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SmoothStepper USB / Re: Probe not retracting
« on: January 11, 2022, 11:23:58 AM »
Thanks Craig. I am probably not using the correct terminology here but this is what is happening. The probe is wired to the Probe Touch Sensor with is only activated when probing. When the probe touches during probing it acts like a relay trips, the touch sensor is deactivated and signal s send to the controller that it has touched. So there is no noise since it simply trips the sensor. I did try putting in 5000 for a noise filter but nothing changed in the operation.

It really acts like Mach4 is wanting a constant probe sensor signal once it touches but that is not possible with the Touch Sensor that I have. I cannot find a setting that allows to change that. Could this be the problem?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Probe not retracting
« on: January 09, 2022, 01:29:26 PM »
Using Mach4 and CNC4PC Smoothstepper with Touch Sensor. I'm completely new to CNC so struggling to figure this out. Using G31.0 to probe and the plasma tip as the conductive touch sensor. I have been using the TouchOff UI and it does the touch off as set in the parameters but it will not retract. The log shows the probe touches but then errors that the probe touch is lost and doesn't retract. The touch sensor trips off once it detects touch and that seems to cause an error for Mach4. How do I get Mach4 to understand that it just need to go up the retract distance after the Plasma Touch Sensor triggers and not continue to look for a signal? The history log is below.

ESS starting Probe 0
probe signal says1
ESS: Successful Probe0 Strike. Probing finished.

probe signal says0
ERROR: No contact with probe

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SmoothStepper USB / Probe not retracting
« on: January 01, 2022, 05:35:07 PM »
Using Mach4 and CNC4PC Smoothstepper with Touch Sensor. I'm completely new to CNC so struggling to figure this out. Using G31.0 to probe and the plasma tip as the conductive touch sensor. I have been using the TouchOff UI and it does the touch off as set in the parameters but it will not retract. The log shows the probe touches but then errors that the probe touch is lost and doesn't retract. The touch sensor trips off once it detects touch and that seems to cause an error for Mach4. How do I get Mach4 to understand that it just need to go up the retract distance after the Plasma Touch Sensor triggers and not continue to look for a signal?

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