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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 Goto Work Zero
« on: October 22, 2018, 04:49:05 PM »
Craig,
Thank you for your help. I edited a copy of the screen set. Long story, but it didn't work at first, but I finally figured out why and fixed it. Also, my machine wouldn't move on G00 Y0 X0 Z0 in the MDI screen either. I discovered when I used the G00 and G01 commands, the machine was moving incrementally rather than moving to absolute positions. After much frustration, watching some Mach 4 videos and reading a few things about G-codes, I tried using G90 in MDI. Then the "Go To Work Zero" button worked.
I had previously run one off the test patterns- Arc Test- and it went into a never ending loop. So I stopped it manually. Apparently I stopped it after a G91 command and so I was stuck in G91 mode the whole time.
Anyway, it's working now after running G90 in MDI.
Thanks,
Bruce
Thank you for your help. I edited a copy of the screen set. Long story, but it didn't work at first, but I finally figured out why and fixed it. Also, my machine wouldn't move on G00 Y0 X0 Z0 in the MDI screen either. I discovered when I used the G00 and G01 commands, the machine was moving incrementally rather than moving to absolute positions. After much frustration, watching some Mach 4 videos and reading a few things about G-codes, I tried using G90 in MDI. Then the "Go To Work Zero" button worked.
I had previously run one off the test patterns- Arc Test- and it went into a never ending loop. So I stopped it manually. Apparently I stopped it after a G91 command and so I was stuck in G91 mode the whole time.
Anyway, it's working now after running G90 in MDI.
Thanks,
Bruce