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General Mach Discussion / Re: One last problem

« on: June 14, 2016, 06:05:04 PM »

Hi
Sorry if I didn't explain it correctly, By machine I meant my Gantry, I assume I need to change a setting to reverse the tool direction  so when it is moving in the + direction the tool is moving to the right not left
Thanks Bill

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General Mach Discussion / Re: One last problem

« on: June 14, 2016, 03:25:19 PM »

Hi
I did as you instructed and the X moved to the left but did read +10.000
Bill

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General Mach Discussion / Re: One last problem

« on: June 13, 2016, 04:54:01 PM »

Hi
Is it possible that the gcode in the roadrunner sample is written to move the axis in a certain direction and were I have chosen my home is not compatible/
Bill

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General Mach Discussion / One last problem

« on: June 13, 2016, 03:41:51 PM »

Hi
Finally almost there on my set up, one last issue. I have a rectangle work area 24" x 96" my home is the bottom left corner. When I ref all, all axis home fine to the home spot. I load the road runner to test out the system it loads in the bottom left corner fine. I push start and the machine try's to move in opposite direction of the work, and out of my table workspace.
Went to homing and limits page  to uncheck and reverse X but all it does is move my home to right hand corner. How or what do I change to orient my movement in the proper direction. I don't know if this issue is affecting my Y and Z because off the direction movement it trips my limits right away.
Many thanks Bill

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Homing setup

« on: March 07, 2016, 02:44:43 PM »

Hi
Sorry if I don't have the technical language yet to explain this. I am trying to set up my homing and limits in Mach3. here is what I am encountering. I have set my soft min  limits X is 96" and Y is 24" I can run ref home and the machine does fine. when I load the roadrunner g code to test, the machine tries to go away from the roadrunner image on my screen in both the Y and the X,  if I go to Homing and limit and uncheck the X and Y box , my machine will home to the opposite side of the table In X and Y when I load the roadrunner it will show were the machine has ref home. If I run roadrunner again the machine wants to go in both opposite directions of the image on the screen. I have tried entering my soft limits in the soft max that just changes my table orientation. I know I must have something backwards can't figure out what.
Thanks Bill

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Homing setup

« on: March 05, 2016, 08:11:11 PM »

Maybe you just answered this, I am just trying to understand the setting directions when I home all and open the roadrunner now it open inside my work area shown on the screen bottom corner were I have homed. The problem I am having iis that if I run program the machine wants to go outside the table perimeters in both X and Y it is like the direction is set backwards. I keep going back to the Homing and limits page and try reversing or put in - settings but I just can't seem to find the right setting
Thanks Bill

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Homing setup

« on: March 05, 2016, 07:42:08 PM »

A question
When I ref home.My Z goes to the top of is movement hits the limit switch and backs of If I run the roadrunner program it does not go down to my work surface but stays at the upper position I thought I had set it correctly from the video. I am trying to get all these setting correct in homing and soft limits and have read the manual and watched the videos. It seems like I am missing some  logic to all this. I don't think this should be difficult.
Just trying to sort it out
Thanks Bill

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Homing setup

« on: March 05, 2016, 07:10:26 PM »

Hi
Just ref all to my home switches, and zeroed all, on my settings page the encoder position still has misc positions shown should I zero to the DRO here
Bill

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General Mach Discussion / Homing setup

« on: March 05, 2016, 06:56:58 PM »

Hi
Finally have some time to set up my table. In motor home /soft limits I am trying to get my directions right with my axis's get my soft limits correct and to correlate with my screen view. If i go to my home on the table and zero every thing, on my Offsets screen the currant work offsets are not at zero. How do I reset, or is there a way I can start from scratch to set all this up.  I have been working on this set up a roadrunner shows up on the screen way out of my table view and my X and Y go out of my table view to run. I would like to start fresh on this setup but don't know how to get the right orientation.
My table is 24" in the Y and 96" in the X facing the table the long side in front of me I want my home to be bottom right hand corner
Any help is appreciated
Thanks Bill

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General Mach Discussion / Re: SPINDLE FREQUENCY?

« on: February 16, 2016, 01:50:39 PM »

I am a newbie here and still learning, but sounds like you need shielded cable. I am sure the more experienced  people here can explain but the electrical noise from the inverter can trigger an Estop
Bill