touch plate with the old controller. Files attached below.
Hopefully some one would be able to point me in the right direction.
Regards
Pirka