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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3 Welder Setup and Rotary Question
« Last post by fpm007 on July 17, 2025, 01:11:41 PM »
then you can use b-axis dir pin for example to switch weldin on without delay.

if you search for laser and dir pin you will find examples.

This sounds like it could work. Let me do some research on this and see what I can come up with.
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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3 Welder Setup and Rotary Question
« Last post by TPS on July 17, 2025, 11:17:42 AM »
then you can use b-axis dir pin for example to switch weldin on without delay.

if you search for laser and dir pin you will find examples.
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General Mach Discussion / Mach3 will only home Z axis
« Last post by Joz on July 17, 2025, 11:01:26 AM »
I'm refurbing a Multicam44 plus. It uses Baluff Hall effect sensors as Limit/homing switches.
My problem is that it will not home the X and Y axes. It just crashes through the sensor and keeps going, it won't stop and retract.
On the Z axis, it will stop and retract. I am very sure that it isn't a hardware issue. The sensors are working correctly, and they light up on the Diagnostics screen (M1Home, M2Home, M3Home) when triggered. I've also tested the voltage high/low on the break out board, all is present and correct. I don't think its an Active High/Active Low issue, as when the CNC is within it's normal range the Home lights on the diagnostic screen are not lit up.
So to my mind it must be a settings issue. Could anyone point me to a setting which might be at fault? It seems odd to me that the Z axis will home but not the X and Y Axis.

I'll put this out there as well in case it's related - when I jog the X axis to the left or right it moves the opposite way, and when I run a program it tries to cut the mirror image of where it should, if that makes sense. I've tried every single combination of Home Neg/Reversed in Config>Homing Limits to try and fix it to no avail. The machine needs to home to the bottom right hand corner but I can't seem to stop it from homing to the bottom left.
Any advice gratefully recieved, thanks
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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3 Welder Setup and Rotary Question
« Last post by fpm007 on July 17, 2025, 10:35:01 AM »
i assume you have all 4 axis intefaces of the board in use?
otherwise it would be possible to use thr dir output of an unused axis.

I am only using two axis, the X axis and the A axis.
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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3 Welder Setup and Rotary Question
« Last post by fpm007 on July 17, 2025, 10:34:33 AM »
if you talk from such:

https://buildyourcnc.com/products/electronicsandmotors-electronic-component-breakout-mach3-usb-board

a thing, i think we reached the end of the road for using M10/M11.

Yes this is the board that I am using. I could buy a different board and change stuff over.
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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3 Welder Setup and Rotary Question
« Last post by TPS on July 17, 2025, 10:28:34 AM »
i assume you have all 4 axis intefaces of the board in use?
otherwise it would be possible to use thr dir output of an unused axis.
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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3 Welder Setup and Rotary Question
« Last post by TPS on July 17, 2025, 09:46:27 AM »
if you talk from such:

https://buildyourcnc.com/products/electronicsandmotors-electronic-component-breakout-mach3-usb-board

a thing, i think we reached the end of the road for using M10/M11.
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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3 Welder Setup and Rotary Question
« Last post by fpm007 on July 17, 2025, 09:42:49 AM »
witch controller are you using?

Mach 3 USB interface board. Its the red one. I am not for sure in the differences of controllers.
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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3 Welder Setup and Rotary Question
« Last post by TPS on July 17, 2025, 09:27:31 AM »
witch controller are you using?
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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3 Welder Setup and Rotary Question
« Last post by fpm007 on July 17, 2025, 09:05:31 AM »
you can use any Output witch is configured in Config -> Ports&Pins -> Outputs normaly,
depends a bit on the motion controller.

I do not think the controller is liking the M10/M11 codes. When I look up the M code list in the controller those are not listed. Is there a setting to turn those on? I searched google and the image that pops up I do not have the check box like what it is showing.
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