Hello,
Does anyone know anything about a bug where probe signals are lost, perhaps while using a game controller as a pendant?
I have ruined two bits now.
I use a touch plate and the blue screen mods to single click a zero Z axis setting. I ALWAYS touch the plate to the bit to see the green "LED" come on. After having worked 99% of the time, on two occasions now, after testing the connection, the bit touched the touch plate, and kept on going. Luckily, I was near the estop, but it ruined the tip of the bit. The first time, I assumed it was my carelessness, but after the second time, I went in another direction and built a Z Zero setter, as shown at
www.liming.org/cnc on page 5,
based on the one shown on the cover of the recent Digital Machinist magazine.
Since then, on a thread in CNCZone, I learned that others have reported seeing lost probe signals while using Keygrabber. I do have a USB Logitech game controller hooked up, but I am using Logitech's key programmer, not keygrabber. Anyone know about any problems in this area with either keygrabber or Logitech's stuff?