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General Mach Discussion / Re: Endstops and Torch Touch Off - 1 Input

« on: June 23, 2018, 11:08:07 PM »

Just to give an update to this, I have home switches for X, Y, and Z as well as a probe all on the same input and I'm able to home, use soft limits and use G31 with no issues.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z Axis Machine Coordinates Not Changing

« on: June 23, 2018, 09:41:10 PM »

I opened the screen in the editor and that readout was set to code 86 while the 1024 screenset has it as 85, I changed it to 85 in the plasma screen and its now working.  I'm not sure what 86 is or how to find out but maybe that should be changed so the included plasma screen works correctly?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z Axis Machine Coordinates Not Changing

« on: June 23, 2018, 09:26:02 PM »

Hi,

The only number that changes when jogging Z is current position.  Machine, Work, and G92 all remain 0.

That seems impossible to me. I think that your copy of Mach3 may be corrupt.

Craig

I reinstalled and it's working as expected now, thanks.

Scratch that, switched to the plasma screen and it quit working.  Loaded the default screen and it worked again...seems to not work on plasma.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z Axis Machine Coordinates Not Changing

« on: June 23, 2018, 09:22:00 PM »

Hi,

The only number that changes when jogging Z is current position.  Machine, Work, and G92 all remain 0.

That seems impossible to me. I think that your copy of Mach3 may be corrupt.

Craig

I reinstalled and it's working as expected now, thanks.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z Axis Machine Coordinates Not Changing

« on: June 23, 2018, 08:15:09 PM »

Hi,
OK that sounds like its operating normally.

When you say that the current position changes when you jog then some if not all of the numbers that make up the current position must also change.

If you look on the Diagnostics page you will see that the current position is:

Current Position = Machine Coordinate - Work Offset - G92 Offset - Tool Offset.

Its common for the G92 Offset to remain zero for the entire Mach session and unless you are actively using tool offsets the Tool Offset will be fixed or zero for the time being.
Thus if the Current Position is changing then either (or both) the Machine coordinate or Work Coordinate MUST be moving also. Does it do so?

Craig

The only number that changes when jogging Z is current position.  Machine, Work, and G92 all remain 0.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z Axis Machine Coordinates Not Changing

« on: June 23, 2018, 08:04:33 PM »

Hi,
that sounds unusual.

When the machine homes each axis LED should go from red to green as it is referenced. Does the Z axis LED do so?
The next question is about the Z axis home switch. If you manually flick the switch does the LED for the Z axis (M3Home for example)
show up in the Diagnostics page? When the Z axis is homed the machine should drive until the Z axis switch operates and then back up a little until
it de-operates. Is this what happens? I'm wondering if the home switch does not deactivate then the Z axis may be permanently and repeatedly being
referenced to zero because the home switch is still active.

Craig

If I press "Ref Z", the light turns red, Z axis moves up until M3 is triggered, backs off, and then light turns green.  After that I have no inputs active and when jogging Z, only "Current Position" updates.

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General Mach Discussion / Z Axis Machine Coordinates Not Changing

« on: June 23, 2018, 07:07:19 PM »

I've started setup on my table and have shared homing working on X, Y, and Z but after doing "Ref All Home" and moving the Z axis machine coordinate number on diagnostics always stays at 0 while X and Y will update when being jogged.  What is my issue that Z doesn't change? Also, is there a way to set work coordinates to 0 when the machine homes?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Endstops and Torch Touch Off - 1 Input

« on: June 21, 2018, 06:33:40 AM »

Will it work in the G28.1 scenario as it will be a homing switch then and not a probe?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Endstops and Torch Touch Off - 1 Input

« on: June 21, 2018, 05:59:44 AM »

Well the X, Y, and Z endstops would only be used to home the machine. The touch off is used during the piece operation to find the top of the work piece.  The Z endstop is Z max while touch off would be Z min so none of them would ever activate at the same time. I'm fine with homing one axis at a time but still unsure if I can still use that input during a G92 (I think) routine that would offset Z. I just got a UC100 and have run out of inputs on the G540/UC100.

After reading http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,17132.msg116525.html#msg116525

It looks like I can use 1 stop on Z as home or a second on Z as a probe. I would prefer to go the probe route.  Will 3 home inputs and a probe input all work on 1 if they would never be active at the same time?

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General Mach Discussion / Endstops and Torch Touch Off - 1 Input

« on: June 20, 2018, 10:09:32 PM »

Is it possible to put X, Y, Z, and Torch Touch Off sensors all on 1 input?  If not, is there a breakout available that can work over USB for endstops and such?